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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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Heyaaa everyone. How are you all? I am so glad to see you all here, doing all the hard work, ticking off those targets and running this race.

I am out of race for now, but I am cheering for you all from the stands. I have been away due to of course the failure, but I am back with a renewed energy finally. It feels so good to be back here. 

Just felt telling you all :)


DM,MikeWozniakand28 otherslike this
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Heyaaa everyone. How are you all? I am so glad to see you all here, doing all the hard work, ticking off those targets and running this race.

I am out of race for now, but I am cheering for you all from the stands. I have been away due to of course the failure, but I am back with a renewed energy finally. It feels so good to be back here. 

Just felt telling you all :)


We are always in the race. It's just a matter of time. Keep slogging. Good to see you back. Even I was away. Missed you all!

Villanelle,Pam123and23 otherslike this
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@sstarrr @AzadHindFauz its good to see you guys back again!!

Villanelle,Celebornand9 otherslike this
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Heyaaa everyone. How are you all? I am so glad to see you all here, doing all the hard work, ticking off those targets and running this race.

I am out of race for now, but I am cheering for you all from the stands. I have been away due to of course the failure, but I am back with a renewed energy finally. It feels so good to be back here. 

Just felt telling you all :)


We are always in the race. It's just a matter of time. Keep slogging. Good to see you back. Even I was away. Missed you all!

We all missed you too! Glad to have to back :) 

After a great long break , back to slogging.

Failures does take a toll on mental health, but time heals everything. Same happened with me, just that the time was a bit longer. This time running the race to finish till the end. 

AzadHindFauz,Villanelleand17 otherslike this
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It’s great to see you back@AzadHindFauz and@sstarrr 

AzadHindFauz,Villanelleand9 otherslike this
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*Done oceanography

*Loss of focus on optional,so shifted to gs(Economy).

*Done pyq analysis,some basics of economics and Economic survey

*Done Ethics and CA classes.

targets for 12/11/21 will be

*Economy-Srirams revision

*Done-substantial parts of Sriram's 

*Done budget

Tomorrow's assignments will be:-

*Essay test

*Ethics 1 to 4 topics revision for test

*Remaining chapters of sriram's.

#Walk atleast to reduce stress

*Done sriram's except WTO part

*Done essay test

*Done ethics revision but Agent action theories need 1 more revision

Targets for 14/11/21 will be

*Ethics test

*Economy Agriculture part

*Done ethics test

*Done some parts of agriculture.

Tomorrow's targets will be:

*Biogeography

*Done biogeography(except soil degradation)

Targets for 16/11/2021 will be

*Environmental geography[1.5 to 2 days max]

*Done envi geo[except Envi hazards part].

It got completed early thanks to some earlier consolidations.

Targets for tomorrow will be:-

*Envi hazards~disaster management(GS)

*Done Disaster management

Tomorrow's targets will be

*Geomorphology[Max 3 days]

*Done 30% of Geomorphology,mainly tectonics part

Tomorrow's targets will be

*Continuation of geomorphology

*Ethics[2 hrs]

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand3 otherslike this
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Good morning guys! Can’t remember if I updated yesterday or not. Anywho targets for 18.11.21 are:

Econ

PSIR

AWP

Daily C/A

Thats all folks!

Very very bad day as far as efficiency is concerned. It was a day of half targets at best. I can’t even call the portions I covered for PSIR as half targets. Tomorrow, please be better (both to the day as well as future me)

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand6 otherslike this
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Accidently broke the screen of my phone early morning....
Normally, I would have made a hue and cry over it..
But the first thought that came in my mind was,  "Ab toh jab kuch mahino baad selection list mei naam aayega tab hi new phone khreedna hai'..




मैं अपने ही मन का हौसला हूँ


है सोया जहां पर मैं जगा हूँ


मैं पीली सहर का नशा हूँ


मैं मदहोश था, अब मैं यहाँ हूँ 



DM,AzadHindFauzand19 otherslike this
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Welcome back @sstarrr and@AzadHindFauz 

My targets couldn't be completed today. Spent the time allotted but didn't reach peak efficiency. Will improve on that tomorrow. 

Goodnight peeps! 

AzadHindFauz,Rashmirathiand7 otherslike this
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Had a good day overall, first half went in reboot( nth time now) and the second half was quite productive. 

The outcome of the reboot is that I need to finish a substantial portion of GS in 4 days with almost 3 GS papers + an essay test.  Post this marathon session I can finally do optional in peace for a week or so. 

19/11

- eco/env sectional test

20/11

- essay 

21/11

- polity sectional 

22/11

- social justice/IR sectional 


Btw just got reminded of my stupid mood swings during prelims prep. Registered for CAT in sept thinking what if I don't get through. Now realising that came at a cost of 2k :/ 


Villanelle,Celebornand10 otherslike this
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Jammusaid

Jammusaid

Targets for Nov 17

  • PSIR 1B (1/4)
  • Essay : 3-4 hours (I daily plan for it, keep it as last target, and always miss it, kal issi se start karenge)

Good luck everyone, take good care of health.

Hey Wednesday, you were great. Lots of love !

Targets for Nov 18

  • PSIR (2/4) + 2 hours AWP
  • PSIR Good Copies
  • Essay PYQ + Good Copies

Good night everyone, wish you all a pleasant sleep !

Decent day. Post Lunch session could have been better. 

Target for Nov 19

  • PSIR 1B (3/4) + 1 hour AWP
  • GS 3 Internal Security (1/2)

Looking forward to exhausting Friday. Good luck everyone !

pyadav,Celebornand7 otherslike this
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I have pretty much wasted the last 2 days thinking about a lot of stupid things, but I’m ready now to All in. I know I am not as well prepared as many of you here, but I won’t judge me until I write all those papers. Watching people put in the hard work is really encouraging. 
Xera,Villanelleand13 otherslike this
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Good morning you guys! New bright and shiny day (maybe not if you’re in Delhi :p) but targets for 19.11.21 are:

Copy writing

Brainstorm for AWP

Brainstorm for discussion 

Read model answer (2/2)

SHG

AWP

Econ

Agri

PSIR 

Daily C/A

Let’s get this bread!

IwW,Celebornand7 otherslike this
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With this thought in mind, lets hope everyone (including me) make the most out of the remaining 7-6 weeks of the preparation... 

DM,Xeraand16 otherslike this
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Targets for the day:

Finish Modern Algebra 

S&T (2/2)

CA class 


IwW,Archandand8 otherslike this
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Good morning friends,

Target-

1. Optional- AwP, Post independence 1 chapter, modern 1 chap, Revision of Ancient and Medieval 

2. GS3- Agri 1 chap

3. GS4 - AwP, Revision 

4. GS1- Revision

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand5 otherslike this
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Targets for today

Revision of Anthro : socio-cultural

Anthro test-2

GS-3: Mains 365 (Till agriculture)

IwW,Celebornand6 otherslike this
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*Done oceanography

*Loss of focus on optional,so shifted to gs(Economy).

*Done pyq analysis,some basics of economics and Economic survey

*Done Ethics and CA classes.

targets for 12/11/21 will be

*Economy-Srirams revision

*Done-substantial parts of Sriram's 

*Done budget

Tomorrow's assignments will be:-

*Essay test

*Ethics 1 to 4 topics revision for test

*Remaining chapters of sriram's.

#Walk atleast to reduce stress

*Done sriram's except WTO part

*Done essay test

*Done ethics revision but Agent action theories need 1 more revision

Targets for 14/11/21 will be

*Ethics test

*Economy Agriculture part

*Done ethics test

*Done some parts of agriculture.

Tomorrow's targets will be:

*Biogeography

*Done biogeography(except soil degradation)

Targets for 16/11/2021 will be

*Environmental geography[1.5 to 2 days max]

*Done envi geo[except Envi hazards part].

It got completed early thanks to some earlier consolidations.

Targets for tomorrow will be:-

*Envi hazards~disaster management(GS)

*Done Disaster management

Tomorrow's targets will be

*Geomorphology[Max 3 days]

*Done 30% of Geomorphology,mainly tectonics part

Tomorrow's targets will be

*Continuation of geomorphology

*Ethics[2 hrs]

*Geomorphology,inherently takes more time.Stuck in Geomorphic cycles and Landscape development.

*Studied Topic 6 of Ethics

Targets for 20/11/21 will be

*Ethics topic no 6,7 and (5) if time permits

*Complete all landscape cycles of erosion.

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand3 otherslike this
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why is mains 365 taking so long to come? from where you guys reading ca?
THE_MECHANIC,
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why is mains 365 taking so long to come? from where you guys reading ca?

Dipin sir class plus  only ias prahaar... 

I hv heard that the economy 365 has similar content as last year's, so maybe u cn revise the mains 365 of 2020 n then add additional stuff once the latest one is released

DM,Celebornand5 otherslike this
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