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If you dug this video I would suggest reading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. I manage artists for a living and tell all my artists to read this book twice a year. Resistance is very very real and you can overcome. Don't wait for inspiration or motivation. If an artist tells me they only wait for inspiration, then I don't work with them.
This book has helped me so much with that.
Not everything is relatable but it is still very good.
http://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Winning-Creative-Battle/dp/1501260626
Yes, this happens to me frequently!
Anxiety is a trigger of the "fight or flight" mechanism. The reason you lose productivity is that you feel anxious about whatever it is you are trying to accomplish. When you indulge in distractions instead, you indulge the need for "flight." You think, "I know I need to get started, but I don't know how. Rather than think about that and get stressed out, I'll get on Facebook instead so I don't get stressed out."
A great book for this is Steven Pressfield's The War of Art - Winning the Inner Creative Battle.
It's not you it's The Reistance aka your reptilian brain.
Read this book https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Winning-Creative-Battle/dp/1501260626 it will explain everything, and how to get over it.
Have you heard of the book "The War of Art"? I've been reading a few pages a day to motivate myself and help overcome my fears.
You can make it man! if you can bring or receive books i'd send you some good but quick read books since you'll have the time:
The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
Duncan is really good to listen to, if you want to dive in deep look for when he had ball cancer. Then out of respect you should meet Duncan's Mom parts 1 & 2. Chris Ryan's 'Tangentially Speaking' can really get you though feeling lost by learning how to enjoy the experience.
If you feel you're a creative or ever wanted to start a business, i'd buy you The War of Art. But both those books really influenced me when I was younger by exposing me to new perspectives on everyday problems I faced.
There's the misconception that one has to be "in the mood" in order to do work/create. Just do some work, and that will get you "in the mood".
What kind of Art do you do? Drawing? Do some sketches. Paint? Do some studies. Writing? Just write.
If you like to read about Art and making Art, this is a great book that talks about why you feel the way you fell now.
>I'm horrid in the motivation department
I hear this almost every day of my life, and I have the same response: Motivation is like gasoline. It's high-octane, but it's not sustainable. Motivation is great for when you're starting to workout. You go to the gym for 4 days a week. You feel great, you've accomplished something. You're on the way to a healthier lifestyle. You're happy that you did it, but you didn't like doing it. You forced yourself to do it.
If you want to be physically fit -- not just lose weight -- you need dedication. I wake up at 5, I'm in the gym by 6 and I've done my workout by 8. This is my routine, It makes me happy to exercise. I like it. If I can't do it when I'm scheduled to, I know I won't feel good that day. I don't get that release; I know working out always makes me happy after I've done it. I don't want to deprive myself of future happiness. Dedication and routine are what makes you physically fit. Motivation gets you started.
You might benefit from this book.
The best lesson I ever learned as an Artist and as an Entrepreneur has been: USE WHAT YOU HAVE.
The cocktail of self-doubt, impostor syndrome, self-sabotage and lizard's brain/resistance too often we construct too high self-imposed unreacheable thresholds.
Use what you have, do what you can and make the absolute best you can do (today). Doing this today will give you the experience, the strength and - why not - the audacity to do even more/better tomorrow.
It's possible your local library has a copy of this book:
https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Winning-Creative-Battle/dp/1501260626?sa-no-redirect=1&pldnSite=1
What may pertain to your problem is his concept of Resistance.
Big ones for me...
The Upward Spiral
Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change Your Life
The Untethered Soul
The War of Art
Pretty sure he's talking about The War of Art.
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https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Winning-Creative-Battle/dp/1501260626
He said it in the comment - it's called "The War of Art" and I'm assuming this is it: https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Winning-Creative-Battle/dp/1501260626
It's complicated.
Family and Friends are not literary critics, nor peer reviewers; therefore they are not equipped to give good feedback.
Moreover, Family and Friends often dismiss someone's efforts, especially creative efforts, by highlighting the negatives and dismissing the positive. There are psychological reasons why it is this way, hence my premise: It's complicated.
But wait, there's more!
Why do you care about what your family/friends think of your writing? Well, it's simple: external validation. Why? Again, it's complicated (psychological reason).
So . . . "Am I fucked?" you're thinking.
Worry not, there's a solution: do not seek out external validation, and surely not from friends and family. What you want is good honest feedback from someone who:
I am neither competent nor you can trust me, but I can tell you that: you wrote something? Great! Awesome! You did it! You're the 1 percent (read about the 90-9-1 rule); and no, it's not as good as your next writing, so . . . keep on writing.
NOTE: this is a great read, so is this one.
Added to my wishlist. Another book I got a lot of insight and much to think about from was The War Of Art, by Steven Pressfield. I recommend this book to anyone who's doing anything creative. Awesome, awesome book.
http://www.amazon.com/The-War-Art-Winning-Creative/dp/1501260626
Well,look at that - the blurb from Publisher's Weekly says it's a cross between Sun Tzu's The Art Of War, and The Artist's Way, by Julie Cameron! Definitely reading it now!
https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Winning-Creative-Battle/dp/1501260626
The War of Art By Steven Pressfield. My personal favorite