Buddy I relate more than you know, I had some really bad advice during one of my education eras (especially in the last year of university- note, not VFS, which was the shit, treated me well and I loved it) and it took me a long while to even know that it was bad advice. It might not have been bad advice for someone else, is the weird thing, but it was for me and it did a lot of damage both to my art and my ego. All I can advise is to keep loving things- focus on what gives you joy, and while for most part the important thing is to absorb that energy, also try to analyse it and seek out what it is exactly that you find exciting about it. Try mashing it together with other things you like, try drawing while listening to the soundtrack of that one show you like, try writing a story in the same style- whatever it is, try emulating the experience of the thing. Copying is a way to start, but what you really need to do to kick yourself into gear is to generate new material- make it your own material, but let it be inspired by the things that inspire you. Don’t be afraid of allowing yourself to be influenced, or, indeed, carried by stuff that you enjoy- it’s the only way to keep yourself afloat sometimes.