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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@TwoFace I don't read newspaper. Shankar Hindu DNA is substitute of newspaper. The 01.02.2021 video was a bit long, because of covering budget concepts and articles in detail, that's it. Generally, factly + shankar hindu dna takes like about 1.5 hours in total. There is much overlap, with many current affairs articles appearing in the newspaper and consequently, in the analysis video.
Yes, I am preparing for 2021 Prelims.
Do you suggest not to be intensive on the current affairs, and focus on static material instead?
Hitman09,
06.02.2021 Updates:
Shankar Hindu DNA - 
Forum Factly daily ca -
Vision septermber ca - (reached till page 75 only)
Poor day again, much distractions. Hope to cover up in the next few days with doubling the study hours.
07.02.2021 Targets:
Shankar Hindu DNA
Forum Factly daily ca
Finish Vision September magazine
Vision October magazine - 40 pag
@TwoFace I don't read newspaper. Shankar Hindu DNA is substitute of newspaper. The 01.02.2021 video was a bit long, because of covering budget concepts and articles in detail, that's it. Generally, factly + shankar hindu dna takes like about 1.5 hours in total. There is much overlap, with many current affairs articles appearing in the newspaper and consequently, in the analysis video.
Yes, I am preparing for 2021 Prelims.Do you suggest not to be intensive on the current affairs, and focus on static material instead?
Do you make notes/compile screetshots of factly+dna ? Your CA strategy is bit unique, and MAY become overwhelming in last 2 months of prelims.
you also read vision monthly after factly and dna. do you also plan to read pt365?
you can think about following one ecosystem like say if you believe in vision content then you may do daily CA of vision, then weekly issue of vision, monthly mag of vision, and yearly pt/main 365. same for any coaching of your liking.
peelu,Animesh_Maths@TwoFace I don't read newspaper. Shankar Hindu DNA is substitute of newspaper. The 01.02.2021 video was a bit long, because of covering budget concepts and articles in detail, that's it. Generally, factly + shankar hindu dna takes like about 1.5 hours in total. There is much overlap, with many current affairs articles appearing in the newspaper and consequently, in the analysis video.
Yes, I am preparing for 2021 Prelims.Do you suggest not to be intensive on the current affairs, and focus on static material instead?
Do you make notes/compile screetshots of factly+dna ? Your CA strategy is bit unique, and MAY become overwhelming in last 2 months of prelims.
you also read vision monthly after factly and dna. do you also plan to read pt365?
you can think about following one ecosystem like say if you believe in vision content then you may do daily CA of vision, then weekly issue of vision, monthly mag of vision, and yearly pt/main 365. same for any coaching of your liking.
I do make notes of shankar hindu dna (mostly short facts relevant to prelims perspective) - daily 1-1.5 pages. I revise these notes along with the underlined portions of factly of each day in the week (I do so in the first reading), at the end of a week.
As for the vision daily ca suggestion, I did try but found them lacking in quality content for daily ca. Their monthly ca is quite relevant, and is indeed treated as gold standard by most aspirants, but I find that their daily ca contains too much irrelevant/unimportant material, while not containing important events that occured during the day, contained in factly. Plus, the amount of content is almost same (maybe a little bit more in factly), but they cram it to look like it is only 2 pages, while forum gives 7-8 pages daily. So, visibility is another challenge.
I do vision monthly magazine for revision, and don't revise the collected factly notes. Yes, I do plan to do vision pt-365, but I doubt it will contain anything new, as I plan to revise the monthly magazines 2-3 times before prelims.
Last time, I didn't fare too well in current affairs, hence the additions. Last time, I didn't do newspaper nor daily current affairs, hence I look to benefit from the useful explanations given in the shankar dna videos about the various news, and misc. items like from environment (out of book material) and polity. Its working out fine for me till now and I think I have made useful additions in my memory.
Thank you for the advice. It is much appreciated. I think I have been comfortable with this strategy till now (following from about Nov - Dec onwards), so maybe I will continue this till prelims. But, please do point out any other fault if you see so, I am in need of advice, as I prepare isolated (no library + no coaching), so don't have any peer group to compare what others are doing. This is the primary reason I joined this platform.
HotBloodPrince,
@TwoFace I don't read newspaper. Shankar Hindu DNA is substitute of newspaper. The 01.02.2021 video was a bit long, because of covering budget concepts and articles in detail, that's it. Generally, factly + shankar hindu dna takes like about 1.5 hours in total. There is much overlap, with many current affairs articles appearing in the newspaper and consequently, in the analysis video.
Yes, I am preparing for 2021 Prelims.Do you suggest not to be intensive on the current affairs, and focus on static material instead?
Do you make notes/compile screetshots of factly+dna ? Your CA strategy is bit unique, and MAY become overwhelming in last 2 months of prelims.
you also read vision monthly after factly and dna. do you also plan to read pt365?
you can think about following one ecosystem like say if you believe in vision content then you may do daily CA of vision, then weekly issue of vision, monthly mag of vision, and yearly pt/main 365. same for any coaching of your liking.
I do make notes of shankar hindu dna (mostly short facts relevant to prelims perspective) - daily 1-1.5 pages. I revise these notes along with the underlined portions of factly of each day in the week (I do so in the first reading), at the end of a week.
As for the vision daily ca suggestion, I did try but found them lacking in quality content for daily ca. Their monthly ca is quite relevant, and is indeed treated as gold standard by most aspirants, but I find that their daily ca contains too much irrelevant/unimportant material, while not containing important events that occured during the day, contained in factly. Plus, the amount of content is almost same (maybe a little bit more in factly), but they cram it to look like it is only 2 pages, while forum gives 7-8 pages daily. So, visibility is another challenge.I do vision monthly magazine for revision, and don't revise the collected factly notes. Yes, I do plan to do vision pt-365, but I doubt it will contain anything new, as I plan to revise the monthly magazines 2-3 times before prelims.
Last time, I didn't fare too well in current affairs, hence the additions. Last time, I didn't do newspaper nor daily current affairs, hence I look to benefit from the useful explanations given in the shankar dna videos about the various news, and misc. items like from environment (out of book material) and polity. Its working out fine for me till now and I think I have made useful additions in my memory.
Thank you for the advice. It is much appreciated. I think I have been comfortable with this strategy till now (following from about Nov - Dec onwards), so maybe I will continue this till prelims. But, please do point out any other fault if you see so, I am in need of advice, as I prepare isolated (no library + no coaching), so don't have any peer group to compare what others are doing. This is the primary reason I joined this platform.
Yeah you're right. Continue this. Actually why I felt this was because in your schedule mostly CA is the main highlight of the day.
Personally while doing all this I.e. newspaper, monthly, pt365, etc never in my head i considered it as the main highlight of my day (except now when I'm more chilling in the garb of CA). For me it was always the optional, some gs portion, some test or like that has been the major thing for the day.
So I can only advice you to make a judgment that your balance is right. Coz static portion quite a lot, just that ca question makes the most noise.
Hitman09,07.02.2021 Updates:
Shankar Hindu DNA -
Factly daily ca -
September Vision magazine -
October Vision mag. - (12 pages only :( )
08.02.2021 Targets:
Hindu DNA for 07.02.2021 + 06.02.2021
Factly (06.02.2021)
Weekly Hindu DNA Notes Revision
Weekly factly revision
October vision magazine (if time permits)
07.02.2021 Updates:
Shankar Hindu DNA -
Factly daily ca -
September Vision magazine -
October Vision mag. - (12 pages only :( )
08.02.2021 Targets:
Hindu DNA for 07.02.2021 + 06.02.2021
Factly (06.02.2021)
Weekly Hindu DNA Notes Revision
Weekly factly revision
October vision magazine (if time permits)
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Vinay12,Hitman09
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