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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on Yesterday’s goals:

Time: 9 hour, Polity Revision, 1 Optional AW

Today’s Goal:

Try for 12 hour. Polity revision continued. 

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

Inspired by Neeraj Chopra, i too pushed yesterday. (Lath gaad Diya chore ne!)

11 hours of study, completed polity revision. 1 AW optional + Insights GS

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, 1 Prelims mock,  start economy revision + GS 2 mains

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

Inspired by Neeraj Chopra, i too pushed yesterday. (Lath gaad Diya chore ne!)

11 hours of study, completed polity revision. 1 AW optional + Insights GS

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, 1 Prelims mock,  start economy revision + GS 2 mains

8 hours of study, 1 prelims mock test by Vajiram, economics Mrunal revision. 

need to push more, will try to start the day early. 

Today target: 12 hour study, economics revision, AW 

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

Inspired by Neeraj Chopra, i too pushed yesterday. (Lath gaad Diya chore ne!)

11 hours of study, completed polity revision. 1 AW optional + Insights GS

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, 1 Prelims mock,  start economy revision + GS 2 mains

8 hours of study, 1 prelims mock test by Vajiram, economics Mrunal revision. 

need to push more, will try to start the day early. 

Today target: 12 hour study, economics revision, AW 

 could put only 7 hours, limited targets achieved. Need to stop heavy exercise that makes me sleepy.

Also create a fixed time routine of study to achieve consistency

Today target: 12 hours, economics revision, 1 AW Optional + AW GS

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

Inspired by Neeraj Chopra, i too pushed yesterday. (Lath gaad Diya chore ne!)

11 hours of study, completed polity revision. 1 AW optional + Insights GS

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, 1 Prelims mock,  start economy revision + GS 2 mains

8 hours of study, 1 prelims mock test by Vajiram, economics Mrunal revision. 

need to push more, will try to start the day early. 

Today target: 12 hour study, economics revision, AW 

 could put only 7 hours, limited targets achieved. Need to stop heavy exercise that makes me sleepy.

Also create a fixed time routine of study to achieve consistency

Today target: 12 hours, economics revision, 1 AW Optional + AW GS

Dude how do you manage 12 hours?? 9-10 is the max I can do and still be able to distinguish between my right and left hand

Haha good one bro. It’s my target if you see, though in the last 5-6 days since I have been posting on this thread it is around 8-9.

I am just setting targets like Neeraj Chopra to throw a 90m (12 hours for me). I was putting average 11 hours for about 3 months post failure in this year’s mains but again got casual with time. Hence need to up my game. 12 is possible, but a routine is need, i have to get into the rhythm which I am missing at the moment. 

Besides hours are not the very best measures of performance, so see if u are able to match your expectation standards. I see it as more quantifiable so follow it. 

Btw world record in Javelin is 98m. Similarly in 24 hour day after 7 hours of sleep you have 17 hours so you can even put more. So we can definitely improve by a big margin. 

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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

Inspired by Neeraj Chopra, i too pushed yesterday. (Lath gaad Diya chore ne!)

11 hours of study, completed polity revision. 1 AW optional + Insights GS

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, 1 Prelims mock,  start economy revision + GS 2 mains

8 hours of study, 1 prelims mock test by Vajiram, economics Mrunal revision. 

need to push more, will try to start the day early. 

Today target: 12 hour study, economics revision, AW 

 could put only 7 hours, limited targets achieved. Need to stop heavy exercise that makes me sleepy.

Also create a fixed time routine of study to achieve consistency

Today target: 12 hours, economics revision, 1 AW Optional + AW GS

Action on last target: 10 hours, Vision IAS test, AW

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, economics revision, AW optional + gs

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@sjerngal Hey buddy! they are my targets 10-12, I am putting on average around 9 hours at present. 

Though it’s a feasible target because:
1. I am preparing full time- no job or college studies
2. I am staying at home and daily chores like cooking, washing are taken care.

Only things I have do is Eat-Sleep-Study-Exercise. In this Study is the only primary activity rest are supporting, so I set a target to achieve 40-50% output (10-12 hours). 

I have taken feasible but tough targets, because they help in motivating me.

With almost minimal distractions, the only fuck up is done by my brain, which gets distracted with unnecessary prodding of the past (remembers those few incidents where I acted wrong or failed, or why I am a loser).
May be someday, I will be able to manage my thoughts effectively- focusing only on the important things at the moment. It will help me achieve the only objective I am targeting i.e. UPSC. Then I think even 14 consistently is feasible. 
Vivekananda used to read a book in a day and remember for lifetime, because as per him he used to focus all his attention only on the task that he was working on. Similarly Bill Gates, reads at pace of around 60 pages/ hours and retains it. 
So training our mind is very important, I am thinking of trying to do meditation to help with it. Suggestions are welcome- keep it online and preferably free/ low cost. 

Finally, a military quote- ‘ the more u sweat in training, the less u bleed in war.’ 


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I have been not able to give my best since last few week hence I am trying out to publicly post my targets from today.

Target: 12 hours of studies

Minimum: 10 hours

1. PT 365- polity

2. AW 1 optional, 2 GS


Action on last target:

Time: 9.5 hours 

Completed PT 365 Polity, AW 1 Optional. Missed 2 GS AW

Today’s target:

Time: min 10 hours, target 12 hours

Revise constitution and polity notes

Action on last target:

Time: 10 hours,

Revised Polity, AW Option, AW GS from InsightsonIndia

Today’s Target:

Time: 10-12 hours. 

Polity, AW optional + Insights


Faltered badly from my target. Need to remember Umberto Eco’s ‘fill the interstices’ idea, shouldn’t have wasted too much time in breaks. 

Could put only 7 hours and missed on my target to complete polity. Will try to finish it today.

Target: 10-12 hours, Polity finish it, AW optional + GS

Inspired by Neeraj Chopra, i too pushed yesterday. (Lath gaad Diya chore ne!)

11 hours of study, completed polity revision. 1 AW optional + Insights GS

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, 1 Prelims mock,  start economy revision + GS 2 mains

8 hours of study, 1 prelims mock test by Vajiram, economics Mrunal revision. 

need to push more, will try to start the day early. 

Today target: 12 hour study, economics revision, AW 

 could put only 7 hours, limited targets achieved. Need to stop heavy exercise that makes me sleepy.

Also create a fixed time routine of study to achieve consistency

Today target: 12 hours, economics revision, 1 AW Optional + AW GS

Action on last target: 10 hours, Vision IAS test, AW

Today’s target: 10-12 hours, economics revision, AW optional + gs

Yesterday was a low performance day, 6 hours only. 

Need to find my rhythm 

Today’s targets: 10 hours (removing 12 as never achieving and only scaring others), economics revision, AW

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Please suggest, how to prepare current affairs for Mains 2021. I have read newspapers daily. Wrote insightsonIndia answers for 3-4 months. 

Last year, i failed to write good answers even for questions on NEP 2020 and Jal Jeevan mission. 

I am thinking of going through Vision Mains 365, is this a good option? 

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How do u read vision Mains 365? do u go page by page or do selective?

Please suggest. how to best use it or skipping it is also okay? 

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@TwoFace Is this good substitute to Vision Mains 365 or u are using this along with that?


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@TwoFace Thank you :)


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A video for a break.

One of the best, hard interview I have seen ever. Articulation of thoughts and interviewing skills of this journalist truly impressed me especially when the former CJI was being offensive. 


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it seems almost everyone's prep isnt going great and some of us are only going to be selected. 

In words of Mrunal, UPSC is not a competition to determine who is a better singer than Mukesh or Mohammad Rafi instead who is less worse than Yo Yo Honey Singh and Dinchak Pooja. 

So working hard to enter into the less worse zone. 

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Good luck guys. Let's Ace it ✌️
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