Official : Post Daily Routine & Self Assessment (Mains 2020)

Have mostly been a silent spectator here but I am badly struggling with my studies, so will try posting and see how much I am really doing.

The plan for next 3 days is to finish Laxmikant revision and Vision Supplementary document. Bonus would be Vision Polity and Governance papers.

24/08/2020 Targets:

1. Parliament, Parliamentary Committees, State Legislature, Constitutional and Non-constitutional bodies Revise

2. Science and Envt CA from Vision Supplementary CA

3. Tests 1 and 2 Vision Revise

This has been a disaster as I was fearing. Could only complete Parliament and Committees plus some Constitutional Bodies. I attempted Vision Test 9, have only gone through half the solutions. 

I will try to push and maybe atleast go through the solutions completely before sleeping.

Overall, not at all confident with Ancient, Art and Culture plus Current Affairs. In fact I am so worried about forgettig static that disproportionate time going into it and current is lacking.

Plan for 25/08/20

1. Attempt Vision Test 10 and go through its solutions properly

2. Supplementary CA - complete the remaining part, which is pretty much the entire booklet

3. Rivers + Mountains + Passes mapping

4. Backlog catchup from today

Question for others: How do you guys utilise the test solutions, do you read it or go back to the textbooks. I have given a lot of tests and even read solutions and tried to look at my mistakes, but I lack consolidation and suddenly I don't see how to really utilize the test solutions properly.

Another disastrous day. Had headache the entire day and struggled to study. Attempted 2 tests but didn't revise, 20 pages of Vision CA done. 

Target for 26/08/2020:

1. Complete the goddamn Vision Supplementary document (Culture is still left :(  )

2. Revise the mistakes of tests given in the last 2 days

3. Finish Executive and Judiciary from Laxmikabt

4. Finish Mapping - Mountains + Passes + Rivers

Feeling really frustrated as unable to move into the next gear of studies. 

As usual, didn't complete what was planned. Was able to finish Vision Supplementary and half of executive, gave Environment test and read some answers but still not doing enough. So, the backlog pile up continues.

Target for 27-08-2020:

1. Laxmikant - Executive remaining part, Judiciary complete, Ch 1 to 5
2. Revise Mrunal Pillar 3 and Agriculture Pillar 4

3. 1 Full Length Mock with revision

4. Mapping hope continues with same targets as above

Completed Executive, Judiciary some part. Gave 1 Vision FLT but only half analysis done. Done with Mountains mapping but overall another disappointing day.

Shifting to Modern History from tomorrow, will come back for the backlog in the next iteration. I am really bad at going over things again so Modern History I will go for question based revision. 

Target for 28/08/2020:

1. SFG-1 Modern India Compilation - targetting 6 tests 

2. Vision FLT finish analysis

3. Spectrum - Constitutional Development, Administrative Reforms, Education and Press chapters

4. Northern India Rivers Mapping

Even over this, need to add Revision of Current and previously given tests but am not putting in enough hours. Being a slow learner also doesn't help.

My update is becoming monotonous - high target, low achievement :P
Attempted 4 Tests for SFG Modern India ->couldn't properly go over mistakes and this I have to do

Education, Press, Revolt of 1857 and Simon Commission done from Spectrum, 25% of FLT revised, read economics even though wasn't planned, missed out on Mapping

Targets for 29/08/2020:

1. Spectrum 1939-1947 

2. Spectrum Constitutional Development part and read appendix - Newspapers, Important trials etc

3. One Full Length Test and analysis (I hope so)

4. World Climatic Patterns - Revise

5. Revise the mistakes made in SFG tests

6. Try and sneak in 10-15 pages of Vision Society CA

Couldn't update yesterday as the low phase struck suddenly again. Could only read till end of INA Trials, gave one mock but didn't fully revise (this will be my downfall but I am really unable to analyse my attempts properly). Climatic Patterns, just read Koeppen and the basic types but the problem is with the vegetation in my case.

Have recovered a bit now, so starting again now, today will be about trying to catch up with earlier, complete the analysis from earlier, finish spectrum till 1947 and the appendix plus Vision Society Booklet.

Targets for 31/08/2020

1. Give Vision Abhyas - list down topics not known and try to google

2. Mrunal Sir notes 20 pages - Pillar 4

3. Vision Society PT365 Booklet complete

4. Socio-Religious Reform Movements Spectrum

The past week has been a disaster, hoping for a better week ahead. Have been going directionless but from 1st September will go on to Economics Revision. Weakness is more in Environment, Art and Culture and Current, so need to spend more time with them plus try and do 1 Full Length test a day. Let's see how it goes.

1st day of the month was a bad day. I have come to the realization that single day targets aren't working, so will go for broad target for this week. 

Targets for 02/08/2020 - 06/08/2020

1. Mrunal Economy Pillars 1-4, try for 5 and 6 as well

2. Vision PT 365 - Society, Polity and IR Current affairs - up till May updates

3. National Parks and other Protected Areas Mapping

4. Aim for 1 mock test a day

Returning after 4 days, had thought that weekly targets would work but it didn't. Plan was to complete Mrunal Pillars 1 to 4, Vision PT 365 CA of Society, Polity and IR and 1 FLT daily but the return has been too poor to even share.

Returning back to daily updates now. But broad idea for next week will be to cover Art and Culture and Economy Pillars upto Pillar 5. Daily one Vision CA booklet to be done or revised and atleast 1 FLT plus some mapping.

Target for 7th September:

1. Mrunal Pillar 5 complete 

2. Art and Culture - Paintings

3. Vision Polity CA

4. 1 FLT and revise mistakes

Has anyone here prepared Ancient and Medieval in a fast track short of way or has some short notes for the basics? I have not covered them apart from some Ancient Basics and it is pretty overwhelming to do it now, but at the same time not knowing them means in every paper I am starting with only 90-92 questions to attempt.

Targets for 9th Septmeber:

1. Vision Polity PT 365 Remaining Part

2. Vision IR 365 complete

3. 1 FLT

4. Ramsar Sites and Biosphere Reserves mapping

5. Mrunal highlight the remaining part of notes (Approx 30 pages)

Didn't post for the last 2 days as was too down having not been able to complete any of my targets properly. Gave 2 mocks in last 2 days, solved 2013 CSAT paper and did random MCQs but not able to make proper strides towards completing targets. Mrunal Sir's Economy reading is still incomplete and I have already forgotten whatever I had read, have started forgetting Polity and Modern History as well. Art and Culture, Ancient and Medieval are more or less not done and CA is humongous. It is a nerve wrecking time.

Time for another over the top target for the next 2 days:

1. Vision Polity PT 365 - Complete the remaining 20 pages (have been leaving them for days now)

2. Mrunal Sir Pillar 1, Pillar 3B and Pillar 5 complete

3. Complete Art and Culture Music and Dance part

4. Modern History - 1885 to 1947, Acts and Spectrum appendix - Before Abhyas

5. Environment PT 365 - Revise complete

6. Will go ballistic on mocks - Planning to give NextIAS Anubhav, Unacademy, OnlyIAS and Abhyaas over the weekend

Have got Interstellar's No time for Caution on 10 hour loop hoping to get inspired -_-