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Good Morning!!
This happens to me a lot too. I have an active imagination and get bored easily. I've noticed I get these kind of like, day dreaming spells when I feel burnt out, tired, or particularly bored with the routine of school.
Something that's helped me is finding a different, non-school thing to be completely engaged in. I find/learn skills that are easy to pick up, and that you can get good at quickly. This gives my brain something to focus on besides day dreaming, but that is also not school. For example, I'm currently learning how to draw (look up this book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MYFV0O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) and learning to code HTML through code academy. I didn't have any art or coding experience previously, and I've gotten good at both really quickly!! Whenever I feel like I'm drifting off to day-dreaming world, I just pick up a pencil and sketch something or log on to code academy. This keeps me grounded better.
I can't speak to an ADHD diagnosis, if you think it's something worth investigating, certainly seek medical attention!! I hope this helps and best of luck!!
Are you using a book of some sort?
I learned when I was little by using a book similar to these:
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Seriously, no matter what type of stuff you want to be able to draw, from scenery to cityscapes to still lifes to people, get a book similar to the ones I linked. Getting a good grip on shading, perspective, and general "drawing boxes correctly" is the best place to start.
The best thing to do is to draw everything very lightly. Sometimes I'll go over a line ten different times before it's the right shape I need it to be. Then you just erase all the extra that didn't work right.
Just don't let it stress you out too much, as I'm assuming you're doing this as a hobby and not for work or anything.
Come over to /r/sketchdaily to try to get some more practice in too. Every day a new prompt is posted. If you like drawing people, you could also go to /r/redditgetsdrawn for more practice.
Where did you get the book?
I just started down this road @a week ago.
I found this book but is it the same?
http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Draw-30-Days-ebook/dp/B004MYFV0O
We will just have to agree to disagree then. Because you are obviously curious about learning art, but you can't get over your own mental barrier of "I am not capable of artistic expression". Don't deny yourself an opportunity right now and look back in 20 years in regret.
Before I go, I want to leave you this, and I hope you can give it a shot. Patience and time is all you need.
I've actually started just drawing basics shapes and trying to figure out shading using a biro and some lined paper I had around the house, but when my stuff comes I'll be following this, it's for complete beginners and only 20 minutes a day for 30 days which I can do no problem. I like the added structure it gives and I hope there are more books like this one for when I'm done.