Blog - The Universal 50% Rule

The 50% rule is a rule that students in the DrawaBox online art course must follow. It was created by Irshad “Uncomfortable” Karim. It is as follows: “At most, half of your time spent drawing can be used for studying.” “At least half of your time drawing must be spent on doing it for its own sake. Play. Exploration. Pushing boundaries.” Other than the 250 box challenge, it’s probably the teaching method DrawaBox is most famous for. Uncomfortable does a great job at justifying it’s existence and value within the context of drawing. Later on in my japanese study, I encountered a resource: “A Year to Learn Japanese” that also mentions using a 50% rule in your Japanese study (directly citing DrawaBox as it’s inspiration). That was when I started to consider how applicable the rule was to any kind of learning. Almost any skill can be seperated into the two halves of the 50% rule: Studying the thing, and doing the thing. Studying the thing is learning the information and skills relevant to p

The 50% rule is a rule that students in the DrawaBox online art course must follow. It was created by Irshad “Uncomfortable” Karim. It is as follows: “At most, half of your time spent drawing can be used for studying.” “At least half of your time drawing must be spent on doing it for its own sake. Play. Exploration. Pushing boundaries.” Other than the 250 box challenge, it’s probably the teaching method DrawaBox is most famous for. Uncomfortable does a great job at justifying it’s existence and value within the context of drawing. Later on in my japanese study, I encountered a resource: “A Yea