that one K/DA vs Megalomania
Snail's House Pixel Galaxy
Ленинград ft ГлюкoZa ft ST Жу Жу Leningrad ft GlukoZа ft ST Ju Ju

wait, before that, breathe in for oxygen daily.

1) welcome to the deeper part of hell.

2) map your favorite song given it's not too hardcore of a song. this will give you motivation (trust me, if you don't like the song when you haven't gotten a drive for mapping yet, you're NOT gonna push through even probably 2 sections of the song.)

3) you've been playing, right? given you've played a wide variety of maps and have had different exposure, choose your favorite maps. rank them from one to five or something, even. then think why you chose them as your favorite (for whatever reason, maybe its fun to play, it looks really good, or its really unique). | whatever reason that may be, use the ideas from your favorite maps to incorporate them into your own maps. the more you like a concept, the more you'll think of it and maybe you end up with good ideas from thinking in relation to those favorite patterns.) | if you want to take it a step up, check who mapped your favorite songs and find more maps from the same person/people.

4) when you map something, determine how much you'll be mapping. "will i be doing just this section for practice? do i want to try and rank this?" then do as much of it as you can as fast as you can; as time goes on you might get blanded out in having the same routine and "might want to map something else." | note that its okay not to finish a map, or even just try a section or some gimmick, pattern or idea. if just starting, that's advantageous imo

5) don't rank immediately. until you can come up with at least one solid difficulty of any kind in which people approve of after a few mods and can do so in a practical amount of time, don't rank yet. ask yourself after a while, "do i want to rank this as it is? as my mapping skill is now?"

6) i see so many people pointing to pishifat's videos. yes sure take a look at them also but remember this: those videos are ideas from a person who started in the mapping meta of 2015. the older ones (of about 2 or so years ago) are very conservative, so you should adjust to mods today. i'd personally say i think it's more like a journal. you need to think about context, "is this subjective? objective? from what viewpoint is this? how strict should i take this advice?" i also really encourage you to listen through the interviews, since they are more updated and also more insightful not only in the technicals in mapping but also being a mapper long term. check out in youtube: "osu! map cast pishifat" he himself tells there that some older vids are outdated to today's mapping.