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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I am not very regular here, but I often enjoyed the positivity here. But to ruin this only requires one small trigger. What people go through and experience in their day to day life is beyond our simple assumptions we make. As they say "So many assume. So little know". Lets not try to assume and provoke unnecessarily. And it goes both ways. Best part is we can ignore.
I appreciate that guy who had the guts to post it here and asking for help. Many do not come forward precisely for this kind of toxicity.
The times are tough and least we can do is stay together and cheer up others, not getting into pointless arguments :/
So you decide whose comment is encouraging and whose discouraging? LOL. How you are more empathetic and me lesser. May be your interpretation of my statement were less empathetic, may be you lack empathy! Is it so ?
I could not have said that any more politely than I did, and yet you choose to respond in this manner. To answer your question, anyone with a brain and two grams of human decency can tell your comments are harmful and toxic. That is how I know.
I don’t want to say anything about the chronic negativity you’ve exhibited here. How you choose to approach life is your business, your “emotional shit” as you so eloquently put it. All I ask is please don’t inflict it on the beautiful lovely people here. Surely that isn’t too much to ask.
let him be!! you cant change hate with hate.. try to convince him why he is wrong,maybe he is not wrong at all or maybe he is , maybe his approach is nihilistic......Arguing in extremes will entrench his thinking.
@babu_bisleri thda empathy lao bhai....aur yeh 90% ka stat kaha se aaya, DU walo se kya dushmani hai bhai,2nd time attack kar rhe ho :'(
While I have immense respect for your opinion and I do believe that whatever you give away in the universe comes back to you in one form or the otherBUTman, I am not his therapist. He's a bully who exactly knows what he's doing and he needs to be called out for those vile words. Here it's no one's fiefdom. We all are here to learn & not bully each other under the garb of toxic & disgusting 'advice.'
let him be!! you cant change hate with hate.. try to convince him why he is wrong,maybe he is not wrong at all or maybe he is , maybe his approach is nihilistic......Arguing in extremes will entrench his thinking.
@babu_bisleri thda empathy lao bhai....aur yeh 90% ka stat kaha se aaya, DU walo se kya dushmani hai bhai,2nd time attack kar rhe ho :'(
While I have immense respect for your opinion and I do believe that whatever you give away in the universe comes back to you in one form or the otherBUTman, I am not his therapist. He's a bully who exactly knows what he's doing and he needs to be called out for those vile words. Here it's no one's fiefdom. We all are to learn & not bully each other under the garb of toxic & disgusting 'advice.'
Bhai last kuchh comments bhi toh mujhe hi bully kar rhe hai .. alag alag angreji adjectives se. Last 2 page. Itna bhi famous nhi hona tha. LOL
Khair cant reply on everyone's outlook but make your outlook broader and interpretation more open. Mujhe toh sab me Ram dikhte hai. Sabko human ki tarah treat karta rather Toxic and some other adjective. Apna nazariya badaliye. Desh badlega.
@HeNeArKr replying to you : Bhai 90% might be a crude data but spot on, from what I have researched and not targetting any particular college or university and esp not based on ranking and 90% from any institute would be like this and here most of the crowd in GS/Optional courses, Du is just popular name. You can check any course GS or optional, your data wont be disappointed.
Looks like people got more triggered with DU rather anything else.
Khair agar koi advice maangega ya mujhe lgega toh I would comment from my knowledge and approach. Open Community is open to interpretation.
Jai Shree Ram !
EiChan,
let him be!! you cant change hate with hate.. try to convince him why he is wrong,maybe he is not wrong at all or maybe he is , maybe his approach is nihilistic......Arguing in extremes will entrench his thinking.
@babu_bisleri thda empathy lao bhai....aur yeh 90% ka stat kaha se aaya, DU walo se kya dushmani hai bhai,2nd time attack kar rhe ho :'(
While I have immense respect for your opinion and I do believe that whatever you give away in the universe comes back to you in one form or the otherBUTman, I am not his therapist. He's a bully who exactly knows what he's doing and he needs to be called out for those vile words. Here it's no one's fiefdom. We all are to learn & not bully each other under the garb of toxic & disgusting 'advice.'
Bhai last kuchh comments bhi toh mujhe hi bully kar rhe hai .. alag alag angreji adjectives se. Last 2 page. Itna bhi famous nhi hona tha. LOL
Khair cant reply on everyone's outlook but make your outlook broader and interpretation more open. Mujhe toh sab me Ram dikhte hai. Sabko human ki tarah treat karta rather Toxic and some other adjective. Apna nazariya badaliye. Desh badlega.
@HeNeArKr replying to you : Bhai 90% might be a crude data but spot on, from what I have researched and not targetting any particular college or university and esp not based on ranking and 90% from any institute would be like this and here most of the crowd in GS/Optional courses, Du is just popular name. You can check any course GS or optional, your data wont be disappointed.
Looks like people got more triggered with DU rather anything else.
Khair agar koi advice maangega ya mujhe lgega toh I would comment from my knowledge and approach. Open Community is open to interpretation.
Okay jesa aapko shi lage :)
to-do
Finish a pending test before sleep
21st:
I've a PG exam. Will try to finish that early and write an essay.
Goodnight folks. I was feeling so low. Went through all recent comments. Worked like a charm. Thanks :)
so the (online) PG exam turned out to be a complete bouncer. took the entire day
so same targets for 22: 1 essay, CA class (if it happens), daily CA.
if done^ - 1 topic of intl. law
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. I came here yesterday with almost a similar story and emotions. And this has been happening ever since March 2020 - on and off. Last year I made peace with the this loop of procrastination->guilt trip->bouts of motivation/some studying->repeat. But this year it got worse and for the first time I felt, maybe I cannot do this. But thankfully things are back to at least normal. Reading the comments here did help a lot. I hope your boat stays afloat too :)
That inertia is a horrible cycle... been having bouts since last year but with decreasing frequency and duration. Some things that help me avoid it:
1. Work WITH yourself, not against yourself. Find the balance between forcing yourself to do something you don’t want to, and humouring yourself. Figure out distinct moods you experience and what kind of topic works best with each. You might find a pattern. You can then arrange items from your daily list accordingly. For example, I realised that I can’t get into anything with a lot of depth first thing in the morning. After I have one quick tick on my whiteboard from an easier topic, I am energised to get into something that’ll take a few hours. So I started doing discrete ethics topics first thing in the morning, followed by a good long optional sesh. After lunch to avoid the break extending into the next session, I make the next session short so I’m under pressure. If my plan says “03.00 to 04.00” with a small topic instead of “03.00 to 06.00” with a big one, I’m more likely to sit down to work at 3pm since the heat is on. It’s like a project where you’re both the manager and the only team member. So you have to understand how your mind works and manipulate/direct it into working.
2. See if making shorter slots works for you. And don’t be too ambitious! I usually give myself 10-15 minutes more for a topic than I think I’ll take, so I get a feeling of accomplishment when I have 10 minutes left - I’m writing this on a break like that(“Fake it till you make it”) . The time you lose in these short breaks will be much less than the massive chunk of time you lose if you’re not feeling motivated and energised.
3. Sit down for as long as it takes and write down every little bit of work that has to be done. Every single nook and corner of the overwhelming labyrinth in front of you. Then organise it into parts that make sense to you. Write down dates for the next couple of weeks. Figure out how much and what needs to be done for each. Write that down beside the date. Be honest with how much you can do in one day - this is crucial. Now step back and look at that beauty of a plan. That’s your torchlight. You just have to keep moving forward, one day at a time. Worry only about one day. If you fail to finish 100% of one day, try to adjust it in the next two. If you fail at 3 days, the pressure will show up again. Either your targets were too high or your daily time clocked too low. Honestly identify which. Make the plan again. You’ll find that you are getting closer to realising the plan with every iteration as you get used to it. Sooner or later you’ll be finishing it exactly down to the last minute. It’s a beautiful feeling. Just gotta hang in there until you reach it!
4. Make your reward proportionate to and conditional on the work put in. If I’ve successfully finished my morning session targets I happily watch an episode of Bandish Bandits over lunch. If I haven’t then I finish lunch quickly and try to make up for at least some of the time lost (so I watch quick B99 excerpts :p)
5. Figure out one area in the whole syllabus that always has your back. That you’ll feel like doing even when you don’t want to do anything else. This is your best friend who’ll never let you down. Use it when you can’t do anything else but also don’t want to give up. At the very least you won’t have wasted time.
6. Talk to people when you’re feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes it’s good to be reminded that the world will still go on even if you finish only 30 pages instead of 50. Usually talking to friends/family - people who seem strangely normal to me because they’re not obsessing over a whiteboard - hits a reset button in my head. Studying becomes much easier once the feeling of being overwhelmed passes.
7. If the day refuses to pick up no matter what you do, ruthlessly kill it. I just go to bed. Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... yet. (A quote khaas from my favourite childhood book). An early start the next day plus the guilt of the previous day usually makes it a much more productive one.
You’re certainly not alone in feeling this way. All the above worked for me, it may not for you. But you can figure out things like this that do. After all there’s no wrong way to study as long as you end up learning. Good luck and thank you for reading if you lasted this long :)
Good Morning, ForumFam,
The Shinkansen of my Productivity was off-rail for the last month due to personal and professional disruptions. In order to get it back on the tracks, I'm going to update my progress here from today.
I've been trying to prepare simultaneously for the RBI Grade B interviews 2021 and the CSE 2021 . While it has been struggle-like of late, I hope it will get better soon.
Targets for June 22, 2021
1. PSIR - 3 hours - P2SA - Topics: 1, 2, 3
2. GS 4- 2 hours - Topics 1, 5
3. CA- 2 hours - Newspapers - TH, BS, Mint
4. RBI - 1.5 hours - Annual Report 2020-21 - Chapter- 7
That's all. Hope you all have a good day :)
Good Morning, ForumFam,
The Shinkansen of my Productivity was off-rail for the last month due to personal and professional disruptions. In order to get it back on the tracks, I'm going to update my progress here from today.I've been trying to prepare simultaneously for the RBI Grade B interviews 2021 and the CSE 2021 . While it has been struggle-like of late, I hope it will get better soon.
Targets for June 22, 2021
1. PSIR - 3 hours - P2SA - Topics: 1, 2, 32. GS 4- 2 hours - Topics 1, 5
3. CA- 2 hours - Newspapers - TH, BS, Mint
4. RBI - 1.5 hours - Annual Report 2020-21 - Chapter- 7
That's all. Hope you all have a good day :)
As long as you buy a good bento box at the station, it makes up for the derailment
Good Morning.
Please please be little empathetic! World needs more of than rather than any laurels & achievements.
Today -
1. Optional - 3 hrs
2. Essay - 2 hrs
3. AWP - 2 hrs.
4. CA - 1 hr
5. Revision - 1 hr
#Studyhack - before going to bed, keep your to to do books on the table - so that you can land on your feet the next day!
@DeekshitaP Appreciate your intent but someone mocking people when they expose their vulnerabilities is not providing different perspective but just being a bully seeking attention or making such comments due to his/her own insecurities.
Agree a 100% with that, it’s never ok to respond to anyone with callousness or cruelty ever, but I meant it as a gentle reminder for everyone here and not particularly at any one person. Speaking solely from my experience, but telling someone they are wrong (no matter how correct we believe ourselves to be) on a public platform isn’t bound to make them change, rather it makes them dig their heels in even harder. I didn’t mean to offend anyone, just thought of providing another perspective to this.
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