Official : Post Daily Routine & Self Assessment (Mains 2020)

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| 4 year(s) ago

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Vinay12 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

18th Aug review (work day)

Completed - art& culture - dance & music, studying left out portions in polity part(1/3)

19th August target

1) CA 2nd revison & left out portions (part1 /10) - done

2) polity part(2/3)- exe, leg, jud chapters - half done

Relativity theory applies for exams also, it feels like days n hours are getting shorter as exams are getting near.

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ssver2 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

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18/08/2020:
Read only Ancient history today. Going to bed early because of headache.
I'm facing this dilemma that I've read Ancient from many sources viz RS Sharma and TN books, Plus class notes, Vajiram yellow Book and my self made notes. And I feel that something is missing in every source.
I remember, prior to starting the UPSC journey, I had read RS Sharma for 2.5 months (along with note making). This was because of my friend, who was preparing for UPSC and I had asked for guidance. He had recommended this book to me (later I realised that he had not read the book, and he just wanted me to make the notes... Har ek friend kamina hota hai. But notes were of no use for him, as he had not read the book. He was also the same person who made me leave my job).
But I was so involved that I had completed the book before formally coming into the preparation journey. I had also read World history book (one that was recommended by Anudeep on his blog) for 2 months. Bipin Chandra (moti wali) for another 2 months.
In this way, I had allocated disproportionate time on history in my first attempt. But this ghost is after me till now. I always think, and kinda afraid, what if I commit a mistake in these papers.
But the decision has to be made. RS Sharma + New NCERT is final for ancient this time. And I'll also spread the revision of history and Art & Culture in more number of days. Revising everything at once isn't working for me. Parallelly revision of other subjects, CA and tests. Full syllabus Test in September.
P.S: Post lamba ho gaya. Apologies.😊
Same story. But apun ka friend apun khud hi tha. Realised much later ki r s sharma and satish chandra ke din dhal chuke hai upsc ke lie. Singhania is the one that helps in both pre and mains.
Honestly I also read new ncerts and found the Hodgepodge. Thode bhaut naam extra die hue hai baki ekdum useless. You'll not learn much after rs sharma.(i read new ncerts bc of reluctance to pick bigger book like singhania but was greatly disappointed) i asked myself ki mein student of history hu ya ias aspirant? And then left all that old baggage and started afresh.
Sacchi advice dunga bro last 2 3 saal k papers (both pre and mains )dekhte hue padhna.
Atb.
P.s. however I later realised, you didn't ask for any advise. Haha. Lol. Sorry bro. #ignore.
You are actually right. RS Sharma is more useful for Mains, especially some chapters. Satish Chandra is too much. Some NCERTs are good though. Such as class 7th NCERT and some Themes.
Nitin Singhania is irreplaceable.
Thank you for the suggestion. And you are funny bro. Gajab ka sense of humour hai :D

I had this doubt in Jan as well. Had read RS Sharma, Satish Chandra in college, made notes in onenote. Par tab har faltu cheez likh li. New NCERTs/Bipin Chandra bhi thodi bahut padhi thi.

@Neyawn told me that Spectrum is more than enough. Similarly I had done Praveen sir's notes for ancient & medieval @ forum. Katha ka nichod yeh nikla ki yahi agar achche se ho jaye toh kaafi hoga. Most Qs in SFG could be solved, even when Chandrabhan sir used extra info from that Bansal book for some Qs.

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ssver2 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

17th

started fine with sfg eco syllabus. shaam tak gaadi dagmaga gayi. won't bore you with same rona dhona of sleep-schedule/procrastination

streak back to 0

18th:

4pm - 10:20 pm; 12:30-2:00: sfg eco syllabus, factly, Hindu, today's & old eco test analysis (some small breaks)

better than yesterday but not good enough

will try to limit internet usage to morning and 'a short 12 am session'.

streak: 1

19th:

sleep: 2-8 am; finally! hope this continues

8-9: test

9-10: exercise, read 2 articles on latest SC cases

10-11: budget etc

11-12: neyawn's session

target for the day: kal ka syllabus + remaining stuff in Mrunal's Handouts

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Deepak802 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

@ssver2 Yes, you are right. Yahi agar ho jaye to kaafi hai. I'll try to keep my sources minimum. Thanks.

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Deepak802 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

19/08/2020:

Not a very productive day. Kab khoon khaulega re tera?

CA + Ancient & Medieval- partially done. Made a list of sources to be covered and List of topics of Env CA.

Doing one more thing: I've made 3 stacks (for 3 revisions). If I do one revision, I'll keep it in first. In second for second revision and so on. I think now only this much revision is enough. Baaki rab rakha.

Will revise history daily and sfg related to it.

Target (20/08/2020):

06:00- 07:00 : Daily chores+ meditation

07:00- 08:00 : Breakfast+ Newspaper

08:00- 12:00 : History+ sfg

13:00- 17:00 : CA Env+ Maps

18:00- 22:00 : Science

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HotBloodPrince .

commented 4 year(s) ago

@ssver2 A great example of determination and effort (in getting sleep cycle right). cheers! keep going! :)

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TabsAndChords .

commented 4 year(s) ago

20 august -

1st slot - test analysis (3 hrs)

2nd slot - modern history (3 hrs)

3rd slot - modern history (3 hrs)

4th slot - modern history (3 hrs)

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Dora-the_Explorer .

commented 4 year(s) ago

19 August-

Completed-

Newspaper
Modern history Mock test

I learnt today-

India’s cancer burden
retail payments entity
Cheetahs from South Africa reach Mysuru zoo.
‘No-Go’ forests approved for mining

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TsarBomba .

commented 4 year(s) ago

20th August 2020:-

1) Class 12 NCERT India People and Economy Completed

2) Class 12 NCERT Human GeographyCompleted

3) Test 18 and AnalysisCompleted

4) Previous Year Question Environment 2008-2015Completed

5) SFG Tests Arts and Culture

6) Geography Notes Extra things

7) Mapping Half Hour

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Qoqo .

commented 4 year(s) ago

9:00-12:00 Vision mock Done

1:00-4:00 Mock answers Done

5:00-8:00 PT365 Done

9:00-11:00 Handcrafted prelims booklet Done (134-271)

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Vinay12 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

20th Aug target

1) CA second revision part2/10 (50%)

2) polity leftout portions part3/4 (done)

3) full test and answer check( done)

Going to make a 7 page booklet of important topics from CA and static portions during 2 nd revsion, will revise only that on last week before prelims.

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HotBloodPrince .

commented 4 year(s) ago

I'm continuing with the 18th targets of closing shankar, singhania and survey. This sss is giving me a tough time.

Antaratma: parth, shoot for star but settle for progress. From tomorrow start new cycle.

Me: Ji keshav.

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HotBloodPrince .

commented 4 year(s) ago

Vinay12said
20th Aug target
1) CA second revision part2/10
2) polity leftout portions part3/4
3) full test and answer check
Going to make a 7 page booklet of important topics from CA and static portions during 2 nd revsion, will revise only that on last week before prelims.

Ye saat page muje dede vinay!

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Vinay12 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

@HotBloodPrince sure, when I complete it, I'll post it here.

Happy reading..

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Deepak802 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

Naadan_Parindasaid
19/08/2020:
Not a very productive day. Kab khoon khaulega re tera?
CA + Ancient & Medieval- partially done. Made a list of sources to be covered and List of topics of Env CA.
Doing one more thing: I've made 3 stacks (for 3 revisions). If I do one revision, I'll keep it in first. In second for second revision and so on. I think now only this much revision is enough. Baaki rab rakha.
Will revise history daily and sfg related to it.
Target (20/08/2020):
06:00- 07:00 : Daily chores+ meditation
07:00- 08:00 : Breakfast+ Newspaper
08:00- 12:00 : History+ sfg
13:00- 17:00 : CA Env+ Maps
18:00- 22:00 : Science

80% targets achieved.

Maps not done. Science to be completed by tomorrow. Studied in 2 hours slots+ 0.5 hr break.

Same target for 21/08/2020.

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ssver2 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

HotBloodPrincesaid
@ssver2 A great example of determination and effort (in getting sleep cycle right). cheers! keep going! :)

bro aap bahut cool ho. motivating others. sense of humor. thanks! :)

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ssver2 .

commented 4 year(s) ago

ssver2said
17th
started fine with sfg eco syllabus. shaam tak gaadi dagmaga gayi. won't bore you with same rona dhona of sleep-schedule/procrastination
streak back to 0

18th:
4pm - 10:20 pm; 12:30-2:00: sfg eco syllabus, factly, Hindu, today's & old eco test analysis (some small breaks)

better than yesterday but not good enough
will try to limit internet usage to morning and 'a short 12 am session'.
streak: 1

19th:
sleep: 2-8 am; finally! hope this continues
8-9: test
9-10: exercise, read 2 articles on latest SC cases
10-11: budget etc
11-12: neyawn's session
target for the day: kal ka syllabus + remaining stuff in Mrunal's Handouts