That failed prelims attempt from 2024? That time you wasted on the wrong optional? Those months you spent doubting yourself after a bad mock test?

Stop letting yesterday’s mistakes dictate today’s efforts.

🔥 Your past failures are not fortune tellers. They don’t get to write your future story.

Every morning, you get a fresh chance to rewrite your destiny. Don’t let old wounds infect new opportunities.

Today is not yesterday. This attempt is not the last one.

Break free from your own prison.

@UPSCneil

5th Sherlocking Offline Community Meet Notice

All of you are cordially invited to the Fifth Offline Community Meet.

We will be meeting at Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya - https://maps.app.goo.gl/vMVdVRG2BYGASdGD9

Post 6PM, you are free to explore adjoining areas at your own leisure!

Last Offline Meet - https://t.me/Neil_You/2557

National Museum:
https://youtube.com/shorts/nO3Hu3Cass0?si=ZDDcuebytVBWk_4Z

Lodhi Gardens:
https://youtube.com/shorts/EwvUG9JfJwU?si=THKoJgLbo5DQdOIR

Your blood carries proof that survival is your inheritance.

Every ancestor before you endured famine, war, plague, and chaos and still, you stand here with a pen, a dream, and a chance.

UPSC is not the hardest test your lineage has faced.

Act like you carry 3.8 billion years of undefeated history.

@UPSCneil

You’re walking away from the comfort of your old life. No more endless social media. No more “I’ll study tomorrow.”

You’re leaving behind the person who made excuses, who procrastinated, who feared failure.

🚶‍♂️ This journey demands sacrifice. Late-night parties become early morning studies. Casual friendships fade as your focus sharpens.

It’s lonely sometimes. It’s uncomfortable always.

But on the other side of this discomfort? Your IAS dreams are waiting.

✨ Walk away from who you were to become who you’re meant to be.

@UPSCneil

📢 Onboarding & Course Doubt Session | 25th Oct, 8:30 PM Sharp

Students looking to enroll in Sherlocking Modules can join the session to get their course and enrollment queries addressed. ✨ A small appreciation gesture awaits those attending with an intent to enroll.

Additionally, enrolled students having any module-related queries may also join for clarity and support.

🔗 Join here: meet.google.com/vcw-nwkp-qxy

Team Unlock IAS

While others scroll through reels, you’re reading The Hindu. While others binge-watch series, you’re solving PYQs.

It’s not about being naturally brilliant. It’s about choosing discipline over distraction.

⏰ The hours you spend with NCERT while others waste time on social media? That’s your competitive edge.

Your “boring” Saturday night with Current Affairs is someone else’s “I wish I had studied more.”

🎯 Success isn’t about having more talent. It’s about using your time like it matters.

Because it does.

@UPSCneil

UPSC prep can feel like a storm — mocks shaking your confidence, deadlines spinning around you, doubts hitting from every side.

But even hurricanes have a center of calm.

Find yours.

In stillness, you’ll see clearly. In clarity, you’ll fight stronger.

@UPSCneil

Right now, it feels endless. The syllabus, the pressure, the uncertainty.

But imagine this: Years from now, as an IAS officer serving the nation, you’ll remember these sleepless nights, these tough revisions, these moments of doubt.

✨ And you’ll whisper a quiet “thank you” to the version of you who refused to quit.

The struggle you’re in today is building the strength you’ll need tomorrow.

Keep going. Your future self is counting on it.

@UPSCneil

Some days you’ll cry over a mock test score. Some days you’ll feel like quitting after reading one page of Indian Express.

And that’s completely normal.

💔 UPSC prep isn’t Instagram-worthy every day. It’s messy, frustrating, and sometimes soul-crushing.

You don’t need to be motivated 24/7. You just need to show up on the days when motivation is nowhere to be found.

🌱 Progress isn’t always pretty. But it’s always worth it.

Feel the feelings. Then get back to your books.

@UPSCneil

Every failed prelims attempt carved resilience into your soul. Every sleepless night of preparation built your mental strength. Every moment of doubt you pushed through proved your warrior spirit.

🗡️ The battles you’ve fought in silence have forged you into someone stronger than you realize.

Those struggles weren’t wasted time — they were training for the fight ahead.

When UPSC tests your limits, you’ll remember: you’ve survived worse, you’ve endured longer, you’ve risen before.

💪 Your scars are your superpowers. Your pain became your strength.

@UPSCneil

"150 years of inspiration from the man who united India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel."

His message still echoes: Strength lies in unity.
Let’s stand together: as learners, as dreamers, as doers.

@UPSCneil

5th Sherlocking Offline Community Meet Notice

All of you are cordially invited to the Fifth Offline Community Meet.

We will be meeting at Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya - https://maps.app.goo.gl/vMVdVRG2BYGASdGD9

Post 6PM, you are free to explore adjoining areas at your own leisure!

Last Offline Meet - https://t.me/Neil_You/2557

National Museum:
https://youtube.com/shorts/nO3Hu3Cass0?si=ZDDcuebytVBWk_4Z

Lodhi Gardens:
https://youtube.com/shorts/EwvUG9JfJwU?si=THKoJgLbo5DQdOIR

This moment isn’t just about cricket, it’s a mirror of life itself.

At times, life’s “win predictor” seems against you - circumstances stacked 72% in favor of failure, and only 28% in your favor. The odds, logic, even people around you might say it’s already over. But just like this match, life isn’t played on numbers - it’s played on heart, persistence, and faith.

The scoreboard may not always tell your story, but your refusal to give up does.

Because in both cricket and life - it’s never over till it’s over.


@UPSCneil

The mocks you avoid, the subjects you postpone, the doubts you bury —
that’s your cave.

And inside it lies the breakthrough you’ve been chasing.
Fear isn’t a stop sign in this journey.

It’s a compass pointing straight to your treasure.

@UPSCneil

5th Sherlocking Offline Community Meet Notice

All of you are cordially invited to the Fifth Offline Community Meet.

We will be meeting at Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya - https://maps.app.goo.gl/vMVdVRG2BYGASdGD9

Post 6PM, you are free to explore adjoining areas at your own leisure!

Last Offline Meet - https://t.me/Neil_You/2557

National Museum:
https://youtube.com/shorts/nO3Hu3Cass0?si=ZDDcuebytVBWk_4Z

Lodhi Gardens:
https://youtube.com/shorts/EwvUG9JfJwU?si=THKoJgLbo5DQdOIR

Every breakdown in prep — the mock that crushed you, the doubt that shook you, the sleepless nights that split you open-
they’re not moving you backwards.

They’re tectonic shifts, pressing your grit into something unshakable.

Mountains are born from quakes.

So are toppers.

@UPSCneil

When everyone else says “UPSC is impossible for someone like you,” that breaks you from the outside.

But when something inside you whispers, “I was born for this service,” that’s when your real journey begins.

🥚 External doubts destroy dreams. Internal conviction creates destiny.

The world may see your failed attempts, your average marks, your ordinary background.

But your inner fire sees something different — a future civil servant ready to serve the nation.

💫 Trust that voice. It knows something the world doesn’t.

@UPSCneil

You’re not preparing just for a rank.

You’re preparing to leave behind proof that you refused to quit.

Every hour at your desk, every battle with self-doubt, every attempt survived — it’s carving your fossil.

One day, your name will not just appear in a list.
It will remain. Unforgotten.

@UPSCneil