This is how it was for me. My whole life I was too lazy to put in the work to be a great artist until about 2 years ago when I literally could not stand being that way. That is is when I finally took art seriously and I've come a long way since then.

I enjoyed this one but wanted to make one comment on something that makes me mad. People who suggest that you can't teach something unless you yourself are practicing to a very high standard, and that those who aren't good enough to "make it" have to then teach it ("if you can, do, if you can't, teach"). This idea completely dismisses any notion that teaching is itself a high level skill (an art if you like). There are plenty of great practitioners in all kinds of fields that make completely lousy teachers - and the idea that all you have to do is demonstrate your skills or describe what you do in order to enable others to learn shows a complete disregard for pedagogy and the skills required to be a great teacher.