A new questions

I often asked myself what can I do to become better at x.

I realized that these prescriptions did not lead me anywhere, and it always resulted in a chase looking for new how-to's, the one after the other.

Then one day, I realized that all these prescriptions didn't work; I was playing a game I'm not interested in.

Oh boy. How much time did I waste on nonsense bs.

Instead of asking myself what can I do to 'improve' x, the only question I'm interested in now is to ask myself what am I doing that is not helpful at all.