I basically quit writing when I was 12 because of this. I really wish I hadn't, it took another 10 years to get the ball rolling on that again (and from there about 10 years to actually get good enough to like what I was writing). I could have been writing good stuff in my 20s instead of my 30s if I'd stuck with it.
I really wish I had learned this as a kid, too. I gave up on so many interests over my teens and 20s, because I didn't just get good at them the way I did with games. I'm not blaming games, they're doing what they're supposed to. I just wish people around me had taught me to put in effort, rather than praise me for what I could accomplish without effort (spoiler: it ended up being nothing).
