CSE 2021: Plan / Strategy / Daily Routine
Hello 2021 aspirants. I thought it would be nice if we can share what we are doing and intend to do with one another here.
This could be a thread for discussing everything prep for 2021.
No one method fits all but to see the plans and progress made by fellow aspirants might help with the finer details of preparation and also keep one on track.
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@Infinitybeyondinfinity I see ur username has been inspired by the great " Swami Nithyananda "
Nah nah, inspired from cantor’s theorem. Grad days mein cool dikhne k liye Banaya tha ye :p ab tk kaam aa rha hai:D
21 June 2021
Happy International Yoga day to my fellow forumites.
Targets for yesterday completed in a half hearted manner.
Targets for today:
1. Newspaper
2. Society- Urbanisation, Population and Related issues, secularism
3. Watch 1.5 videos of ethics.
4. Revise April CA
5. Perform 54 surya namaskar :)
Good Luck to me!
The weekend fever caught up with me and that led me to do almost nothing in the second half except catching up with friends. Will lead to some delay but I'm fine with it.
Things done:
- Modern Algebra PYQs (2/4)
- Newspaper
- Revision of Forests in India (Yes, answer writing didn't happen and I wanted to tick off one more item on my list so :P)
Targets:
- Modern Algebra PYQs (3/4)
- Ethics Answer Writing
- Newspaper
- Essay (Might write it if I'm bored!)
In other news: I shared my poetry with friends and got honest feedback, so yay Saturday!
Yesterday was a good day, let's try to make today even better! Now is the time to start covering GS mains topics outside of prelims syllabus. Although, essay writing will have to wait a week longer!
Things done:
- Modern Algebra PYQs (3/4)
- Ethics Answer Writing
- Newspaper
Targets
- Modern Algebra (4/4)
- Society VAM - 1st reading (1/3)
- Ethics Answer Writing
- Newspaper
Have a great day everyone! :)
Good morning🌞
Good morning gentle folks!
Targets for 21.6.21 (sigh another dreaded cool date)
PSIR- complete targets from yesterday
Ethics
AWP
CSAT
Daily C/A
Write with right hand
Lets get this bread, forks!
Done with targets for the day. I want to say a prayer to all the gods of concentration and focus that stayed by me today. Off to bed soon, to wake up at the crack of dawn because I like to suffer. Loafs of bread was got! I hope I don’t run out of buns… erm puns soon.
EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWNIts been three months now and I havent been in the best of my form academically, which is also affecting me mentally now. Something or the other kept coming up - Second wave, negativity all around, uncertainity about exam, personal issues at home and so on. I thought this phase will end soon. But three months later, I am back where I was . Life has come full circle . I was in a similar boat last year and it took a lot of time to get over this rut, which ended up accounting for my poor performance in prelims. And now, even after UPSC gave us 4 more months, I haven't been able to do anything concrete. It scares me now. The fact that perhaps 2020 will repeat itself in 2021. Can't afford to waste one more year. And somehow , even if I do end up wasting this year, I am so sure that I'll be at the exact same place in 2022 as well.And the worst part is, that no one forced me to prepare for it. You hear people who say that UPSC was my childhood dream; well I am that person. Every decision that I have taken in my life till now, has revolved around me getting closer to this dream of mine. Got a very good placement offer in college which I happily didnt accept because I never ever ever wanted to go down that road. And I can proudly say that I dont regret that decision even a bit. I wanted to focus full power to make my dream a reality. But today it feels that maybe dreams are only meant to be dreams. I was always, always a good student. A mischevious kid who would always outshine the nerds of the class. But who cares about it now??? Where did all of it go when it really matters??Is this the end? Is this my destiny?? A failure?? My parents have done so so much for me even when I was in the lowest phase of my life. They have always stood by me as a rock. I see my friends being taunted by their parents to get a job, be independent, get married and stuff, but my parents never ever made me feel that. Never forced me to study. Never forced me to do something that I dont want to. It feels soo sad to think oof the fact that I am not able to make them proud. This is not just my dream, it is theirs too and I am failing them everyday. Its not a race against others anymore, it's a struggle to better my own self every single day, but maybe I dont have it in me.
Hi friend, common sense and survival instinct tells me that I shouldn’t expose myself, but every word you’ve written here is also a true account of myself and how I was last year. After my 2nd attempt in which I gave it my everything and didn’t even manage to clear prelims I basically ran out of steam and stopped studying with any intensity whatsoever. After that, I prepared simply because this dream of mine was too big to let go of, and the opportunity cost was far too high.
Last year when the pre was postponed, I let out a massive sigh, because if not for that my pre would have been a steaming pile of merde (pardon my French). And yet, I didn’t learn from it. I still went ahead with my daily youtube binges and woke up from my internet coma 30 days before pre and studies like my butt was on fire. I managed to clear the pre but I hadn’t done any work for mains so as you can imagine it all amounted to a big fat nothing. Like you, I too hadn’t done an honest day’s worth of work if I could help it in college. I halfheartedly did most things but still miraculously got through with decent marks always.
The point I’m trying to make is not that you only require 30 days of sincere effort for prelims, but that its not too late. You’re in a much better position than I was last year because you have woken up with over 100 days still left to go. Just think of how much you could achieve in these 100 days. Don’t think about the time you’ve lost, think of all the time you still have left. We have a solid community that keeps you motivated and semi-accountable, so utilise it the best way you can. Its ok to have a rough patch and admit it, it’s quite a millennial thing. But its an even more millennial thing to semi-turn it around and write about it on the internet.
EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWNIts been three months now and I havent been in the best of my form academically, which is also affecting me mentally now. Something or the other kept coming up - Second wave, negativity all around, uncertainity about exam, personal issues at home and so on. I thought this phase will end soon. But three months later, I am back where I was . Life has come full circle . I was in a similar boat last year and it took a lot of time to get over this rut, which ended up accounting for my poor performance in prelims. And now, even after UPSC gave us 4 more months, I haven't been able to do anything concrete. It scares me now. The fact that perhaps 2020 will repeat itself in 2021. Can't afford to waste one more year. And somehow , even if I do end up wasting this year, I am so sure that I'll be at the exact same place in 2022 as well.And the worst part is, that no one forced me to prepare for it. You hear people who say that UPSC was my childhood dream; well I am that person. Every decision that I have taken in my life till now, has revolved around me getting closer to this dream of mine. Got a very good placement offer in college which I happily didnt accept because I never ever ever wanted to go down that road. And I can proudly say that I dont regret that decision even a bit. I wanted to focus full power to make my dream a reality. But today it feels that maybe dreams are only meant to be dreams. I was always, always a good student. A mischevious kid who would always outshine the nerds of the class. But who cares about it now??? Where did all of it go when it really matters??Is this the end? Is this my destiny?? A failure?? My parents have done so so much for me even when I was in the lowest phase of my life. They have always stood by me as a rock. I see my friends being taunted by their parents to get a job, be independent, get married and stuff, but my parents never ever made me feel that. Never forced me to study. Never forced me to do something that I dont want to. It feels soo sad to think oof the fact that I am not able to make them proud. This is not just my dream, it is theirs too and I am failing them everyday. Its not a race against others anymore, it's a struggle to better my own self every single day, but maybe I dont have it in me.
Hang in there, buddy. It's a bad phase and it'll pass. You're still the same person that you were as a kid (I mean it in a good way haha. You saw yourself as smart and fun and a good student. You probably still are. Some of us just become super self-critical growing up and that has never helped anyone) and you can definitely still do all that you thought you were going to. Take some time to breathe and get back into it. It isn't over till it's over.
EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWNIts been three months now and I havent been in the best of my form academically, which is also affecting me mentally now. Something or the other kept coming up - Second wave, negativity all around, uncertainity about exam, personal issues at home and so on. I thought this phase will end soon. But three months later, I am back where I was . Life has come full circle . I was in a similar boat last year and it took a lot of time to get over this rut, which ended up accounting for my poor performance in prelims. And now, even after UPSC gave us 4 more months, I haven't been able to do anything concrete. It scares me now. The fact that perhaps 2020 will repeat itself in 2021. Can't afford to waste one more year. And somehow , even if I do end up wasting this year, I am so sure that I'll be at the exact same place in 2022 as well.And the worst part is, that no one forced me to prepare for it. You hear people who say that UPSC was my childhood dream; well I am that person. Every decision that I have taken in my life till now, has revolved around me getting closer to this dream of mine. Got a very good placement offer in college which I happily didnt accept because I never ever ever wanted to go down that road. And I can proudly say that I dont regret that decision even a bit. I wanted to focus full power to make my dream a reality. But today it feels that maybe dreams are only meant to be dreams. I was always, always a good student. A mischevious kid who would always outshine the nerds of the class. But who cares about it now??? Where did all of it go when it really matters??Is this the end? Is this my destiny?? A failure?? My parents have done so so much for me even when I was in the lowest phase of my life. They have always stood by me as a rock. I see my friends being taunted by their parents to get a job, be independent, get married and stuff, but my parents never ever made me feel that. Never forced me to study. Never forced me to do something that I dont want to. It feels soo sad to think oof the fact that I am not able to make them proud. This is not just my dream, it is theirs too and I am failing them everyday. Its not a race against others anymore, it's a struggle to better my own self every single day, but maybe I dont have it in me.
Chill. If you are quantifying with no. of hours of study. Leave that.
May be follow any test series schedule. prepare and write test. This would ensure atleast you move an inch if not a big step. Studying without targets often leads to this. Study multiple subjects so that even if you able to cover even subject properly, you would feel good. If 5:00 pm is deadline leave that subject and cover other subject.
Niche wala para of yours is basically emotional shit. 90% of people from DU/JNU are like this only. Unhe kahin job bhi nhi milega. LOL. Childhood dream L**a La**un... No one cares about your dream or anyone else so just cribbing if you want to.
Parents economically sound hai toh chill krro why to take a job. May be jinke taunt krr rhe hai unke nhi honge. Be honest to yourself. Parents ko tumahre personal success se proud hona pade, I believe kisi ke parents itne selfish nhi hote. CHILL KRRO. Society has made IAS as trophy of reco, nothing else. If you get it, you get it, does not matter you deserve it or not. Esp in this random exam whose keys not even toppers have.
Jai Shree Ram !
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