But when you hit that phase of the process the drills don’t feel like boring work, they feel like exciting discovery, you’re doing the dungeon to get the new item that lets you climb a little higher. Doing comfort zone art every day is the level grind to prepare for that ascent.

Like, if you’re great at drawing a 3/4 portrait of your OC looking to the left and you draw that every day it’s kinda like if you spent an hour practicing hammering nails into a board every day. It isn’t exactly improving your carpentry skills, but you’ll have AMAZING precision at hitting nails