I gave the prelims this year. I don't hope to pass, I am out by a big margin. So, aiming for 2021 now.
Right now, I plan to devote time to optional preparation (Mathematics) till mid December atleast. Also, I am planning to write test series for optional. I am not focusing on essay, answer writing and other mains specific preparation as I hope that I will cover it in the gap between pre and mains. I will put in minimal time for answer writing and essay by simply looking at previous year solved mains paper and essays. Most of my daily study goes in optional preparation.
Apart from optional study, I devote roughly 2 hours to daily current affairs( Forum 9pm + factly + daily current affairs MCQ) + newspaper analysis by Shankar IAS.
After 15th December, I would start preparing for prelims so that I don't miss this time. This would include static + monthly current affairs + Forum full test series.
Can anybody comment on my strategy so that I could know what I should be doing if I am doing the wrong thing?
Bhai, have you seen next year calendar? Hardly 75 days between prelims and Mains. Do as much mains as possible right now till Jan / Feb. And in my opinion you are spending too much time on daily news analysis.
I gave the prelims this year. I don't hope to pass, I am out by a big margin. So, aiming for 2021 now.
Right now, I plan to devote time to optional preparation (Mathematics) till mid December atleast. Also, I am planning to write test series for optional. I am not focusing on essay, answer writing and other mains specific preparation as I hope that I will cover it in the gap between pre and mains. I will put in minimal time for answer writing and essay by simply looking at previous year solved mains paper and essays. Most of my daily study goes in optional preparation.
Apart from optional study, I devote roughly 2 hours to daily current affairs( Forum 9pm + factly + daily current affairs MCQ) + newspaper analysis by Shankar IAS.
Can anybody comment on my strategy so that I could know what I should be doing if I am doing the wrong thing?
Hey, welcome aboard. Sorry to say but your strategy doesn't seem to be proper as you have planned to cover Mains specific prep and answer writing in between Prelims and Mains which is totally uncalled for. Actually, distantly it seems that you would be able to do them in those 81 days gap but actually nervousness in those days will be at all time high and believe me it would not be possible for you to start something new in that gap. Keep that time only for writing Mains full length tests and hardcore revision. Rest, complete all other things well in advance. You don't have to stress out much for Essay and Ethics as one day in a week from now on will give full justice to them. But you must prepare for GS I, II, III from now itself by going through each subtopic mentioned in syllabus and making specific notes for them which could come handy for revision after Prelims. Also, you must allot some time in a day for answer writing from now itself. This is at least what I feel. :) Let others pour out their thoughts too.
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3.02.2021 Updates:
- 31.01.2021 Shankar Hindu DNA
- 31.01.2021 Factly daily current affairs
- Started Vision September mag. from page 37. Completed till pg. 50.
04.02.2021 Updates:
- 01.02.2021 + 02.01.2021 + 03.01.2021 - Shankar Hindu DNA
- 01.02.2021 + 02.01.2021 + 03.01.2021 - Factly daily current affairs
- Vision mag. could do only 3 pages, as entire time went in doing the daily ca of the 3 lost days.
Sorry everyone, couldn't post for 2-3 days. Hear me out:
I attempted to change my routine at the end of the previous month. However, I couldn't sleep at night, though I tried. Later, in the day I did not want to sleep, because then I would be falling in the same old schedule. So, I kept awake somehow till the evening, after which I slept, only to wake up at about 10:00 pm again, due to habit. Same thing repeated the next day, because I hoped that this will fade out by 1-2 days. No such luck. Then, on the third day, finally, I slept in the day, and somehow studied something (frequent routine change left me a bit erratic + lot of procrastination on my part) to finally reach at the 4th. I have abandoned all plans of ever changing my schedule again in the near future. Possibly, I'll change it one month before Prelims.
What are your comments on this? Do you feel it is fine, if someone has an erratic routine like mine (I usually sleep at 11:00-12:00 pm; sometimes goes up to 3:00 - 4:00pm too)? Would it have any side effects in the long run during preparation? Also, is it possible to change the routine a month before the exam, and perform efficiently during exam, or should it be done before? Any helpful comments will be much appreciated.
Bhai, why you doing so much current affairs? Factly itself is so huge. Do the static if you are planning for 2021.
sharing forum current affairs notes. Barring SnT , all major topics are best covered.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15zB3_6_4eGmaABhtJ6aiXS_KtKzichLY
@TwoFace Is this good substitute to Vision Mains 365 or u are using this along with that?
I have a list of issues. I am having self notes plus this. Many people are doing only this.
