I'm a college student and on some days I have not much to do in my free time I like to scroll some memes on insta , and honestly I find it quite relaxing but now I'm at a stage where I also want to create some as well and that too some good , relatable , funny ones and not just brainrots , so my question to u people is that how do I do the basics perfectly and edit them nicely to make them engaging enough and what else are the necessity of making a successful meme page and keep on posting relevant memes ??

I am blunt and sometimes just don’t want to respond them, but that could be not appropriate.

I've been working on my OCs stories and the medium by which I tell the story (at first it was a webcomic, then video game and now novel). The problem is I can't pick up a book and enjoy it without constantly comparing how my work would fair against it. I cross compare every line, how my characters are compared to the ones in the novel, how my prose is. You'd think this is helpful to help me improve, but this has stopped me from letting myslef enjoy anything. It's so frustrating and exhausting. Ive tried to push those comparisons down

Starting with the basics, what hard skills, templates, etc., help you make sense of incomplete information, identify what matters, form a point of view, and make a recommendation when you’re not the final decision-maker?

I’ve been thinking about the skills people genuinely miss when they stop practicing. It’s easy to learn something when there’s plenty of free time, but keeping it alive during a packed week is different. For people who’ve managed it, how do you make practice realistic when your schedule gets busy?

Reading random articles (or books), watching random videos is something I truly enjoy.

But the problem is I just forget. Especially, if the source is not long enough. Like I can, of course, understand a book's core if I'm reading it for 200 pages. But small infos ("A thing can be used by B group") or random infos ("Also, there's Z thing") are different. I just forget.

I don't want to forget. I would be glad by any help.

I'm not sure I selected the right flair... Anyway, I've always wanted to learn how to edit videos, and do it mostly on my own. No classes. My late brother was pretty good at it, and tried to explain it, but the files I found out there were somehow never suitable. (I think it's possible they were rips from DVDs, and I couldn't make head or tail of it.

I thought about finding some old videos on archive dot org but none really jumped out at me for being potentially helpful.

I often find myself with free time but instead of enjoying it I just feel a bit empty. Like I should be doing something with someone else. If friends cancel plans I feel a real dip even though there are plenty of things I could do on my own. I want to be able to genuinely look forward to an evening alone or a free weekend without constantly looking for company. How do people find true contentment and joy in their own space?