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This is an everything thread for all stuff 2022. You can post your daily goals, end-of-the-day updates, weekly targets or any weird thing you use to measure your progress. You can put into words & post the soul-sucking sadness that is threatening to devour you & your productivity. You can write what made your day & let others experience the happiness too, at least vicariously. This is a thread to pick each other up. This is a thread to keep each other accountable. This is a no-judgement zone.

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“This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You have to realize it's going to be a long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.”

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood


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08-07-2022

1. Optional (Finish theories, revise+ notes) 

2. GS 2 (Governance)

3. Newspaper

4. Exercise

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Today:
Reading Culture and Society notes, improving them, especially society ones.
PSIR reading: Aristotle.
Tomorrow:
Practicing culture and society questions.
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27/01/2022 

1. Optional - P1B1 ODE (4/4), P1B3 VA (1/3)

2. Newspaper + Online + 1 TV discussion 

3. Society 3/4

For the first time, I was able to finish GS target for the day (at the cost of daily news though :P )

28/06/2022 

1. P1B3 Vector Analysis (2/3) 

2. Newspaper (27th and 28th) + 1 TV debate

3. Society (4/4) 

4. Read through GS1 Geography PYQs

1, 3 - partly done 

29/06/2022 

1. P1B3 Vector Analysis (2/3, 3/3) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV Debate 

3. Polity 1/4 

4. Read through GS2 Polity PYQs

Society backlog - pushed to Sunday.

1,2,4 done. Need to flip through Laxmikanth faster.

30/06/2022 

1. Optional P1A2 Calculus (1/4) 

2. Newspaper

3. Polity Static repeat (1/4)

4. Current Affairs Class

Only 2, 4 done. Plus went through Ethics Syllabus and PYQs.

01/07/2022 

1. Repeat Calculus (1/4) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV Discussion 

3. Repeat Polity (1/4)

4. CA class revision

Despite everything, monsoon brought some relief and cheer! :D 

2, 3, 4 done. But at the cost of Maths.

02/07/2022

1. P1A2 Calculus (1/4, 2/4) 

2. Newspaper 

3. Polity Static (2/4) 

4. CA class 

1,2 done; 3 partly done; 4 not done. 

03/07/2022 (Backlogs and revisions day tomorrow)

1. Optional backlog - Laplace, Curvature/Torsion

2. Society backlog

3. CA classes - revise

4. Newspaper + 1 TV discussion


Quote of the day - 

"Renewables are the peace plan of the 21st century"

- Antonio Guterres

1,4 done; 3 only 25% done; 2 not done. 

Many different things on a single day is not working out. 

Keeping it simpler for tomorrow, 04/07/2022 - 

1. Optional - Calculus (3/4 + 4/4) 

2. Polity Static (3/4) (only after finishing Calculus)

3. Newspaper + 1 TV debate

1 - almost done, 2 - partly done, 3 done 

05/07/2022

1. Optional - P2A2 RA (1/5)

2. Polity - 3/4

3. CA class

4. Newspaper

It was a better day today.

06/07/2022 - 

1. P2A2 Real Analysis (2/5) 

2. Polity book - (4/4) 

3. Newspaper + 1 TV discussion 

4. CA class revise

2,3 - almost done; 1,4 - not done.

Not a good day - inefficient morning, overslept in the afternoon.

07/07/2022 

1. Optional - RA (2/5, 3/5) 

2. Newspaper

3. CA class

1,3 done. Also looked at some GS2 PYQs. Skipped newspaper. 

08/07/2022 

1. Optional - RA (4/5, 5/5) 

2. Newspapers + 1 TV debate 

3. Start Ethics

1 - partly done; 2 - done; 3 - little bit

09/07/2022

1. Optional - finish RA

2. CA class

3. Newspaper 

4. Ethics - Topic A


Felt a lack of control over my time today, and generally thoda not good (for no reason). It was not gloomy, not lack of motivation, but somehow still not normal. Like something was missing.

Test of perseverance has just begun. Lots of strength to us all !!

Celeborn,Archandand1 otherslike this
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Could not start statics & dynamics, I've finished 3D but not happy with my progress. Will revise it tomorrow once more before I proceed. Could not see the topper copy either. Have to make it a regular habit. 


Targets: 

  • 3D - Revision 
  • Statics & Dynamics - Theory 
  • Newspaper 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Answer Writing & Review 
  • Disaster Management (1/3)

Wasted the first half today. Was able to touch upon all the topics but my progress in them wasn't satisfactory. 


Targets: 

  • Finish S&D Theory 
  • Disaster Management (2/3) 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Newspaper 
  • Answer Writing Review + Write 2 Case Studies 


I was fanboying over Vishakha Yadav's topper copies a while back, saw Divya Mishra's copy today and I'm awestruck. They deserve all the success that they've got, insane skills. Need to put in a lot of efforts to even run in the same race as them. Hopefully one day! Good luck people. 

Celeborn,pilgrimand5 otherslike this
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Gave tests yesterday. Didn't do much else

Targets for today:

1) Real Analysis (2/3)

2) Polity (1/3)

3) CA class 6

4) Newspaper 

5) Fill DAF

Have a nice day :) 

All done. Yesterday was a productive day but not so intensive. 

Targets for today:

1) Real Analysis (3/3) 

2) CA class 7 

3) Newspaper 


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Can anyone tell ways to manage time better and complete paper in time.

I have written one full length test of gs1(mgp) it took me 4hrs to complete the paper

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Can anyone tell ways to manage time better and complete paper in time.

I have written one full length test of gs1(mgp) it took me 4hrs to complete the paper

Is it ur first FLT? 


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@oopsie Not working even with Firefox for me. 


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@DM  yes.


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27/01/2022 

1. Optional - P1B1 ODE (4/4), P1B3 VA (1/3)

2. Newspaper + Online + 1 TV discussion 

3. Society 3/4

For the first time, I was able to finish GS target for the day (at the cost of daily news though :P )

28/06/2022 

1. P1B3 Vector Analysis (2/3) 

2. Newspaper (27th and 28th) + 1 TV debate

3. Society (4/4) 

4. Read through GS1 Geography PYQs

1, 3 - partly done 

29/06/2022 

1. P1B3 Vector Analysis (2/3, 3/3) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV Debate 

3. Polity 1/4 

4. Read through GS2 Polity PYQs

Society backlog - pushed to Sunday.

1,2,4 done. Need to flip through Laxmikanth faster.

30/06/2022 

1. Optional P1A2 Calculus (1/4) 

2. Newspaper

3. Polity Static repeat (1/4)

4. Current Affairs Class

Only 2, 4 done. Plus went through Ethics Syllabus and PYQs.

01/07/2022 

1. Repeat Calculus (1/4) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV Discussion 

3. Repeat Polity (1/4)

4. CA class revision

Despite everything, monsoon brought some relief and cheer! :D 

2, 3, 4 done. But at the cost of Maths.

02/07/2022

1. P1A2 Calculus (1/4, 2/4) 

2. Newspaper 

3. Polity Static (2/4) 

4. CA class 

1,2 done; 3 partly done; 4 not done. 

03/07/2022 (Backlogs and revisions day tomorrow)

1. Optional backlog - Laplace, Curvature/Torsion

2. Society backlog

3. CA classes - revise

4. Newspaper + 1 TV discussion


Quote of the day - 

"Renewables are the peace plan of the 21st century"

- Antonio Guterres

1,4 done; 3 only 25% done; 2 not done. 

Many different things on a single day is not working out. 

Keeping it simpler for tomorrow, 04/07/2022 - 

1. Optional - Calculus (3/4 + 4/4) 

2. Polity Static (3/4) (only after finishing Calculus)

3. Newspaper + 1 TV debate

1 - almost done, 2 - partly done, 3 done 

05/07/2022

1. Optional - P2A2 RA (1/5)

2. Polity - 3/4

3. CA class

4. Newspaper

It was a better day today.

06/07/2022 - 

1. P2A2 Real Analysis (2/5) 

2. Polity book - (4/4) 

3. Newspaper + 1 TV discussion 

4. CA class revise

2,3 - almost done; 1,4 - not done.

Not a good day - inefficient morning, overslept in the afternoon.

07/07/2022 

1. Optional - RA (2/5, 3/5) 

2. Newspaper

3. CA class

1,3 done. Also looked at some GS2 PYQs. Skipped newspaper. 

08/07/2022 

1. Optional - RA (4/5, 5/5) 

2. Newspapers + 1 TV debate 

3. Start Ethics

1 - partly done; 2 - done; 3 - little bit

09/07/2022

1. Optional - finish RA

2. CA class

3. Newspaper 

4. Ethics - Topic A


Felt a lack of control over my time today, and generally thoda not good (for no reason). It was not gloomy, not lack of motivation, but somehow still not normal. Like something was missing.

Test of perseverance has just begun. Lots of strength to us all !!

Could compensate for yesterday's loss of time to some extent. 

1,3,4 - done; 2 - half done

10/07/2022

1. CA - finish class

2. Newspaper 

3. Ethics - B, C

If time, start Optional - 3D 

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I have prepared this document on Book Reviews. Some samples.

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Anyone wants to share forum ias current affairs module (rs 18k) for mains cse 22?
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@Ferbiumoxide the combined price will be 9k or 6k if more ppl come 


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Targets for the week ( 11th July-17th July)

1. Society ( NCERTs)

2. Geography (NCERTs)

3.Revise Modern History

4.GS 1 answer writing

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Could not start statics & dynamics, I've finished 3D but not happy with my progress. Will revise it tomorrow once more before I proceed. Could not see the topper copy either. Have to make it a regular habit. 


Targets: 

  • 3D - Revision 
  • Statics & Dynamics - Theory 
  • Newspaper 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Answer Writing & Review 
  • Disaster Management (1/3)

Wasted the first half today. Was able to touch upon all the topics but my progress in them wasn't satisfactory. 


Targets: 

  • Finish S&D Theory 
  • Disaster Management (2/3) 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Newspaper 
  • Answer Writing Review + Write 2 Case Studies 


I was fanboying over Vishakha Yadav's topper copies a while back, saw Divya Mishra's copy today and I'm awestruck. They deserve all the success that they've got, insane skills. Need to put in a lot of efforts to even run in the same race as them. Hopefully one day! Good luck people. 

Targets: 

  • Finish S&D 
  • Revise 3D 
  • Disaster Management (3/4) 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Newspaper 
  • Answer Writing + Review
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27/01/2022 

1. Optional - P1B1 ODE (4/4), P1B3 VA (1/3)

2. Newspaper + Online + 1 TV discussion 

3. Society 3/4

For the first time, I was able to finish GS target for the day (at the cost of daily news though :P )

28/06/2022 

1. P1B3 Vector Analysis (2/3) 

2. Newspaper (27th and 28th) + 1 TV debate

3. Society (4/4) 

4. Read through GS1 Geography PYQs

1, 3 - partly done 

29/06/2022 

1. P1B3 Vector Analysis (2/3, 3/3) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV Debate 

3. Polity 1/4 

4. Read through GS2 Polity PYQs

Society backlog - pushed to Sunday.

1,2,4 done. Need to flip through Laxmikanth faster.

30/06/2022 

1. Optional P1A2 Calculus (1/4) 

2. Newspaper

3. Polity Static repeat (1/4)

4. Current Affairs Class

Only 2, 4 done. Plus went through Ethics Syllabus and PYQs.

01/07/2022 

1. Repeat Calculus (1/4) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV Discussion 

3. Repeat Polity (1/4)

4. CA class revision

Despite everything, monsoon brought some relief and cheer! :D 

2, 3, 4 done. But at the cost of Maths.

02/07/2022

1. P1A2 Calculus (1/4, 2/4) 

2. Newspaper 

3. Polity Static (2/4) 

4. CA class 

1,2 done; 3 partly done; 4 not done. 

03/07/2022 (Backlogs and revisions day tomorrow)

1. Optional backlog - Laplace, Curvature/Torsion

2. Society backlog

3. CA classes - revise

4. Newspaper + 1 TV discussion


Quote of the day - 

"Renewables are the peace plan of the 21st century"

- Antonio Guterres

1,4 done; 3 only 25% done; 2 not done. 

Many different things on a single day is not working out. 

Keeping it simpler for tomorrow, 04/07/2022 - 

1. Optional - Calculus (3/4 + 4/4) 

2. Polity Static (3/4) (only after finishing Calculus)

3. Newspaper + 1 TV debate

1 - almost done, 2 - partly done, 3 done 

05/07/2022

1. Optional - P2A2 RA (1/5)

2. Polity - 3/4

3. CA class

4. Newspaper

It was a better day today.

06/07/2022 - 

1. P2A2 Real Analysis (2/5) 

2. Polity book - (4/4) 

3. Newspaper + 1 TV discussion 

4. CA class revise

2,3 - almost done; 1,4 - not done.

Not a good day - inefficient morning, overslept in the afternoon.

07/07/2022 

1. Optional - RA (2/5, 3/5) 

2. Newspaper

3. CA class

1,3 done. Also looked at some GS2 PYQs. Skipped newspaper. 

08/07/2022 

1. Optional - RA (4/5, 5/5) 

2. Newspapers + 1 TV debate 

3. Start Ethics

1 - partly done; 2 - done; 3 - little bit

09/07/2022

1. Optional - finish RA

2. CA class

3. Newspaper 

4. Ethics - Topic A


Felt a lack of control over my time today, and generally thoda not good (for no reason). It was not gloomy, not lack of motivation, but somehow still not normal. Like something was missing.

Test of perseverance has just begun. Lots of strength to us all !!

Could compensate for yesterday's loss of time to some extent. 

1,3,4 - done; 2 - half done

10/07/2022

1. CA - finish class

2. Newspaper 

3. Ethics - B, C

If time, start Optional - 3D 

1,2,3 done; optional 3D not started. 

11/07/2022 

1. Optional 3D (Cone, Cylinder) 

2. Newspaper + 1 TV debate 

3. CA - Revise 2 classes

4. Practice some IR questions

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Targets for today:

1) Finish Polity 

2) CA classes 7, 8

3) Answer Writing 

4) Newspaper 

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Anybody want Vision mains 2022 test series 30 tests at a price of 10k? (Original price 29k)
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Today:
Reading Culture and Society notes, improving them, especially society ones.
PSIR reading: Aristotle.
Tomorrow:
Practicing culture and society questions.

Took a little more than 3 days.

New Targets:
Today: Geography notes reading
Tomorrow: Some writing and then revision of modern history

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Could not start statics & dynamics, I've finished 3D but not happy with my progress. Will revise it tomorrow once more before I proceed. Could not see the topper copy either. Have to make it a regular habit. 


Targets: 

  • 3D - Revision 
  • Statics & Dynamics - Theory 
  • Newspaper 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Answer Writing & Review 
  • Disaster Management (1/3)

Wasted the first half today. Was able to touch upon all the topics but my progress in them wasn't satisfactory. 


Targets: 

  • Finish S&D Theory 
  • Disaster Management (2/3) 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Newspaper 
  • Answer Writing Review + Write 2 Case Studies 


I was fanboying over Vishakha Yadav's topper copies a while back, saw Divya Mishra's copy today and I'm awestruck. They deserve all the success that they've got, insane skills. Need to put in a lot of efforts to even run in the same race as them. Hopefully one day! Good luck people. 

Targets: 

  • Finish S&D 
  • Revise 3D 
  • Disaster Management (3/4) 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Newspaper 
  • Answer Writing + Review

Bad day streak continues. Only did maths today and the newspaper. 


Targets: 

  • Review - S&D, 3D
  • Disaster Management (3/4) 
  • Ethics Topper Copy 
  • Newspaper 
  • Answer Writing + Review
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