Conquer Inner Demons: Boost Motivation and Achieve Success

Conquer Inner Demons: Boost Motivation and Achieve SuccessConquer Inner Demons: Boost Motivation and Achieve Success

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Mohit Tomar

• Jun 17

Well when you're fighting with your inner demons,

Or that part of yours who always wanted you to become a loser, lazy, dumb, mad or whatever you can add in that list,

So during that war zone, especially on a daily basis..

Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose,

When you excelled,

You're like…"Oh what a beautiful day it is, life is so beautiful, Life is amazing" and you wanted to continue that zone for the rest of your life..

But on one fine day, or maybe next hour or next day..

Suddenly something hits your mind, or you just saw something, or you read something, or whatever might be a reason, you just lost that war or you didn't feel happy at the outcome..

Then all your motivation just flew away or gone, and you just started behaving like a victim or a loser,

you again started hating, cursing or doubting yourself..

"Oh my life is horrible, I'm horrible, I'm total waste,

I'm a disaster, I'm a big fool or a loser"

And in that process you just lost your progress,

And unfortunately you just stop giving any further efforts and you gave up, or you tried occasional efforts here and there.

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Karen Le

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• Jun 17

I was in a creative rut last year 🫠 Burnt out from work and feeling exhausted to create for myself. I even did daily posting challenges to get myself to build the habit of posting again. From the outside, that probably looked like consistency. But internally, I still felt disconnected from my creativity and I couldn't figure out why. And whenever I stopped posting, I would tell myself I was just too busy. 👉 Client work 👉 Strategy 👉 Editing 👉 Filming 👉 Admin ..Basically everything. But I’m realizing “busy” became the easiest excuse because it sounded responsible. It made avoidance feel professional. I started The Artist’s Way this month, and I’m already noticing small shifts and quiet little realizations I had been too distracted to hear. One of them is this: Sometimes creativity needs more honesty. It needs the space to breathe before we can stop them from external voices (and yes, even the overthinking we do to ourselves). Posting consistently is one thing, but feeling connected to what you’re making is another.

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