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
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..:)
Targets for 11.2.22
1: Newspaper
2: Geography lectures ( L7-L15)
3: Videos (issues explained)
4: Test(MIH) revise
5: PMF IAS(Notes) Geography
Yesterday's Update: All done except Pyq's... completed L1-L6..Had a very good session in the morning..!(5:50-8am) Meditation (Done) + History (spectrum)
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.
Some sections of Geography left. Also couldn't do PYQs for Polity. Rest Done.
Targets for today
- Newspaper+ Civils Daily --done
- Polity PYQs
- Geography Remaining topics
- Laxmikant- part 5 and 6
- 1 hour for Optional Prep
- Newspaper - done
- SFG targets - done
- Social classes- as much as I can[still not completed :/] - could not
- Pakka fill form today! [CSAT on Saturday] -- Done! phew!
Today 11/02/2022 targets --
- Newspaper
- SFG
- The same perpetual Social classes - as much as I can [Sunday pakka completion]
Which comic/illustration is this?
Hi, I’m back again, asking for help 😅
My optional is history but I am rarely able to solve history questions in prelims, especially in 2020’s paper. Should I be employing a different strategy (if yes, then what) or should I just focus on strong points (map based, polity, economy, art and culture) ? Considering that im not too strong in science questions & okay-ish in environment (it’s a gamble), I feel like I should I borrow some strategies from pros here, who score well no matter how hard the paper is.
I usually don’t know questions that can get too factual - Mongolian invasion , subsidiary states, Gandhi’s book/ poem whatever it was, and I think one question was about a city’s significance (?).
- Newspaper - done
- SFG targets - done
- Social classes- as much as I can[still not completed :/] - could not
- Pakka fill form today! [CSAT on Saturday] -- Done! phew!
Today 11/02/2022 targets --
- Newspaper
- SFG
- The same perpetual Social classes - as much as I can [Sunday pakka completion]
Which comic/illustration is this?
It is called Chibird penguin :)
Hi, I’m back again, asking for help 😅
My optional is history but I am rarely able to solve history questions in prelims, especially in 2020’s paper. Should I be employing a different strategy (if yes, then what) or should I just focus on strong points (map based, polity, economy, art and culture) ? Considering that im not too strong in science questions & okay-ish in environment (it’s a gamble), I feel like I should I borrow some strategies from pros here, who score well no matter how hard the paper is.
I usually don’t know questions that can get too factual - Mongolian invasion , subsidiary states, Gandhi’s book/ poem whatever it was, and I think one question was about a city’s significance (?).
Not a pro who can score well no matter how hard the paper is ( not even close) but I do have History as optional and recently finished analyzing this year Prelims Paper. Some observations:
- Out of 20 questions in History +Art and Culture, 8 -10 could be solved from basic sources+ elimination itself. Does not matter whether you read Spectrum+ TN Class 11 or Old NCERTs. This includes question on Dholavira, Post-Gupta Period, Mongol Invasion/Vasco De Gama, August 1942, INA Trials etc.
- Few where 2 options could be eliminated like Chausath Yogini, Burzahom etc.
- Some questions like Gandhi's book, Mitakshara etc. were supposed to be left alone in my opinion.
- So one could attempt 12-15 out of 20 simply based on proper revision of standard sources and some presence of mind which seems sufficient to me looking at the cutoffs.
So I don't think there is anything drastic that you need to do in terms of sources from History/A&C questions in prelims. If you struggle with remembering facts, you can try using active recall techniques. Also you can draw rough timelines (not exact dates) of what is happening where in a particular century. This might help in correlating events. For eg, you would have studied that Deva Raya II ruled in mid 15th century under Vijayanagara topic and separately you would have studied Vasco De Gama coming to India at end of 15th century under Arrival of Europeans topic as well. So creating timeline charts may help visualize the entire flow of history and not just events in silos.
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..:)
Targets for 11.2.22
1: Newspaper
2: Geography lectures ( L7-L15)
3: Videos (issues explained)
4: Test(MIH) revise
5: PMF IAS(Notes) Geography
Yesterday's Update: All done except Pyq's... completed L1-L6..Had a very good session in the morning..!(5:50-8am) Meditation (Done) + History (spectrum)
Have a good day everyone..:)
TARGETS for 12.2.22
1: Newspaper +(Backlog of yesterday)
2: Geography Lectures (L12-L18)
3: Videos( issues explained)
4: TEST(MIH) (25ques with Solution)
5: PMF IAS Notes(Geography)
Yesterday's Update: Done except PMF notes and NEWSPAPER ( ek din kiya nahi toh Russia surrounded Ukraine from three sides) Bahot imp hai bhai newspaper ;)
Morning session: Meditation (Done) + Modern History (spectrum)
Have a good people..:)
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.
Some sections of Geography left. Also couldn't do PYQs for Polity. Rest Done.
Targets for today
- Newspaper+ Civils Daily --done
- Polity PYQs
- Geography Remaining topics
- Laxmikant- part 5 and 6
- 1 hour for Optional Prep
Good Day yesterday ! Changed my sleep schedule and woke up at 5 AM. Was able to complete targets by evening.
Today's Targets
- Newspaper + Civils Daily --done
- 1 hr for Optional --done
- CA Class
- Laxmikant - Constitutional bodies
- Economy Self Notes (1/4)
- Continue with Polity PYQs
Have a great day everyone!
Messed up past few days. Picking up again with all new energy. Here we go.
10/02/2022
1. SFG targets
2. Backlog
3. PYQ research
4. Maths
5. Sebi
Good day people.
1,2,3- Done 4,5- Not done
11/02/2022
1. Np + monthly
2. Sfg targets
3. Sfg backlog
4. Maths
5. SEBI
Keep hustling:)
1,3,4-Done 2,5-partially done
12/02/2022
1. Np+ monthly
2. Ancient consolidation
3. Sebi
4. Maths
Good morning:)