I can't do it anymore

Hello /prog/

I want to program, but I can't. I have no ideas which I feel are suited to my skill level. Everything I read about is either too easy or too complex, and everything that I want to work on is far too complex for me to work on.

I want to improve myself and work on the things I am really interested in, but I can't improve myself if I don't work on intermediate projects, and I have no idea what to work on to get my skills to that level.

It's depressing. It has got to the point where I haven't seriously written a line of code in a few months. I want to do something, but I always find excuses to not do it.

How do you guys deal with crushing laziness and ineptitude? How do you improve yourself? How do you motivate yourself to realize your programming dreams?
How do I become the Master Programmer?

>>6
Now that you mention it, I seem to have problems with anything connected to self-study, but somehow I have a bigger problem with programming than other things. I want to expand my programming skills, but I am not motivated to learn more on my own. If, however, I want to learn to draw and cook, or repair my car, it's easier to learn about those things on my own than programming, even though I'm really more interested in programming.

>>7
So I should just find something I enjoy and jump into it?
What if I find out that a project is far more difficult than I anticipated, and I can't finish what I started? Should I stick with one-day projects and ease myself into longer projects once I've started programming every day?

I'll keep the depression idea in mind, but I would really like to avoid any pills or "treatments" as much as possible. I beat off far too often, maybe 4+ times/day. Perhaps that has something to do with my motivation.