CSE 2022: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine
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
How was the SFG people?
I found it on the easier side, but conceptual. Had no revision of all subjects, so did not attempt all questions. Passage questions were as always confusing for me.
After reading passage I was like is my English so poor, kuch samaj nahin aa Raha hai. After that I did not even read the second passage
As usual I found polity, economy and surprisingly history on the easier side while env, science were bouncers for me.
Same thing happened to me, went without sleeping while being loaded on red bull, messed up S&T questionsNext 9-10 days aren't going to be too productive for me. I am moving to a new city. Before that I need to meet up a few people— my newly manufactured cute nephew, my nani, and some of my school friends. So, I will be travelling. And my first week in new city too will demand a lot of time like looking for a place and all the related stuff. I am also kindda trying to chillofy after prelims thingy. But I don't want these days to be total waste. So, I should just start.
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Day 1 (12/10/21): Target To-dos
- Organize all the PSIR notes, handouts, everything I have
- Ethics 2 Classes + related notes
- Hannah Arendt (1/2)
- Prelims Post Mortem: Economy Questions
Other Stuff:
- Walk + Audiobook
- Visit Dermat
Prelims 2021 Post-Mortem: Economy
Total Questions: 14 >>>11 Correct, 3 Wrong
Wrong Questions: UCBs, FDI, Financial Markets
I don’t think I need to change my source for the economy. Every single question can be answered with basics, Vivek Sir’s book & telegram channel. There are some chapters that I did not revise well & that cost me two questions. And the UCB one was posted in the telegram channel too. But I did not follow it well. I procrastinated on my telegram readings for too long and only in the last two months, I tried to cover the current affairs of the entire year. A saner strategy is to do the economy every single day. Also, the questions require one to understand the mechanics of how things work. So, if something is in the news, I must try to understand the economic logic behind it. There is some need for a little factual information as well but Sir’s book would cover it.
Every question I was sure of is correct. Every question I was doubtful about & did a wild guess is wrong. Do you see a lesson here?
Lessons for 2022: For economy, multiple revisions of Vivek Sir’s book, Study the telegram news everyday, go deep into the economic logic of a news or static portion when you don’t get a feel of the topic by primary reading. Don’t be reckless in ticking questions. My fall in this attempt is a lot due to over-attempting & many wild guesses. Also, did caffeine in my body make me extra reckless?
P.S. I went on a caffeine overload as I was not able to get even an hour of sleep at night.
I had to drive two hours everyday.. In a 4 wheeler. Wanted to utilise this time to listen to something productive, was thinking about air spotlight analysis.. any suggestions other than that? Looking for something relevant to UPSC only
After reading this, I cursed myself for wasting time. :/
People are even trying to utilise their commutation wala time.
Different startings, different process, same destination. All the best mate.
Been a silent reader of this thread, now hoping to be an active member since studying alone at home is starting to become a little taxing.
Today's Targets-
1. Taxation-Salary
2. OT- Unit 2
3. IR-notes
4. GS1 answer writing
It wasn't a very productive day but hoping to bounce back today. Started salary but nowhere near completing it and made GS1 notes.
Today's Targets-
1. Oct CA
2. Optional- Tax- cont.
3. OT- Unit 2
Thunderstorm,
After a lot of thinking, I have come up with some strategy which would work for me, as I really needed something called a 'strategy' to get myself back to work. I have always been someone who used to put some good number of hours , but then these 2 months haven't been good with respect to putting good number of hours, but work was anyhow done.
Now I want to focus both on work and the number of hours I put. I don't know If I will be able to stick but just as a new year resolution kind of thing I might just try my best to follow.
Targets -
1. Mains - Leftover topics
2. CA class + others
3. Miscellaneous
Where are others who used to put their targets regularly? Do post targets peepul :)
Good day everyone :)
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