You don’t need more tutorials. You need more practice

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Something I keep saying to myself.

Because I catch myself doing it too… Opening YouTube, bookmarking another “clean transitions” breakdown, saving a post about curves… and then not executing on anything.

We tend to confuse watching with learning. But watching is just the intro. The real learning starts when we touch the thing.

Lets dive right in. 🏄🏻‍♂️.

🗣️ Passive vs. Active learning

We all know it. But we still fall into it:

• Watching a 20-min tutorial without opening the software

• Consuming courses like they’re a podcast

• Thinking we’re “studying,” but we’re really just scrolling nicely packaged inspiration

It’s not wrong. It just creates a gap between information and practice.

And the longer you stay in passive mode, the harder it feels to start moving.

✏️ What learning actually looks like (IMO)

Learning happens when we try to solve something, not just understand it. The brain wires skills through repetition, feedback, friction. Not just clarity.

You want to learn how to animate text? Nice, if you start from scratch watch just the necessary to understand the very basics.

Then pause. Try it. See what happens.

You might get stuck. Then go back.

And yes, at the start this is quite a stop and go process. But you just need to put some hours like that, after that first stop, you will see the ball rolling. And if you are interested in the topic, you might get motivated by that and keep pushing forward.

✳️ A small shift that changes everything

If I’m watching something now, I try to keep the tools open.

The change here is that when watching a tutorial, and saying “I will apply that later”, we are taking out that momentum and separating even more that gap I’ve mentioned between the theory and the practice.

Just open the tool you want to use and move along with the video.

It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to connect watching to doing.

I truly think this back-and-forth is where the real learning happens. Not before. Not after.

⚠️ Information without action is just entertainment

Watching another tutorial won’t make you better. But trying what you already saw might.

Trying it again will.

Finishing something, even if it’s messy, definitely will.

So this week, maybe don’t save another playlist. Just put your tools on the table and try the thing.

You probably already know enough to start. If don’t you check what you need and go back to it.

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