Discouraged

Honestly, I don't have much to say about what I'm about to post here and the shame I'm about to bring upon myself, but three weeks ago, >someone< encouraged me to get into gestures and see if I could build a drawing habit. At that time, I spent a full week doing gestures just to bring myself to a halt in the second and third week. Now it's the first day after this ridiculous pause and, well... I got this:

http://i.imgur.com/ieBovE5.jpg 30 sec
http://i.imgur.com/Fkf50MV.jpg 1 min (?)
http://i.imgur.com/CLjugfo.jpg 1~5 min (?)
http://i.imgur.com/YCbNNst.jpg 10 min

I am totally aware that those are absolute the trash but the problem here is that I feel pretty much lost. I don't know what to do to actually improve and perceive such improvement but some say that I'm not even supposed to figure out that I'm getting better.
Not to mention that, according to skilled artists, I'll have to pour 2 to 6 daily hours into pure practice if I ever wish to improve to a slightly acceptable level.

Yup, I'm totally lost.

2 to 6 hours is an unrealistic amount of practice time for anyone who isn’t paid to practice. Even many college students studying fine art don’t get that much practice on a truly daily basis.

Make sure you’re putting in 15 minutes of focused practice every single day. By focused practice, I mean always have a specific goal in mind before you put pencil to paper, as detailed in this article: https://line-of-action.com/focused-practice-an-exercise-for-real-improvement-in-33-days/

15 minutes per day will at least keep your brain focused on the task of making new and better connections regarding these skills.

Then, add in a few days in the week when you will do longer practices; 30 minutes, an hour, two hours, whatever is realistic.

Unfortunately, your links don’t work for me so I can’t give more specific feedback, but I wanted to provide some comfort that meaningful progress IS possible without needing to devote your entire life to improving.