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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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jack_Sparrow,rootand121 otherslike this
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Managed to study for 8 hours as per clock.. But I know the effective study was not that much.. 

Not even two months left now.. 

Hopefully I will take smaller breaks from tomorrow on and get into "tapasya mode" soon. 

DM,Pam123and9 otherslike this
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Hello friends the past 3-4 days have been bad to say the least. I’ve been feeling extremely unmotivated and have barely been able to even clock my hours on YPT. I don’t know why I’m struggling, but I know it cannot go on like this. So I will self reflect a bit and hopefully find some sort of solution. I’m not keeping any targets today but I’ll let you know what I managed to finish by the end of the day.

So I managed to do one test of 8 questions, study for it, do daily C/A, and do 3 topics of economy… which is 4 more things than I did in the past few days. I did think about why I’ve been so unmotivated, turns out I’m just tired and lazy… and this is unfortunately the rebellion against getting back in the groove… much like that part of you that just wants to stay in the warm blankets and not get out, even though you know you have a shit load of work to do, the irresponsible side that just wants to say “screw it”. Well, turns out sometimes you’ve got to be the bad cop to yourself, and it’s tough being one, but there’s no way around it. “Child me” has been indulged for long enough, now its time to get the “adult me” into the game. 

*and the crowd goes wiiiillllldd*

Dionysus,Dhananandaand14 otherslike this
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Going forward all nighters is the only way to mount a good fight..

Civils Mains:2017,2018,2020,2021,Forest Mains:2021.

Xera,plmokn25688524and7 otherslike this
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yes-yes-no-partially-no
 carryover to tomorrow +bhutan and nam and who


bhutan +who +NGO microfinance done
not my best of days , found it difficult to concentrate and kept jumping between topics. things are taking too much time. but thats expected when you gotta cover a year worth of stuff in 60 days.

calling it a day. tomorrow will be better

IFP and insti

 

 IFP, wto, unsc, nam

Prez, guv, speaker etc

Social justice

Health, edu etc

THE_MECHANIC,Jammuand2 otherslike this
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To do 11-11 

        - Physics 

                - Molecular 1/2

                - Atomic tut sheet

        - Ethics 

                - internalise hawabazi 

                - PYQ case studies brainstorm 5x

                - Topper's copy brainstorm 

        - Philosophical essay pyq brainstorm 



Celeborn,Rashmirathiand3 otherslike this
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What I managed to do today:

Completed PYQs of single variable calculus.

CA class 

Social Justice - health 

AWFG (4/7 questions) 

Newspaper 




Rashmirathi,Biryaniand3 otherslike this
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Tomorrow:

GS test 

Essay Test 

Newspaper 

Rashmirathi,Biryaniand3 otherslike this
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*Revised some Portion of Human geography for test.

*Done case studies class.Now iam confident of solving case studies.Habituated with striking at the root cause of the problem.

Targets for 08/11/21 will be

*Optional test

*Ethics class

*Indian physical geography[Target=1.5 days]


None of the above targets are done.Instead

*Done climatology,still some parts left

Targets for 09/11/21 will be

*Climatology+Oceanography


*Done climatology

*Not started studying oceanography.

*Done CA class

Targets for 10/11/2021 will be

*complete Oceanography

*Done oceanography but 3 subtopics left

11/11/21 targets will be

*Oceanography leftovers+Biogeography(2 days)

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand3 otherslike this
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Clickbait-ary thumbnails of toppers talk are low key depressing. Induces fomo and self doubt every fking time. 
"That change made all the difference" 

"This mistake made me cost my attempts"

"Took 7months to cover upsc without coaching" 

"It's a primary weapon to fight this exam" 


Oooof, give me a break. Before the result of prelims, I was talking to my college friends about how uncertain prelims is, just one thought about a statement and you're on the wrong side of the border and how mains is the sure test of your hard work you've done till now. Now it all sounds so funny xD have I put in any hard work till now? 


MikeWozniak,chamomileand17 otherslike this
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a day will come when toppers will say " see I am not even born and still i have topped. hehe"
Shambhavi_singh,plmokn25688524and5 otherslike this
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@Purplesunbird hahah I think the same and thats why I have blocked every channel that shows the bakar bakar of these toppers.. nobody has the guts to be honest and say that prelims is based on a lot of luck factor and I got lucky “that day”. My father is himself a civil servant and he says “ civil services toh lottery hai “. 


plmokn25688524,Celebornand3 otherslike this
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Clickbait-ary thumbnails of toppers talk are low key depressing. Induces fomo and self doubt every fking time. 
"That change made all the difference" 

"This mistake made me cost my attempts"

"Took 7months to cover upsc without coaching" 

"It's a primary weapon to fight this exam" 


Oooof, give me a break. Before the result of prelims, I was talking to my college friends about how uncertain prelims is, just one thought about a statement and you're on the wrong side of the border and how mains is the sure test of your hard work you've done till now. Now it all sounds so funny xD have I put in any hard work till now? 


True friend, aaj kal telegram par bhi yahi sab hai, kaafi time lagta hai ye sab dekhne mein, sort karne mein. Aaj ka pura din yahi kiya maine bas 😂

Shambhavi_singh,pyadavand7 otherslike this
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@Purplesunbird hahah I think the same and thats why I have blocked every channel that shows the bakar bakar of these toppers.. nobody has the guts to be honest and say that prelims is based on a lot of luck factor and I got lucky “that day”. My father is himself a civil servant and he says “ civil services toh lottery hai “. 


If I get into the list, I will scream about how lucky I was in prelims.. 

Luck counts big way.. No denying.. 


DM,Xeraand7 otherslike this
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Only 50 days left for prelims effectively... 

Targeta for 11/11/21

  • Anthro as much as you can do
  • Ethics three case studies

Note to self: YOU ARE ONLY 50 DAYS AWAY FROM SECURING UR NAME IN THE LIST.. SO SHUT THE EFF UP AND GET BACK TO YOUR BOOKS... 




DM,Falconand11 otherslike this
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Good morning dostoen !

Targets for Nov 11

  • Meditation -3x
  • Substantial portions of GS 2 - would post topics covered by night
  • 1 hour AWP

Looking forward to exhausting Thursday !

TambourineMan,pyadavand6 otherslike this
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Hello friends targets for 11.11.21 are:

Finish economy

editorial- IE+ Hindu

daily c/a

Wish me luck!

Falcon,TambourineManand9 otherslike this
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are there any material for probable questions that can be asked for gs and essay papers?
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Can anyone compare Rau's mains compass and vision mains 365 on basis of RoI and given the time constraint?

Rau's Mains Compass is easier to read. Also things are better explained. 

Vision Mains 365 has better content density and higher coverage. But it takes a lot of time. 

If your basics are good, go for vision but do it selectively + make short notes. If you lack time, study Rau's and supplement those topics with data/examples from Vision for those topics. And skip the remaining filler topics in Vision. 

The thumb rule is do only those things which you can revise minimum 3-4 times before exam and actually recall in the exam. The rest (especially facts and data) are a waste of time. 

chamomile,Falconand8 otherslike this
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Hello friends targets for 11.11.21 are:

Finish economy

editorial- IE+ Hindu

daily c/a

Wish me luck!

Completed my C/A and editorials and managed to get through half my economy targets, which is great because i had set unrealistically high targets for myself and I’m glad I chased them. Mummy bread still got it in her, folks! Ill finally be going to bed satisfied after a really long time

TambourineMan,Celebornand7 otherslike this
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To do 11-11 

        - Physics 

                - Molecular 1/2

                - Atomic tut sheet

        - Ethics 

                - internalise hawabazi 

                - PYQ case studies brainstorm 5x

                - Topper's copy brainstorm 

        - Philosophical essay pyq brainstorm 



- Molecular -     done, kinda overachieved too :p 

- Atomic tut -    done

- Ethics revision - couldn't start

- Philosphical essay- didn't start

- Pyq brainstorm- done(before going to bed) 

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand4 otherslike this
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