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CSE 2023: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine

Targets for 27/06/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. World History 1/2
  3. A&C notes editing/value addition
  4. Ethics class 

It's really difficult to pick yourself up from prelims failure, but spent a lot of time sulking over it and have decided to go full throttle for 2023, so it's time for a move on now because can't give up on my dream so easily so we must keep moving forward.

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Targets for 28/06/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Optional Paper 1- 1/10 
  3. World History 2/2 
  4. A&C Notes editing 
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Targets for 29/06/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Optional Paper 1-2/10
  3. Society 1/3
  4. Ethics class 

P.S. Post prelims debacle finally some efficiency in studies after started posting on this thread.

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@morsmodre You can also refer Pratik Nayak sir's lectures on YouTube, they are free and I found them to be quite comprehensive.


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Targets 30/06/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Optional Paper 1- 3/10
  3. Post Independence reading 
  4. CA Class



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Targets 1/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Optional Paper 1- 4/10
  3. Society 2/3
  4. Attend ethics class 

Change of month providing some new energy, hopefully this month goes better than June. All the best everyone!

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Targets for 02/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Optional Paper 1- 5/10
  3. Society 3/3
  4. CA class 
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Targets for 03/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Optional Paper 1- 6/10
  3. Modern History notes editing 
  4. CA class(backlog from yesterday)
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Targets for 04/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Optional Paper 1- 7/10
  3. PI Notes editing 
  4. Ethics Class 
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Targets for 05/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Optional Paper 1- 9/10
  3. Society notes editing 
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Targets for 06/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Optional Paper 1- 10/10
  3. Ethics class

P.S. It is really difficult to keep going day after day when you don't have the pressure of a deadline, but have to keep moving forward slowly but steadily.

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@Lucifer16 Around 1hr -1hr 15mins


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@Lucifer16 Nope I read it from the paper itself, it's just that have been doing it for a really long time now. After a while once you start getting used to the process the time taken reduces.


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Targets for 07/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. GS 1 notes editing 
  3. CA class 
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Not a good day yesterday, couldn't complete anything other than the newspaper. Hoping for a better day today.

Targets for 08/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Finish World History notes editing 
  3. Ethics class 
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Targets for 09/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. CA class 
  3. Editing GS 1 notes 


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Targets for 10/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. CA class 
  3. GS 1 notes editing 


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Targets for 11/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Geo PDF
  3. Ethics notes 
  4. Ethics class 

Time to increase targets & push for more, can't get complacent all the best everyone!

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Targets for 12/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Ethics notes
  3. A&C PDF 
  4. CA class 
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Targets for 13/07/22: 

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Modern History PDF 
  3. Ethics notes 

Finished the targets for yesterday but just not feeling satisfied, maybe it's due to the distracted state of my mind, have to keep trying need to improve. 

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Targets for 14/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. World History
  3. Ethics Class
  4. Ethics notes 

Not a good day yesterday, got really distracted after lunch. Hoping for better days ahead, best of luck to all!

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Targets for 15/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. World History(couldn't finish yesterday)
  3. Post Independence
  4. Ethics Class
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Targets for 16/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Society PDF 1/2
  3. Post Independence PDF (backlog from yesterday, couldn't even start it)
  4. Answer writing + Brainstorming 
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Targets for 17/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Society PDF 2/2
  3. CA class
  4. Answer writing & brainstorming

The inertia of answer writing got the better of me yesterday, could barely write 1 answer, need to get over it today.

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Targets for 17/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Society PDF 2/2
  3. CA class
  4. Answer writing & brainstorming

The inertia of answer writing got the better of me yesterday, could barely write 1 answer, need to get over the inertia today.

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Targets for 18/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. A&C PDF
  3. Women PDF
  4. Ethics class 
  5. Answer writing + brainstorming 
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Targets for 19/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Geo PDF
  3. World History PDF
  4. Answer writing & brainstorming 
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Targets for 20/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Modern PDF
  3. Ethics Class 
  4. Answer writing & brainstorming 
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Targets for 21/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Society PDF
  3. Answer writing & brainstorming

Looking at the comments I can feel the pain of friends making it to the holy pdf but our struggle just keeps going on day after day month after month and eventually years go by. Preparing for 2023 looks like a big mountain to climb but we can't give up now we've this far, let's just take it one day at a time.

In the end always remember,  लंबी है ग़म की शाम, मगर शाम ही तो है

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Targets for 22/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Resources PDF 
  3. Women PDF 
  4. Revise data/stats of GS 1
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Targets for 23/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Post Independence PDF
  3. MGP test 1

Writing a mains test after ages, let's see how it goes.

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Targets for 24/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. Ethics class
  3. CA class


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Targets for 25/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. CA class 
  3. GS 2 notes editing 
  4. Ethics class
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Targets for 26/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. Ethics class
  3. GS 2 notes value addition
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Targets for 27/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. GS 2 value addition
  3. Ethics class

A bad day yesterday, couldn't really do much apart from newspaper but it's okay can't expect everyday to be the perfect day, but have to keep moving no matter how slow just need to keep moving...

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Targets for 28/07/22:

  1. Newspaper
  2. GS 2 notes editing(couldn't do any of it yesterday)
  3. Optional 1/11
  4. CA Class 
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@Brave Do watch Seinfeld if you haven't already, one of the best sitcoms I've ever watched(minus the finale)


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Targets for 29/07/22:

  1. Newspaper 
  2. GS 2 notes editing 
  3. Ethics class

Things are going really really slow, efficiency seems to have reached rock bottom. 

P.S. The best/worst part about Parkinson's law is that you don't even realize it...

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@Sam230 Making notes online is obviously convenient but really online/offline it just comes down to your preference. Here's what I think you can do:
  • Instead of using a notebook maybe use loose sheets so that you can add pages in between in case there's anything extra
  • Now to your second problem, newspaper should always be your top priority keep doing that, supplementing it with a a magazine sounds like a good enough approach to me
  • As far as the choice of magazine is considered pick forum/vision/insights, I think they're all more or less same, the key lies in revising the content multiple number of times

Hope this helps :P


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@Morticia Here's what I do, I go about preparing a paper say GS 2 from my notes then while doing some answer writing practice I write answers to AWFG questions, later while going through the solutions I do the usual analysis + look for things that I can incorporate in my notes.


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Can someone give suggestions for any good test series that has quality part tests(apart from Vision & Forum)?
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