Official : Post Daily Routine & Self Assessment (Mains 2020)
faildom,whatonly
Still in post-prelims inertia, unable to start anything. Had set a schedule since 13th but unable to keep up with sheer volume of work to be done. Don’t know how you guys are managing. Posting my first schedule today:
world history notes- 3 hrs
post independence consolidation- 3hrs
awfg- 1 hr
lets hope things pan out well today. Hoping to get much needed momentum going.
my question to you guys is how you’re keeping yourself self motivated and avoiding procrastination during the day. Thanks
Don't get overwhelmed by the amount of work. Just do things one by one, but maintain the overall balance of syllabus portions. First para me sheer vol of work likha hai aur last para me procrastination ka zikr hai. They are self contradictory, nahi?. Stress me lagte ho.
One one item of syllabus coming, stress going. Next point of syll coming, further stress going. Simple hai yar. :)
joy and enthusiasm amongst the combatants at all time is a strong indication of victorious side.
P.s. ye joy vali baat vaise toh mahabharat me bhishma yudhishthir ko kehte hai, lekin maine whatsapp pe padhi thi. 😋😁
Thanks man. Actually what you point out as self-contradictory is exactly how the mind of a master procrastinator works. There’s a whole ted talk about it on YouTube. But I get what you mean, doing things one step at a time and like@whatonly mentioned, breaking stuff up into it’s fundamentals and trying to accomplish as much as is possible, is the only solution to keep moving ahead and dismantling the inertia.
Is it the one with the instant self-gratification monkey?
The best! The best! :D
ssver2,Sherkhan1428
@LionKing First I found your comment to be hilarious but as D day is coming near, it is getting more scary. Please make it NSFW posting 15 days prior to exam.
haha 😄 don't worry I will give it a more scary look 😜 .
Day 85
- 8.00- wind up social issues notes
- 11.00- meditation
- 11.10- data and quotes
- 12.30- lunch
- 1.00- make notes on selective topics from forum society CBP
- 3.30- nap and meditation
- 4.00- write 6 question of polity and reanalyze complete paper
- 6.00- learn SDGs, articles, etc
- 7.00- dinner and meditation
- 8.00- 9.00- newspaper
- completed social issues notes- took a big chunk of the day and hence unable to follow schedule. Underestimated the breadth of the content,
- 2 mock question and analysis.
- completed data and quotes
- society CBP- Leave it. No point in expanding content
- only one meditation session
- need to make more practical schedule and stick to it
Monday 12th Oct Targets:
1. 1/2 CA class, articles
2. Essay: write 1/2, classes 1/2, articles
3. Planout optional & mains prep
4. Write 1 MGP test/few questions
5. Hindu/daily CA
lol.
12th:
saw those 3 forum videos for 1st timers/rank improvement/2021
started CA class
13th:
somehow finished CA class
16th:
Had to do some unexpected travel. Missed out on the targets yesterday.
Tomorrow:
- Optional: Try to finish Chapter 2
- Ethics Consolidation
- Answer Writing
Need to figure out ways of balancing optional and GS to ensure holistic coverage.
Today was better, but lots more to be done if I've to stay in the game.
Things done today:
- Answer Writing & Review
- Optional Chapter 1&2
- Current Affairs
Tomorrow:
- Finish Optional Chapter 2
- Answer Writing & Review
- START Ethics again!
Have procrastinated enough on ethics. Need to face the red book tomorrow.
Just some words that keep me going, "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
14th & 15th October
AWFG + analysis
Daily CA
Population Geography theory completed. (Need to add some data and current examples)
Target for next 2 days:
AWFG-2. I'll try to start writing some MGP answers too.
Questions on Population Geography.
Geomorphology theories (2/4): Theories based on exogenic forces.
So, looks like I am not the only one struggling to complete targets.
Only somehow finished one topic of optional today. (that too without doing PYQ).
Now I have got a good idea (thanks to @Tara16 ) to go slow and absorb the topics well to get going initially.
Will also try to optimize my study sessions as per my needs (thanks to @whatonly 's tips).
So target for 16/10 :--
Just try to do:
1) all questions on Plato and Aristotle
2) Newspaper + Essay
3) Use rest of the time to revisit my plan for next couple of months and make necessary changes acc. to reality.
Have a great day friends.
15/10
1. Went on an online shopping spree. That time of the year is here.
2. Made notes on 2 topics of GS1.
3. Feeling exhausted from last 2-3 days due to fever. So slept for like 14 hrs. Yes, that is possible.
Though never bothered on clocking more hours but this is like really less given the amount of work.
Brain is like:
So, the schedule begins to get that flow
16/10
1) GS 1.7 to 1.10
2) Geography: topics correlated with 1) - Highlights from Majid Hussain+ Khullar
3) GS4 8.3 to 8.6 + GS2.16 (similar topics)
4) Answer writing: 3 GS+ 2 Geography
5) Vision August CA: topics from above themes.
6) Yoga- Parents feel my brain will damage if I won't. So yeah why not.
As Trump would say, "Believe me, its gonna be huge(yuge?)" :P
Could not complete the PSIR part yesterday. Spilled over to today's morning session. So, the day starts effectively at 12 noon.
- PSIR: Prepare Short Notes: 1B (9, 10, 11)
- World History: 2 Hours
- Ethics: Attitude (1 Hour)
- Culture: 2 Q-A
Note to self: Come what may, this time you are not going to be over-whelmed.
It was an over-estimated target for a truncated day. Could do only PSIR 1B (9) and Culture.
Target for today:
1. Remaining PSIR short notes for Sec Test 2
2. Revise PSIR notes for Sec Test 1
3. Culture: 2 Q-A
4. World History + AWG: 3 hours
5. Ethics: Attitude: 1 hr
Never overestimate a day, never under estimate a month: Neyawn
Review 15/10
Slot 0: 4km jog/run XXX 😢😢
slot 1,2: W.History.Revise. notes ke notes done, wh will take one more slot to get over permanently.
Slot 3 : Philo rationalismdone good session
Slot 4: pyq philoskipped.
Good day overall. 10+
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16/10
Slot 0: 4km jog/run √√√☺️
slot 1: W.History.Notes k notes.
slot 2: Art n culture (1/3)
Slot 3 : Philo empiricism
Slot 4: pyq philo
P.s. I really don't know how to handle CA. I just have no time in my day to read even a newspaper, and then my heart wants to do "issue based" current affairs and it's "notes" too, and then for 2years as well!
Pss: "integrated way me CA taiyar karo" , ye likhna bhul gya tha. Itni glossy assholery market me.
Psss: pehle kitna simple rakhte the log, for current read hindu. From editorials make opinion.
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