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.
--------
“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
Some bits of theory are left, I'll do them tomorrow. Rest all done. Productivity and focus are lower than what they should be but can't complain because there has been some progress.
Targets:
- SFG: Test + Analysis
- SFG Theory Backlog - Geography
- SFG Prep - Ancient
- Test Analysis
- Newspaper
- If time, finish SFG Test Analysis backlog
Didn't think I'd miss Saturday so soon. A 5 day SFG phase 2 would give us all a lot of breathing space!
Instead of test analysis, I revised some polity and did parts of SFG test backlog. The course for tomorrow is huge and things will remain incomplete. Will have to rectify it tomorrow itself.
Targets:
- SFG: Test + Analysis
- Mock: Test + Analysis
- SFG Backlog - Ancient
- SFG Prep
- Polity Revision
- Newspaper
- If time, finish SFG Test Analysis backlog
What's new this week: Guilt trips about not being able to give time to optional or current affairs. At this point, it is pretty much out of my hands. Anyway, hope that rest of this week is better for others on the thread. Good day!
Hi guys! Anyone who gave Mains and now preparing for prelims? How are you doing it? Ivejust given up, my brain is just incapable of studying anymore. It’s been 3 years…. I have just lost all the motivation to study for prelims again. The break keeps on extending. I know where to start, I have Laxmikant open in front of me… but it’s just there…I’m not actually studying. I am reading the newspaper daily though + economic survey. Also, I should be giving prelims mocks again, right? Like with all seriousness and a decent no of them?
any tips are welcome.
Do the mocks. Just the thought of reading the same Books again after a point of time in cse prep can become intolerable. Mocks come in handy here. Solve them and add to your notes any new info that you encounter. That will atleast help you gather some momentum till your mind becomes ready for dedicated prelims prep. Also unsolicited advice - if you have qualified prelims 2 or more times you might want to wait till March end before moving to prelims prep while utilising these 2 months or so for plugging the gaps in your mains prep. All the best.
Target for 5.2.22..
MEDITATION ( Done) + Pyq's(MH)
1: Newspaper
2: Modern History (Last phase of NCM + Emergence of Swarajists and other Revolutionary Activities)
3: Videos ( Imp issues)
4: CSAT( on every weekends from now onwards)
5: PYQ + Revision
Yesterday's Update: All done..( except Pyq's which i managed to complete this morning)
Have a good day everyone..:)
Targets for 6.2.22
1: Newspaper
2: Modern History ( Backlog of yesterday+ Timelines+ Major events)
3: Modern( Test) + Revision
4: CSAT( Pyq's of Quant section)
5: Videos ( issues explained)
Yesterday's Update: Ruined my day( bcz of unnecessary issues)Have to complete Modern by 8th Feb..so planning to read 60 pgs per day.. let's see how it goes..( Abhi tk i use to complete 50 per day)..
Have not done meditation today( feels like i am just doing opposite of it) just completed Pyq's..!
Have a good Sunday Everyone..:)
Goodmorning Everyone..:)
MEDITATION ( DONE) + Pyq's(solutions)
Targets for 7.2.22
1: Newspaper
2: MIH( Simon Commission & Nehru Report + CDM & Round Table Conference + Debates on the Future Strategy After CDM)
3: Videos (issues explained)
4: TEST(MIH)
5: Revision( Imp events)
Yesterday's Update: Was not able to attempt the test..! But gonna give it today forsure...
Completed 53/60 pgs yesterday..:(
Have a good day people..:)
GOODMORNING EVERYONE..:)
Targets for 8.2.22
MEDITATION (ALREADY DONE)
1: Newspaper
2: MIH( Congress Rule in The provinces+ Nationalist Response in the Wake of World War 2+ Quit India Movement & Demand for Pakistan)
3: Test(Solutions)+ Important events & Personalities...
4: Pyq's + Revision
Yesterday's Update: So in the evening..went out with some friends but i am happy that I came back and completed Modern History wale targets and revision(Round table conference bhi hui thi);) ...!! By 1:45am everything was done...!
So starting a little late today...:)
Have a good day people..:)
Target for 10.2.22
Meditation (Done) + Revision(imp events) Done....!!
1: Newspaper
2: Geography.... VIDEOS (Rajtanil ma'am) + PMF IAS notes
3: Videos (issue explained)
4: Test( MIH)
5: PYQ's + Revision
Yesterday's Update: it was not a productive day..just completed newspaper and pyq's..! Starting Geo from today..! Regarding MIH( still pgs are left)) so Everyday I'll dedicate 2-2.5 hrs to complete it)..
Have a good day everyone..:)
A new week and a new beginning. A rough plan is ready for the next 1 month to complete 1 revision cycle.
Targets for today(07 Feb)
- Hindu Newspaper + Civils Daily Website
- Pending CA Class
- Laxmikant Revision- Union and State Executive
- Geography- Self Notes (1/4)
Managed to complete all targets + bit of optional as well. Hoping to continue this momentum in the coming days.
Targets for today(08-Feb)
- Newspaper + CivilsDaily -- Done
- Pending CA Class + MCQs
- Laxmikant - Union and State Legislature
- Geography- Self Notes ( 2/4)
- 1 hour for Optional if time permits
Wasn't able to post targets yesterday. But preparation is mostly going acc. to plan right now with small hiccups here and there.
Targets for today:
- Newspaper + Civilsdaily
- Finish Geography Self Notes
- Polity: Judiciary Chapters from Laxmikant
- PYQs for Geography and Polity
- 1 hour to optional if I have time and energy left.
1, 2, 3, 5 - done
4, 7, 8 - 50% done
6 - not done
I realised my targets were a bit too ambitious yesterday. Still putting them up forced me to work harder. So will continue the same today. Targets:
1) Mechanics 2 classes
2) Real Analysis and Calculus
3) May CA 2/3
4) Ethics mind maps
5) Strategy@75 - 4 chapters
6) Newspaper
7) Interview Prep
1, 6, 7 - done; 2, 4 - 75% done; 3, 5 - not done
I realised I've been unnecessarily a bit too ambitious. So reducing the targets now.
1) Mechanics 2 classes
2) Real Analysis and Calculus
3) Ethics case studies
4) Newspaper
5) Interview Prep
All done.
Today's targets:
1) Mechanics 2 classes
2) Real Analysis and Calculus
3) CA class revision
4) Ethics Case studies
5) Newspaper
6) Interview Prep
Caffeinity,
Hi guys! Anyone who gave Mains and now preparing for prelims? How are you doing it? Ivejust given up, my brain is just incapable of studying anymore. It’s been 3 years…. I have just lost all the motivation to study for prelims again. The break keeps on extending. I know where to start, I have Laxmikant open in front of me… but it’s just there…I’m not actually studying. I am reading the newspaper daily though + economic survey. Also, I should be giving prelims mocks again, right? Like with all seriousness and a decent no of them?
any tips are welcome.
Prelims for me is the most boring and nauseating part of the prep. I don't have the guts to start with it now. Will do so only in March.
Also, post Mains fatigue is a real thing. Particularly this year, when there's hardly any gap between mains and prelims; with no time to rejuvenate ourselves.
Right now just do the things that bring you a spark of joy along with being a teeny bit productive. This can be mains related; watching some classes/videos of areas you're weak in (Pre or Mains) etc. If even these sound undoable, read some books or watch documentaries of stuff tangentially related to the prep. You're already doing newspaper + economic survey which is good enough in itself. The whole goal is to keep doing something or the other to avoid the guilt and build up momentum. Once March hits, you can shift to a more intense prep.
If you are concerned about Prelims (understandable given its randomness), you can work on areas where you are weak at and pick up some additional sources/videos. If no particular area strikes you, mocks are the way to go. In fact most senior aspirants shift to doing multiple mocks instead of revising basic books again and again precisely for this reason (that they lose the desire to revise).
All the best!
Complacency born out of baby steps is hazardous to the long miles ahead.
Completed 3/4 of them and took an unnecessary break yesterday.
Not going to repeat. Today's targets:
- Express
- MB Distribution
- Finishing Governance
- Rau's Focus- December, 30-35 pages
Couldn't focus enough on Focus Magazine. Aise kaise chalega Babu Bhaiyya. Not Done.
- Express
- Fermi Dirac Distribution
- Q/A practice: 5 questions
- Rau's Focus- 25 pages.
Lets cook some Meth...od to complete targets.
And if you fail.. just do what Hobbes did:
1. Did not do. Must fill form today :/ 2. Done but geo...3. Socio-2hrs 4. CSAT did not do :/
09/02/2022 Targets--
- Fill the form (Must do)
- Sociology - finish social classes
- CSAT- 1hr (pls)
- Newspaper
- SFG targets
Did not do CSAT, did not fill the form :( I blame my mother who threw a spanner in the works by giving an ultimatum to clean my bookshelf and room. She is not wrong though. It was long over due. :/
Today's targets 10/02/2022--
- Newspaper
- SFG targets
- Social classes- as much as I can[still not completed :/]
- Pakka fill form today! [CSAT on Saturday]
Caffeinity,
Celeborn,
1,2,3 done 4 not done
5/2
- Newspaper +ca
- Vision test
- CA back log (imp)
- Sfg backlog
Good luck everyone .
update: all done
6/2
- newspaper +ca
- test analysis
- SFG read
- plan
Good luck everyone :)
update: all done
7/2
- Newspaper + CA
- sfg analysis
- sfg (ncert, notes, maps, pyqs)
- Optional (if time permits)
" I understand ..... nothing !!! " - Michael G. Scott
update: 1,2: done 3: partially (need to revisit) 4: not done
8/2
- newspaper +ca
- sfg (pyqs, ncert, miscl.)
- analysis (sfg+ vision(50 q))
- backlog
Good luck everyone :)
update: only 1 done, 2 partially done
[wasted entire day doing nothing (should have slept instead)]
9/2
- Newspaper + CA
- SFG
-NCERT XII [100pgs]
-NCERT VI [50pgs]
-notes
-PYQs- backlogs [sfg analysis x2;etc]
Today's test gave prelims flashbacks wrt poor time mgt .
This section is weak, will need more effort, GL :)
update: 1,2- done 3- partially done
10/2
- Newspaper + CA
- SFG targets (notes, ncerts, pyqs)
- analysis (sfg + backlog)
- miscl
Instead of test analysis, I revised some polity and did parts of SFG test backlog. The course for tomorrow is huge and things will remain incomplete. Will have to rectify it tomorrow itself.
Targets:
- SFG: Test + Analysis
- Mock: Test + Analysis
- SFG Backlog - Ancient
- SFG Prep
- Polity Revision
- Newspaper
- If time, finish SFG Test Analysis backlog
What's new this week: Guilt trips about not being able to give time to optional or current affairs. At this point, it is pretty much out of my hands. Anyway, hope that rest of this week is better for others on the thread. Good day!
Did all except test analysis of the mock. Slacked off in the second half.
Targets:
- SFG: Test + Analysis
- Mock1: Test Analysis
- SFG Prep
- SFG Test backlog - Geography
- SFG Theory backlog - Ancient
- Newspaper
- If possible, start mock2 analysis
Hey guys!
Anyone having prior experience with Prelims and test series, what do you think is a good/ comfortable score in the vision test series 2022?
Write your comment…
