Refer to advanced resources when skill-building for a solid short-term goal

Expert resources are often very specific so you'll have a solid idea what you can do. This is more helpful if you already have a rough idea as you'll be forming more concrete tasks by the time you refer to them. For example...

• When starting out to 3D modelling, you can look for speedsculpting videos or a competition that involves many talented people in the industry.

• In Programming, you could look for devlogs, highly advanced competitions, fairly popular software projects, or a live coding session.

• In Illustration, you can look for speedpainting, competitions, and art contests that can be found online.

This is to Start with wishful thinking at its finest.

You can then store the expert resources and Maintain your own digital library for future references.

The purpose of this is twofold: to serve as a solid short-term goal (as indicated by the title) and to create inspirations for your future projects. If you Look for live sessions as another form of examples, the inspirations are especially great as you watch the actual process unfold.

Of course, this does not entirely replace looking out for beginner-friendly resources and communities as an entryway. You can start with Switching between different topics makes new perspective (e.g., starting with beginners' tutorial then refer to expert resources for improvement). In fact, it is a bad idea to start with expert resources as Diving head-first into a difficult problem makes a bad start.