CSE 2022: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine

| 3 year(s) ago

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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commented 3 year(s) ago

@heisenberg_ Install the app first and then open the link. Hope it helps :)

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@heisenberg_ install the app first and then open the link. Hope it helps :)

Legible Neutrino,

commented 3 year(s) ago

@heythere It is a private group. What's the password?

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HermoineGranger .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@heythere please share the password of this group

Legible Neutrino,

commented 3 year(s) ago

Has anyone here attempted SFG entrance test before? what is it like ? And is the course available online, because the post says that the candidates have to report everyday at 7 A.M

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commented 3 year(s) ago

HermoineGrangersaid
@heythere please share the password of this group

+1

Legible Neutrino,

commented 3 year(s) ago

@heythere what is the password?

Legible Neutrino,

commented 3 year(s) ago

heisenberg_said
@heythere it is some tax management website pallo

Open the link from your mobile. It will redirect to the app.

Legible Neutrino,

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Ahh, home for the next one year. Hello fellow travelers. Good luck to you all. :')
Plan:
show up everyday
be honest
leave the place better that what I came to
Targets for tomorrow Day#1
The Hindu
Setup the new mac (yayay)
Integrate all the notes, indexes, etc into one place and sync up everything
Finish 70 policies that shaped India
2 questions minimum to be written
"Time is what we want most, but we use worst."
Finishing off
Totally drained but a satisfying day.
Finished all the targets except writing questions (not fine but will let it slide)
Tomorrow will be the last day for reading fringe stuff like books on policies and skimming through committee reports for fun and a broader viewpoint.
Day #2 targets:
The Hindu
Finish skimming a) 3 general policy documents b) 1 foreign policy document
Write two questions before evening
"Don't speak if it doesn't improve on silence."
ps- sharing a thought before I crash on my bed, which I realised earlier today-I flunked this year's prelims. I am coming off a fresh defeat. If I draw enthusiasm from that defeat, it will not be a "sustainable process" because the exam is over 7 months away. So I must draw the drive/enthusiasm to work hard from another place which is value positive.
Good luck for tomorrow everyone. 🦖
Finished day's targets
Month end review:
3 part approach, a)before-pre b)after-pre c)after result
a) felt everything was in control, targets were too fluid to be tangibly tracked
b) huge inertia to shift gears but gained a hold. Targets were 1)analysing pyqs 2)topper copies 3)round up sources for socio and gs 4)begin note-making. Finished first three, then prelims results happened and 4th got stuck.
c) targets were to 1)settle in for the long game 2)gain a broader viewpoint into things policy-wise and philosophy-wise. More or less done.
Targets for November:
45 NCERTs (most have been done earlier or should be easily manageable)
15 MGP half-tests
finish Socio notes skeleton
finish G.S. notes skeleton
no pressure for CA but bonus quest to command EPIC mags
Targets for tomorrow, day#3
The Hindu         (2hr)
Socio         (3hr)
D.K.Balaji ethics (maximum damage possible, no pressure)
3 ncerts (4hr)
answer writing (1/2)
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."
Good luck for the new month everyone 🤺
Didn't do socio.
Took time to figure out the hierarchy of sustainable note-making and where different information will be slotted.
Targets for day#4
The Hindu (2h)
Socio      (try to begin, no pressure)
D.K. Balaji (try to wrap)
3 ncerts (4h)
answer writing (1/2)
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
Good luck for tomorrow peeps 🖖🏻
Finishing up
Couldn't finish D.K.Balaji, only did 2 ncerts. Rest done.
Targets for day#5~03/11/21
The Hindu (2 hr)
2 ncert (3-4 hr)
Socio (gather momentum and deal with the finesse of a surgeon)
Ethics (tentative)
Answer writing (2h)
from 'Letters to a Young Poet' by Rainer Maria Rilke

Stopping early today.
Hopped on the YPT train today. I'm a forest guy but the interface with the cumulative time and session time + you folks is better so I'm sold. See ya'll there from tomorrow :D
Didn't do answer writing today. Rest all done.
Will take a break tomorrow maybe and watch cinema and eat stuff.
It's a long and steep climb ahead.🚶🏻
Targets Day#6
The Hindu
The Coward, Ray '65
Cleo from 5 to 7, Varda '62
Night and Fog, Resnais '56
Eraserhead, Lynch '77 (finally aaaa)
The Stranger, Ray '91
Happy Diwali people 🪔 ❤️
Substituted Varda and Lynch for reruns of
Once upon a time in America, Sergio Leone '84
Heat, Michael Mann '95
No new film till Mains now. Did resource spotting and freezing for all the topics.
Day #7
Targets for tomorrow : a) The Hindu b) GS-4 c) Socio d) Ncert e) answer writing
“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable.”
Take your sweet time to decide the course of action right for you and then let's sail through this together :)
Good luck everyone. Party's over, it's back to business time 🏃🏻
Targets were met, except The Hindu(No issues published)
Today's targets: Day#8 a) The Hindu b) Writing c) ncerts. No other reading.
Good luck everyone 🦾
"It's fatal to enter a war without the will to win it."

Turns out I was not supposed to touch my books or pens today due to a festival, so I happily obliged :D

Did the Hindu, then decided to brainstorm dimensions and examples for essays, then browsed vikaspedia, then browsed NCW, then did the puja, then socio and last 1 ncert.

Tomorrow 07/11/21 day#9 targets: a) The Hindu b) socio c) ncert d) finish mgp test

good luck everyone 🦖

p.s.: I love the SFGs but not taking level 1 simply because it's a tad too early :/

"The biggest risk to productivity is always the same: working on the wrong thing."

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commented 3 year(s) ago

Tina1997said
Has anyone here attempted SFG entrance test before? what is it like ? And is the course available online, because the post says that the candidates have to report everyday at 7 A.M

SFG-2021-Level-2-Entrance-Examination-QP.pdf

This is the question paper of the entrance test I attempted for SFG level 2 last year. I didn't enroll for level 1 so don't know how the entrance for that was.

The past couple of years, SFG is available online. That should continue this year also. However, whether offline or online, you have to strictly attempt the test between 7 - 8 am. That sense of strict discipline is the USP of SFG.

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theskyisthelimit .

commented 3 year(s) ago

theskyisthelimitsaid
Nov 6th
1. Hindu
2. Env
3. SnT
4. Optional notemaking and awp

1. Done

2. Partially done

3. Not done - was overambitious anyway

4. Done

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theskyisthelimit .

commented 3 year(s) ago

7th Nov

1. Newspaper - 1.5 hrs

2. Backlogs - 2 to 3 hours

3. SnT - 2 hours

4. Optional- 1.1.2, 2.1.1; awp

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Legible Neutrino .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Legible Neutrinosaid
@Legible Neutrino 1,2,3 5 done(but still writing will not be able to write more than 2-3 answers today)

4 not done..

Only 4.30-5 hrs of study,this has to get better.

Ps-productivity should increase,less than 8 hours a day for me is a sin(profane).

Tomorrow
1-The Hindu+insights daily
2-modernisation of Indian tradition sociology paper 2
3-Rs sharma (read at fast pace)
4-one notes polity revision
5-ethics+write 5 answers.

Done all,but wrote only one answer..things are coming to track again I hope me or the circumstances do not mess things up again.

To walk alone is fun and when we work harder we can walk like a king.

Tomorrow's plan

1-TH (Two articles from today and Sunday completely)

2-sept vision monthly magzine(finish 60 percent)

2-test 2

3-test 2 analysis.

4-obstacle is the way (read between breaks)

That's it.

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commented 3 year(s) ago

Archandsaid
Not sure if I’m going to be here for long. Let’s give this a shot!

Targets:
Statics & Dynamics Revision (1/2)
Finish World History

Both targets accomplished. How much of it will I actually remember? No clue, good thing there's a test coming up soon!

Tomorrow's targets:

Finish Statics & Dynamics Revision (2/2)
Start Society (1/4) - Will try to make this quicker, let's see how long note making takes!

All the best with your targets people :)

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commented 3 year(s) ago

6 Nov

Took almost full day off... Managed to pull few hours of study here and there...

What I managed to do: modern history notes 3.5/5

Ethics case studies brainstorming

Newspaper

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commented 3 year(s) ago

@heisenberg_ only optional part done, need to maintain discipline .

Targets for 7.11.21

1. Optional - Thermodynamics(2/7)

2. Probity in governance(1/3)

3. Newspaper + backlog

4. CA class

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commented 3 year(s) ago

Targets for tomorrow (7 Nov)

Modern history 4 &5/5

Answer writing Modern History

See wysk

Class 7 history ncert 1/3

Newspaper

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commented 3 year(s) ago

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Tina1997said
Has anyone here attempted SFG entrance test before? what is it like ? And is the course available online, because the post says that the candidates have to report everyday at 7 A.M
SFG-2021-Level-2-Entrance-Examination-QP.pdf
This is the question paper of the entrance test I attempted for SFG level 2 last year. I didn't enroll for level 1 so don't know how the entrance for that was.
The past couple of years, SFG is available online. That should continue this year also. However, whether offline or online, you have to strictly attempt the test between 7 - 8 am. That sense of strict discipline is the USP of SFG.

Thank you :D

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commented 3 year(s) ago

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5/11
1. Optional [read + plan]
2. newspaper + Daily CA
3. AWP [case study x2, GS x3]
4. Miscl.
-sleep on time , workout , meditate
6/11
1. Optional [Locke, Marx ]
2. newspaper + Daily CA
3. AWP [case study x2 , GS x3 ]
4. Miscl.
-sleep on time , workout, meditate

7/11

1. Optional [Marx finish, Gramsci]

2. newspaper + Daily CA

3. AWP [GS x3]

4. Ethics [CS values in Pub Ad]

4. Miscl. -sleep on time, workout, meditate

p.s.-so hyped up for UFC 268

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commented 3 year(s) ago

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sbhatisaid
Could not study for the last several days. Shifted from Delhi to my hometown and the house is getting renovated. Will try to accomplish something today.

Targets:
1. Glance over CA of last 10 days.
2. Review of last IR Test.
3. Start something for the next philosophy test.
1. Done
2. Not done
3. Not done

Too many people at home and too many things happening. Still I need to take out time wherever possible and do as much as possible.

Today's targets:
1. Review IR test.
2. Prepare for ethics test.
3. Prepare Moore and Russell.

1. Done

2. Not done

3. Partially done

I should make my targets more specific and more realistic. Today’s target:

1. Current affairs

2. CA class 6th november

3. Review ethics topper copies

4. Philosophy test question no. 1 (at least partially)

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