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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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@DeekshitaP Congrats on the 10k! That's a mighty awesome achievement. 


Thanks a lot! Would love to run a half sometime in life :)

One of my medium-term goals is to participate in and complete the Airtel Delhi half marathon. Hoping to get to do that once the pandemic ceases.

Oh hey fellow runner! Same even I do really want to run the ADHM. My father runs it’s quite regularly so I’ve also been very inspired to do it myself.

Humlog sab milke lbsnaa ka marathon daudenge.

Arre pakka! Woh bhi Mussoorie ki hawa mei. Alag feel hoga!

Delhi ki hawa mei rehkar Mussoorie ki hawa ko imagine toh nai kar paa raha hu but han acha hoga.

#RUNNERS UNION ZINDABAD

Celeborn,
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Oh hey fellow runner! Same even I do really want to run the ADHM. My father runs it’s quite regularly so I’ve also been very inspired to do it myself.

Oh that's quite awesome. How was his experience? I've heard running in Delhi's polluted air can be quite taxing.

I'm not actually a runner though :P. Atleast not yet. More like someone who has read books/ watched interviews of quite a few long-distance runners and want to emulate that.

My dad has been running for almost 10 years now regularly and he has run ADHM for the past 3 years. He hasn’t had any issues with the air and usually runs early in the morning outside. Obviously when the air gets really bad he shifts to the evening but that one day for the ADHM he will run outside.

Also you’re a runner whenever you start running. :)

chamomile,BDand1 otherslike this
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5/6/21

post independence- finish NCERT

psir- Cold War 

IE backlog

daily C/A

AJ_,Celebornand2 otherslike this
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GS - 3 hrs

Optional - 2 hrs

AWP - 2 hrs

CA - 1.5 hrs

Notes & Revision - 1 hr


AJ_,Celebornand2 otherslike this
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Target's for today


Optional - lecture 13(2hr)

Ethics - topic 3 (aptitude) , topic 5 (public /civil service value & ethics in public administration)       -3-4hr

Newspaper 

CA class (1-1.5hr)

Pyq .


BD,AJ_and2 otherslike this
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PAPER 1 of OPTIONAL.

BD,AJ_
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Things I did-

Maths 3.5 hrs

Ethics 2 hrs

CA notemaking - 1 hr

Total around 6.5 hrs


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5/6/21

Maths ->Fluids 5 lectures done

Ethics ->2 answers written

Newspaper ->done

Finally fluids over!! :D. This has been THE topic which I've been afraid of and failed to do well for the past 3 years. Feels good to banish those demons.

I still have to revise them though. Maybe a couple of weeks again next month. 

Targets for tomorrow ->not much. Would be a rest day. Might write an essay. Maybe spend a couple of hours consolidating ethics notes. There's a good chance though that I will end up binging Family Man S2 the entire day and not do anything else.

EiChan,chamomileand4 otherslike this
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Things I did-

Maths 3.5 hrs

Ethics 2 hrs

CA notemaking - 1 hr

Total around 6.5 hrs


Nice work bhai. Keep up the consistency.

Also where are you studying maths from? IMS notes?

BD,ozymandias
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I feel a little better now. Though, there is some body ache, I think I can start studying. For the next two weeks, these are the things I should focus on. These things and nothing else. 

  1. Environment for Prelims; Santosh Sir lectures & Booklets; Study them and Ankify them
  2. IR static portion; Read the class notes and make short notes; make flashcards where necessary
  3. GS4 Classes and Handouts
  4. CSAT 1 hour a day

I won't be able to study on 20, 21 & 22 due to some really important personal obligations. So, I'll need to up my productivity game for the next two weeks to compensate for that loss. 

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# Target To-Dos for Day (1/14): 06/06/21

  • Environment Lecture 4 (2 Hours)
  • Environment Booklet 1; Study + Ankify (2 Hours)
  • Ethics Class (3 Hours)
  • CSAT 1 Hour
  • Anki No Due (1-1.5 Hours)

Bro you are supposed to rest. Vaccine bhi tumhe rok na paya :P Sahi mei fighter ho.

All the best for your next two weeks. This reminds me to make up my own medium term plan. Might spend some time on that tomorrow.


BD,MaeveWileyand2 otherslike this
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I feel a little better now. Though, there is some body ache, I think I can start studying. For the next two weeks, these are the things I should focus on. These things and nothing else. 

  1. Environment for Prelims; Santosh Sir lectures & Booklets; Study them and Ankify them
  2. IR static portion; Read the class notes and make short notes; make flashcards where necessary
  3. GS4 Classes and Handouts
  4. CSAT 1 hour a day

I won't be able to study on 20, 21 & 22 due to some really important personal obligations. So, I'll need to up my productivity game for the next two weeks to compensate for that loss. 

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# Target To-Dos for Day (1/14): 06/06/21

  • Environment Lecture 4 (2 Hours)
  • Environment Booklet 1; Study + Ankify (2 Hours)
  • Ethics Class (3 Hours)
  • CSAT 1 Hour
  • Anki No Due (1-1.5 Hours)

Glad to hear you’re doing better. Take it easy though for a little while (though I know you can’t). My parents have beat me to the binge game, so now I have no incentive to out-binge them, so I can watch the show in peace later on XD

BD,nerdfighter
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6/6/21 (what a satisfying date to type)

post independence- spectrum

psir- NAM, neocolonialism 

IE editorial backlog

daily C/A

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Did everything except CA class

Taking  off today


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OPTIONAL PAPER 1.
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Revision day! 

And some non-upsc reading! 



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Revision 
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thesleepyhead,
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@Celeborn encouragement ke lie shukriya bhai . Haan, Ims notes hi source hain.

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