CSE 2023: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine
Guys, I need some help. How do you peeps mug up things and revise?
I am not able to do it efficiently and it is costing me heavily in mains.
In my last two mains, I have deduced that mains cannot be cleared without effective mugging up. I am not able to do that properly and it is making me irritated.
Any suggestion how to go about it?
Make your "Dirty notes", by that I mean short notes/ one page notes or anything under the sun , that includes the things that you have difficulty in remembering or things that you want to be on ur tips.
A week before the exam, my productivity was super low, but i keeps revising and recalling all the facts, quotes, diagrams etc. over and over again, so I found it relatively easy to make them a part of my answers as well.
Okay. Take for example I have a 15 page note of an optional topic. How do I go about compressing it? Like there can be two approaches I can think of.
1) dividing the topic into various headings and remembering the headings.
2) writing all the difficult to memories things instead of a micro summary of the topic.
How should I do it. And, are there any alternatives?
Give your input too@LetsGetThisBread . How to go about it?
Any single tweet you have in mind? I am unable to get to the relevant one.
mightyraju,LetsGetThisBread@SergioRamos@LetsGetThisBreadThanks for the suggestions!
mightyraju,LetsGetThisBread
@sjerngal @crikeymate Thank you so much!
mightyraju,LetsGetThisBread
mightyraju,LetsGetThisBreadHi! Does anyone remember the history book (not spectrum or bipan chandra or the ncerts) that was being recommended because there were few questions in prelims directly from it in the recent past? I am unable to recollect the name of the authors. (I feel like reading some books and thought it would be better to read this than any random one.)
Thanks.
Lucent :p
Guys, I need some help. How do you peeps mug up things and revise?
I am not able to do it efficiently and it is costing me heavily in mains.
In my last two mains, I have deduced that mains cannot be cleared without effective mugging up. I am not able to do that properly and it is making me irritated.
Any suggestion how to go about it?
Make your "Dirty notes", by that I mean short notes/ one page notes or anything under the sun , that includes the things that you have difficulty in remembering or things that you want to be on ur tips.
A week before the exam, my productivity was super low, but i keeps revising and recalling all the facts, quotes, diagrams etc. over and over again, so I found it relatively easy to make them a part of my answers as well.Okay. Take for example I have a 15 page note of an optional topic. How do I go about compressing it? Like there can be two approaches I can think of.
1) dividing the topic into various headings and remembering the headings.
2) writing all the difficult to memories things instead of a micro summary of the topic.
How should I do it. And, are there any alternatives?
Give your input too@LetsGetThisBread . How to go about it?
For optional say you have to remember Plato, I take one page and make a cloud diagram sort of thing where one cloud represents the theory of idea and from and write all the related keywords about it. That way you’re not writing the entire thing against, just the keywords which makes it easier to facilitate recall as well.
As for GS, suppose you pick a topic of nutrition- your one page should contain, definition, data, keywords related to the problem, schemes and few keywords for that scheme, solutions and way forward, as well as a diagram.
Guys, I need some help. How do you peeps mug up things and revise?
I am not able to do it efficiently and it is costing me heavily in mains.
In my last two mains, I have deduced that mains cannot be cleared without effective mugging up. I am not able to do that properly and it is making me irritated.
Any suggestion how to go about it?
Make your "Dirty notes", by that I mean short notes/ one page notes or anything under the sun , that includes the things that you have difficulty in remembering or things that you want to be on ur tips.
A week before the exam, my productivity was super low, but i keeps revising and recalling all the facts, quotes, diagrams etc. over and over again, so I found it relatively easy to make them a part of my answers as well.Okay. Take for example I have a 15 page note of an optional topic. How do I go about compressing it? Like there can be two approaches I can think of.
1) dividing the topic into various headings and remembering the headings.
2) writing all the difficult to memories things instead of a micro summary of the topic.
How should I do it. And, are there any alternatives?
Give your input too@LetsGetThisBread . How to go about it?
I personally used the second option..
I made around half page notes for each chapter (topics)of my optional that contained only and only those things which i knew I had to memorize at any cost and use it in the actual paper .. Or it included those things which I knew i would be revising one day before the exam ..
Guys, I need some help. How do you peeps mug up things and revise?
I am not able to do it efficiently and it is costing me heavily in mains.
In my last two mains, I have deduced that mains cannot be cleared without effective mugging up. I am not able to do that properly and it is making me irritated.
Any suggestion how to go about it?
Make your "Dirty notes", by that I mean short notes/ one page notes or anything under the sun , that includes the things that you have difficulty in remembering or things that you want to be on ur tips.
A week before the exam, my productivity was super low, but i keeps revising and recalling all the facts, quotes, diagrams etc. over and over again, so I found it relatively easy to make them a part of my answers as well.Okay. Take for example I have a 15 page note of an optional topic. How do I go about compressing it? Like there can be two approaches I can think of.
1) dividing the topic into various headings and remembering the headings.
2) writing all the difficult to memories things instead of a micro summary of the topic.
How should I do it. And, are there any alternatives?
Give your input too@LetsGetThisBread . How to go about it?
For optional say you have to remember Plato, I take one page and make a cloud diagram sort of thing where one cloud represents the theory of idea and from and write all the related keywords about it. That way you’re not writing the entire thing against, just the keywords which makes it easier to facilitate recall as well.
As for GS, suppose you pick a topic of nutrition- your one page should contain, definition, data, keywords related to the problem, schemes and few keywords for that scheme, solutions and way forward, as well as a diagram.
I also have more or less similar views ..
Since there are a number of PSIR students here on this thread, I had this problem which I want to resolve quickly and move on.
I joined PSIR tests with some value addition in the form of PYQs at a coaching.
In their schedule, they mentioned they would start with WPT and the usual order of things.
Today, out of the blue, they took up IR theories from Paper 2.
They plan to spend one week on PYQs discussion, then the next on week on solving tests.
This is my first time, going though PSIR in detail. I am relatively still new to the ways of the subject.
My question is should I go with the flow of the coaching, i.e. start with IR, or should I start with WPT of Paper 1?(as the thinkers form the base of the subject).
mightyraju,LetsGetThisBreadGuys, I need some help. How do you peeps mug up things and revise?
I am not able to do it efficiently and it is costing me heavily in mains.
In my last two mains, I have deduced that mains cannot be cleared without effective mugging up. I am not able to do that properly and it is making me irritated.
Any suggestion how to go about it?
Make your "Dirty notes", by that I mean short notes/ one page notes or anything under the sun , that includes the things that you have difficulty in remembering or things that you want to be on ur tips.
A week before the exam, my productivity was super low, but i keeps revising and recalling all the facts, quotes, diagrams etc. over and over again, so I found it relatively easy to make them a part of my answers as well.Okay. Take for example I have a 15 page note of an optional topic. How do I go about compressing it? Like there can be two approaches I can think of.
1) dividing the topic into various headings and remembering the headings.
2) writing all the difficult to memories things instead of a micro summary of the topic.
How should I do it. And, are there any alternatives?
Give your input too@LetsGetThisBread . How to go about it?
For optional say you have to remember Plato, I take one page and make a cloud diagram sort of thing where one cloud represents the theory of idea and from and write all the related keywords about it. That way you’re not writing the entire thing against, just the keywords which makes it easier to facilitate recall as well.
As for GS, suppose you pick a topic of nutrition- your one page should contain, definition, data, keywords related to the problem, schemes and few keywords for that scheme, solutions and way forward, as well as a diagram.
Seems like a cloud server.Lol.
@crikeymate Is it Piyush Chaubey kya? Do WPT first naa yaar. The scholars are repeated in Theories of IR part. There is no fun reading realism sans Kautilya, Machiavelli and Hobbes.
@D503 Seeing the enthusiasm around their product by UPSC aspirants, Lucent Publications may try jumping into the UPSC bandwagon with a probable product like 'GS Shots'.Lol.
Today my 6 year old headphone lost a limb and that prompted me to introspect about my own tortuous journey into the abyss of cse. Am i also not being worn down by circumstances, chewed by the sharp teeth of time,consumed by profound grief and guilt, undermined by my sheer lack of discipline. My hairs are graying , my health is deteriorating , my parents are growing old, my friendships have passed into the black hole of oblivion. What am I doing with my life.
A mocking voice came wafting from next room : making a mountain out of a molehill.
"It's just a headphone silly",shouted my sister over her lungs in her quirky voice.
" Would it have killed you to feign some sympathy", said I.
" I don't have any sympathy for petty bourgoise who plunge into existential crisis for a stupid overpriced product of a capitalist system that exploits the labour of the third world poor workers ,and that makes a lot of noise about sustainability and ESG corporate pradigm to whitewash its products; and then sell these products to the same gullible bourgeoisie who lap it up, thanks to the blietzkrieg of modern marketing techniques that have succeeded in transforming the multidimensional man into a unidimensional consuming man who defines his identity in terms of what he owns, and of which brand", came the retort.
Needless to say my mood was runined and i knew exactly the thing that could cheer me up. So , i went out to have a pizza at bominos. After that i went to the shopping mall to buy some expensive branded tshirts (made in Bangladesh in a sweatshop) , and some Jodhpurs at a steep discount( they said it's limited time deal so my fomo kicked up and i forgot that they have been offering the same discount since forever. Great strategy, mark your product at 7k give 3 k discount and it's still expensive af) . nevertheless, After suffusing myself with capitalistic gratification , my senses were pleasantly calmed. Took an uber back home and gladly reasured my self with ' Isn't life amazing'.
Oh! About those headphones. The company just released a new improved version which will make me feel as if the celestial nymphs themselves are doing a live concent in front of my eyes. This made me wet at my mouth, that is to say i was salivating like Tommy , my neighbour's dog. Cant wait to get my hands on them, that is to say the headphones , not the dog. I hate dogs. They remind of my own pavlovian conditioning.
Marx cheers for you and your sister :)
Seems like a Mallu or a Bong household, in all good probability. Lol
LetsGetThisBread,Today my 6 year old headphone lost a limb and that prompted me to introspect about my own tortuous journey into the abyss of cse. Am i also not being worn down by circumstances, chewed by the sharp teeth of time,consumed by profound grief and guilt, undermined by my sheer lack of discipline. My hairs are graying , my health is deteriorating , my parents are growing old, my friendships have passed into the black hole of oblivion. What am I doing with my life.
A mocking voice came wafting from next room : making a mountain out of a molehill.
"It's just a headphone silly",shouted my sister over her lungs in her quirky voice.
" Would it have killed you to feign some sympathy", said I.
" I don't have any sympathy for petty bourgoise who plunge into existential crisis for a stupid overpriced product of a capitalist system that exploits the labour of the third world poor workers ,and that makes a lot of noise about sustainability and ESG corporate pradigm to whitewash its products; and then sell these products to the same gullible bourgeoisie who lap it up, thanks to the blietzkrieg of modern marketing techniques that have succeeded in transforming the multidimensional man into a unidimensional consuming man who defines his identity in terms of what he owns, and of which brand", came the retort.
Needless to say my mood was runined and i knew exactly the thing that could cheer me up. So , i went out to have a pizza at bominos. After that i went to the shopping mall to buy some expensive branded tshirts (made in Bangladesh in a sweatshop) , and some Jodhpurs at a steep discount( they said it's limited time deal so my fomo kicked up and i forgot that they have been offering the same discount since forever. Great strategy, mark your product at 7k give 3 k discount and it's still expensive af) . nevertheless, After suffusing myself with capitalistic gratification , my senses were pleasantly calmed. Took an uber back home and gladly reasured my self with ' Isn't life amazing'.
Oh! About those headphones. The company just released a new improved version which will make me feel as if the celestial nymphs themselves are doing a live concent in front of my eyes. This made me wet at my mouth, that is to say i was salivating like Tommy , my neighbour's dog. Cant wait to get my hands on them, that is to say the headphones , not the dog. I hate dogs. They remind of my own pavlovian conditioning.
Marx cheers for you and your sister :)
Seems like a Mallu or a Bong household, in all good probability. Lol
Or it could be an imaginary dialogue between imaginary siblings :/
Any single tweet you have in mind? I am unable to get to the relevant one.
https://twitter.com/divyamittal_IAS/status/1555191531430359040?cxt=HHwWgMDRyaidk5UrAAAA
1. Done
2. Done
3. Not Done
Revision - Will finish before sleeping
Need to focus more on EVS because of upcoming exam. Will reduce Economy covereage till exam time.
Targets 03/08
- TIE + Notes
- Economy 2A1(1 lecture)
- EVS ( RA+TA+EIA+Legislation)
Revision
1. Polity (C.H. +PCT) WYSK + PYQs
Not a good day.
WYSK ke questions dekhe aur newspaper padha , that's it. Tried to revise out of schedule because I falt like I was forgetting everythimg and that took too much time.
Targets 04/08
1. TIE +Notes
2. Economy 2A1 ( 1 lecture)
3. EVS ( TA + RA + EIA )
Revision
Polity : Revision
1. Done
2. Done
3. Thoda kiya hai kaafi bacha hai
Revision
Looked at the chapter for 15 mins. Closed the book. So, nothing.
~ Revision has been very difficult. But, difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations :) Suggestions are welcome.
Targets 05/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. Economy 2A2 ( Lec 2)
3. EVS - TA+RA (YT) + Legislations
Revision
*Polity ( 1hr)
*Economy 1D1
1.Done
2. Done
3. EVS - TA + Legislation 50% done
Revision
Chalked out a revision plan but did not revise anything today. Let's see if it works.
Targets 06/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. Economy 2A ( Lec 3)
3. LEGISLATION +RA ( Complete)
Revision
1. Polity
2. Economy 1D
1. Done
2. 75%
3. Legislation remains + RA (25%)
Revision
Not done.
Day began at a good note, momentum bhi accha tha padhne mein but got caught up in ghar ka kaam and couldn't go back to padhai.
Staying at home has its benefits but the cons are too much sometimes. This ghar ka kaam was completely unecessary but chalta hai. 😅
Good Morning People! While my morning began with daant ( for no fault of my own) chalta hai, otherwise this day will go down the drain too.
Targets 07/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. 2A2 1 Lec
3. Finish revising 1D and 2A1 + Quiz
4. Solve a few questions of polity
5. Revise half of 1A1
6. Legislation Doc
Finish all of this by 4 pm
Rest of the day off~ because I need a break! Send some positivity this way if you can... :-)
1. Done
2. Not done
3. Done
4. Done
5. Done
6. Not done
Took an off in the evening. Did better than yesterday.
Targets 08/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. 2A2 ( 2 lectures)
3. Legislation Doc
Revision
1. 1A1 + Quiz
2. Polity - WYSK Topic 1 + Mains PYQs ( Read Only)
1. Done
2. Done
3. 50%
Revision - Done
Overall a good day 🌼
1. Done
2. Done
3. Not Done
Revision - Will finish before sleeping
Need to focus more on EVS because of upcoming exam. Will reduce Economy covereage till exam time.
Targets 03/08
- TIE + Notes
- Economy 2A1(1 lecture)
- EVS ( RA+TA+EIA+Legislation)
Revision
1. Polity (C.H. +PCT) WYSK + PYQs
Not a good day.
WYSK ke questions dekhe aur newspaper padha , that's it. Tried to revise out of schedule because I falt like I was forgetting everythimg and that took too much time.
Targets 04/08
1. TIE +Notes
2. Economy 2A1 ( 1 lecture)
3. EVS ( TA + RA + EIA )
Revision
Polity : Revision
1. Done
2. Done
3. Thoda kiya hai kaafi bacha hai
Revision
Looked at the chapter for 15 mins. Closed the book. So, nothing.
~ Revision has been very difficult. But, difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations :) Suggestions are welcome.
Targets 05/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. Economy 2A2 ( Lec 2)
3. EVS - TA+RA (YT) + Legislations
Revision
*Polity ( 1hr)
*Economy 1D1
1.Done
2. Done
3. EVS - TA + Legislation 50% done
Revision
Chalked out a revision plan but did not revise anything today. Let's see if it works.
Targets 06/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. Economy 2A ( Lec 3)
3. LEGISLATION +RA ( Complete)
Revision
1. Polity
2. Economy 1D
1. Done
2. 75%
3. Legislation remains + RA (25%)
Revision
Not done.
Day began at a good note, momentum bhi accha tha padhne mein but got caught up in ghar ka kaam and couldn't go back to padhai.
Staying at home has its benefits but the cons are too much sometimes. This ghar ka kaam was completely unecessary but chalta hai. 😅
Good Morning People! While my morning began with daant ( for no fault of my own) chalta hai, otherwise this day will go down the drain too.
Targets 07/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. 2A2 1 Lec
3. Finish revising 1D and 2A1 + Quiz
4. Solve a few questions of polity
5. Revise half of 1A1
6. Legislation Doc
Finish all of this by 4 pm
Rest of the day off~ because I need a break! Send some positivity this way if you can... :-)
1. Done
2. Not done
3. Done
4. Done
5. Done
6. Not done
Took an off in the evening. Did better than yesterday.
Targets 08/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. 2A2 ( 2 lectures)
3. Legislation Doc
Revision
1. 1A1 + Quiz
2. Polity - WYSK Topic 1 + Mains PYQs ( Read Only)
1. Done
2. Done
3. 50%
Revision - Done
Overall a good day 🌼
Good Morning People!🌞
Targets 09/08
1. TIE + Notes
2. Economy 2 Lectures
3. EVS - Legislation
Revision:
1. Polity - Read P1
2. Economy 1A2 (1/2) revision
NTA has postponed the exam I had to write to September , so back to two lectures a day.
Since there are a number of PSIR students here on this thread, I had this problem which I want to resolve quickly and move on.
I joined PSIR tests with some value addition in the form of PYQs at a coaching.
In their schedule, they mentioned they would start with WPT and the usual order of things.
Today, out of the blue, they took up IR theories from Paper 2.
They plan to spend one week on PYQs discussion, then the next on week on solving tests.
This is my first time, going though PSIR in detail. I am relatively still new to the ways of the subject.
My question is should I go with the flow of the coaching, i.e. start with IR, or should I start with WPT of Paper 1?(as the thinkers form the base of the subject).
Start with WPT if you’re new to the subject. It really is the heart and soul of PSIR. IR is fun and you will be able to understand it on its own but it’s seems a lot more integrated when you read it after WPT and comparative
mightyraju,@Rashmirathi Not alone, this thread has been a window to the world I had been isolating myself from, I spent last one year scared and worried it wasn't Until Feb that I actually started studying. The only goal this year is to keep moving even if it is a little everyday.It is reassuring and motivating that everyone's going through the same things , and trying everyday to get better.
Keep going as said Discipline is >>>>Motivation ,as it itself acts as motivation
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind killer .
Fear is the little death that brings
total obliteration .
I will face my fear .
I will permit it to pass over and
through me .
And when it has gone past I will turn
the inner eye to see its path .
When the fear has gone there will be
nothing .
Only I will remain
Just felt worth sharing
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