I think the first step is to identify an area that you are interested in, for example music, cartoons, computer games, puzzle solving, 3D models, etc. If you on

I think the first step is to identify an area that you are interested in, for example music, cartoons, computer games, puzzle solving, 3D models, etc. If you only know C, then part of your problem might stem from the edit-compile-run-debug-loop. Look at more interactive languages, e.g. Python, JavaScript as with a browser Dev-Tools, Smalltalk. Although Smalltalk is not a widely used language, it does have a large selection of interactive playgrounds that some people enjoy. Another option might be to do more hands-on project with Arduino - where you can build and program robots, various automatons, etc.