Official : Post Daily Routine & Self Assessment (Mains 2020)
Unable to study with concentration for a few days till now (around a week to 10 days), though started great after 4 or 5 days after prelims. I have completed some portion but haven't been close to full efficiency. Feeling like it may already be too late...already lost some precious time. How do I not make this worry me?
@shruti12345 You’re not alone... try writing answers whenever you feel your concentration dropping while reading (that “pages have turned but brain feels empty” feeling) by finding a PYQ on the topic. If the answers are good you get a confidence boost, if they’re not you get the kick you need to read at least that topic properly. Until you get into a proper groove, switch topics until you find one that retains your attention. Once you get into the study zone with it, other topics should be easier too. Try changing your timings too, wake up earlier or sleep later - sometimes a fresh time of the day helps. And if you have a timetable that you’re not able to follow, make it more realistic - reduce the targets. The feeling of completing your targets itself generates a calmness that will help you complete a bit more the next day. Whatever you do stay away from despair and hopelessness because that makes it harder to even care about studying, leave alone studying. Just some things that worked for me :) it’s not too late if you can pick up successfully now. All the best :)
I want to sue all coaching institutes for releasing their frivolous answer keys.
I was getting 61 marks in CSAT from Career Launcher key (the most renowned institute for CSAT).
But finally got my name in List of UPSC pre
I have already lost nearly month by negative thinking k nhi hoga (covid ki vajah se pehle hi kam time hai iss baar)
Had I not checked keys, that would have saved a lot of time for me to prepare for Mains.
These coaching institutes are disastrous sometimes.
28/10
1. Economic Geography
2. GS - PI+ WH (Revision)
3. Ethics- Probity
4. CA- Society
5. GS 1 Answers
Back to my old sleep cycle. Good Morning 🌞
@HotBloodPrince At least you know it's a Wednesday some of us don't. 😂
@shruti12345 You’re not alone... try writing answers whenever you feel your concentration dropping while reading (that “pages have turned but brain feels empty” feeling) by finding a PYQ on the topic. If the answers are good you get a confidence boost, if they’re not you get the kick you need to read at least that topic properly. Until you get into a proper groove, switch topics until you find one that retains your attention. Once you get into the study zone with it, other topics should be easier too. Try changing your timings too, wake up earlier or sleep later - sometimes a fresh time of the day helps. And if you have a timetable that you’re not able to follow, make it more realistic - reduce the targets. The feeling of completing your targets itself generates a calmness that will help you complete a bit more the next day. Whatever you do stay away from despair and hopelessness because that makes it harder to even care about studying, leave alone studying. Just some things that worked for me :) it’s not too late if you can pick up successfully now. All the best :)
Yeah that's exactly what I was planning on doing. Finding some discipline that works for me by changing sleeping times etc and completing small targets first. Thanks...that “pages have turned but brain feels empty” feeling was exactly what I was feeling!...hoping to do much better from now! Already studying better than yesterday.
Day 72
- 8.00- wind up polity notes
- 1.00- lunch and meditation
- 1.30- polity notes update from vision monthlies
- 4.00- test- GS 1
- 7.00- dinner and meditation
- 8.00- 9.00 newspaper
- polity notes update- up to april monthly
- Test report- In 3 hours could complete nine 10 markers and six and half 15 markers
- rest- completed
HotBloodPrince,Hitman2021SkyWalk_19said
I am starting a proper schedule today;lets see how much i can keep up with.
ethics- 2 units + 2 case studies
plant breeding - 2 units
gs1- world history (complete it today)
5 topics in CA.
could study in only bits and pieces. cervical was bad. Taking it slow for a few days. Health is wealth.
HotBloodPrince,did not do society answer writing, optional 30% of topic, sociology and current affairs done and wrote 5 answers of ethics.
Today target:
Current: Read forum article: 10 pages and make notes out of them (1.5 hours)
Topicwise keywords: Caste and globalization (1 hours)
Ethics answers (6 questions) [2 hours]
Optional: Physics (atomic complete plus tutorial) (5 hrs)
Complete culture notes (2 hours)
HotBloodPrince,Hitman2021
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