CSE 2023: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine
I don't know if I should be asking this question here, but no one better than 2023 peeps could advise me better,
Friends, I want to have a dedicated plan for 2023 UPSC, as it will be my final attempt, have given mains before but couldn't qualify for prelims this time.
I don't want to make a plan for myself because I always end up not completing my targets & modifying my plans almost every day.
So, for full-year should I takeiasbaba ilp/tlp plus, orinsights core batch, orforum's mgp with any year long prelims test series & later sfg?
I want an integrated preparation this time for both prelims & mains.
Can anyone help me here?
In my opinion go with integrated prelims and mains test series if you want to write test whole year and also if time permits you..
Best of luck..
Day 1 of 7 :
- Polity Topic 1 , 2 M
-Newspaper
-Polity V
Just do it , a long way to go start well
Hi, i can totally feel you because my rut extended for 2 years. It was difficult to get myself out of it but it is doable. Like you said start small, and create a schedule is literally the way forward.
I realised very early on that physical planners don't do me any good because i cant be bothered to beautify my pages and my handwriting isn’t the most journal friendly. So i have a notebook opened on GoodNotes where i type out my daily schedule. This has been there with me for the past two years. Also knowing the macro targets are really helpful as well, what i intend to achieve in one month, the next 6 months etc along with a daily schedule.
Also helps if you figure out why it’s too difficult to stick to a schedule. Is it too much workload? Reduce the number of targets you set for yourself. Is your schedule too tightly packed without any breathing space, which makes you more likely to procrastinate? Schedule a block of time where you intend to do nothing except what you want to do? YouTube distracting you? Put a screen time. The point is, find a workaround for your problems.
There was also a book i read titled “Finish What You Started” (ironically which i never finished reading) but one helpful thing it said is to set a bare minimum workload. So find 3 things that you must absolutely do, even if you hate and ensure you do at least that. Its not the same as a fully productive day, but its still better than wasting your day entirely.
Lastly, there’s nothing like a good old shame spiral to kick your butt into action. I hated the fact that my targets were unachieved and that pushed me to try and finish at least one thing the next day. I kept doing that till the time i got the hang of it. It was a slow and painful process ngl, but entirely doable.
Thanks a lot. Let me see if it's doable for me or not. Also your username is quite nice, i could never come up with such username
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mightyraju,LetsGetThisBreadSo, I realised that reading Vision CA is one of the hardest thing to do.
It takes lot more of time than anticipated.
Also, I couldn't go till Page 68.Somewhere around Page 48. So,It will take 3 Mondays all in all to finish one monthly I suppose.
Man, Monthly Mags are pure torture. One could remove all the gibberish, and reduce that Mag to 30 pages, without any compromise on content. Would never understand this fascination with 120-150 Page mags
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“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
Hi, i can totally feel you because my rut extended for 2 years. It was difficult to get myself out of it but it is doable. Like you said start small, and create a schedule is literally the way forward.
I realised very early on that physical planners don't do me any good because i cant be bothered to beautify my pages and my handwriting isn’t the most journal friendly. So i have a notebook opened on GoodNotes where i type out my daily schedule. This has been there with me for the past two years. Also knowing the macro targets are really helpful as well, what i intend to achieve in one month, the next 6 months etc along with a daily schedule.
Also helps if you figure out why it’s too difficult to stick to a schedule. Is it too much workload? Reduce the number of targets you set for yourself. Is your schedule too tightly packed without any breathing space, which makes you more likely to procrastinate? Schedule a block of time where you intend to do nothing except what you want to do? YouTube distracting you? Put a screen time. The point is, find a workaround for your problems.
There was also a book i read titled “Finish What You Started” (ironically which i never finished reading) but one helpful thing it said is to set a bare minimum workload. So find 3 things that you must absolutely do, even if you hate and ensure you do at least that. Its not the same as a fully productive day, but its still better than wasting your day entirely.
Lastly, there’s nothing like a good old shame spiral to kick your butt into action. I hated the fact that my targets were unachieved and that pushed me to try and finish at least one thing the next day. I kept doing that till the time i got the hang of it. It was a slow and painful process ngl, but entirely doable.
Thanks a lot. Let me see if it's doable for me or not. Also your username is quite nice, i could never come up with such username
Thank you! I’m a normal human like all others, maybe even lazier, so if I can do it then so can you. Also thanks about the username. I figured there’s no way anyone is going to be offended by bread 😅
Day 1 of 7 :
- Polity Topic 1 , 2 M
-Newspaper
-Polity V
Just do it , a long way to go start well
Was able to do everything but need a revision.
Day 2 of 7 :
- Revise Topic 1&2
- Finish Topic 3
-Polity vision
Score - 1/7
Keep going.
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