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

Day 48

1. 8.30- 1.00- optional paper 2
2. 1.30- 7.00- macro pyq
3. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper and stats

yesterday- Covered optional paper 2 and macro theory instead of maco pyq. Rest- done.

21st November 

1. Optional: S Asia 

2. GS2: revise 7, 11, 15, 16

3. GS2: Revise polity CA notes

4. Answers 

5. Start environment 365

Targets for today: 

• Optional: Finish module 3, start module 4 
  
• Finish Vision Sept CA 
• GS2: Revision for MGP Test 
• Revise ethics 

21-NOV-2020

1. SriramIAS Economy 2 chapters
2. Optional - Social Stratification and Mobility
3. Current Affairs Magazine - OCT 2020
   

I am scoring below 100 in optional mocks and feeling demoralised.

What should I do? 

wish I could time travel and start preparing again.. 

@confused_soul (Pehle toh necessary first timer disclaimer, most of the time I don’t know what I’m doing etc)

Same. But I don’t think mains mocks marks are meant to be taken too seriously, because evaluation is so subjective. Plus I have seen many toppers copies with marks below 100. People who scored well above 100 in mains. 

I think with mock test evaluations we should really focus more on fixing the mistakes pointed out and making sure previous mistakes are not repeated, so that new mistakes can be pointed out the next time :p would kill for a time turner right now too, but I think all it comes down to is repeated revision of decent sources. So many times I’ve gotten intimidated seeing a new point in someone else’s answer, only to later discover it in some other form in my own notes! I feel like mains mein main (lol) challenge is not so much to acquire new knowledge at this point but to extract existing random bits of info and insight from your brain and write neatly in the paper in 7/9/10 minutes. Which comes with practise. But I’ve also found so far that after a bit of practise the right approach to a certain kind of answer just sort of clicks, and you can do better from that point on. There will probably be a few key mistakes we are making over and over again. Those just need to be fixed.

Also to evaluate your answers you can find some trustworthy topper mocks from people who seem like they had a good strategy, preferably with as many attempts as you, and compare your answers. Find the latest possible date wale mocks. That’s what I’m doing. Really helps to calm the nerves and get some direction. 

All the best :) 

Some lines that just hit right, right now, from the song from Dor:

Raah pe kante bikhre agar

Uspe to phir bhi chalna hi hai

Sham chhupale suraj magar

Raat ko ek din dhalana hi hai

Rut ye tal jayegi

Himmat rang layegi

Subah phir aayegi...

Yeh hosla kaise jhuke

Yeh aarzoo kaise ruke

Have been super unorganised and indisciplined. Gotta try this and see if peer pressure helps. 

Nov 22 2020 tentative 

1. A&C 2/3

2. IAS baba A&C questions practice 

3. 2 chapters from Optional with 

4. October current affair 30 pages 

5. IE editorials relevant to optional from last week and Evernote revision of polity 

I tend to get ambitious, but I still want to test my potential and focus on a Sunday in home env. Good luck to me. It’s 3 am already. 🤞🏻

22nd November:

1. Vision material for GS2 small topics 

2. Optional: Global south 

3. Revise polity 

4. Revise data 

5. Answers 

8:00-11:00 Mock Done 

12:00-1:00 Sol Done 

2:00-5:00 Sol Done 

6:00-8:00 Sol Notes Done

8:30-9:30 sol notes Done

Day 47

1. 8.00-1.00- optional paper 2 
2. 1.30-7.00- micro
3. 8.00-9.00- newspaper and stats

yesterday- macro pyq- 50%. Rest- done

Day no. -- 216 

# Revision Ravivaar

1) Revise Economy - 4 hrs. (Partly Done)

2) Revise Hindi - 3 hrs. ✖

3) Revise weekly news ( IR + Eco.) - 2 hrs.✖

4) Revise Marx (if time permits)✖

Was feeling exhausted, had very less productivity (due to sunday), could only do half economy target.

Realised it in the afternoon, so decided to utilise the day in other pending stuff. 

Will sleep early and try to get back on track from tomorrow and try to complete next week targets.

Hats off to those of you guys who do complete the targets DAILY (even on sundays)......

Test Day arrives! Things to do today: 

• Give Ethics Test 
  
  
• Finish Optional Module 3 
  
  
• Round up revision for MGP GS2 test
  
  

Need to put in more hours from the next week! 

22/11

1. Indian Philo's 9.45 -3 ✔✔*actuals: 10-2.45PM
2. Western Philo's 4-6; 6.30-9 *I'm continuing with the indian philos, aj isko baraf me tika hi dete hai!✔️✔️
3. -packup-
4. Compensation cess: 10 onwards environment m365

• Maths ~ 6-7 Hrs
• Ethics ~ 2 Hrs

22:

12:30-1:30: CA class

2:00-3:30: essay classes/notes

4:30-8:00: IPC done

8:45-10:15: wrote essay

then Hindu etc

23:

1 essay

contracts

misc GS 2 topics

Trying to get back to fixed timetable. Sometimes you need a big reality check to scare you into getting back on track, sometimes you need a home haircut.

23rd November 

07.00 - 09.00 Soc Issues 365 rev (overslept :(, have to make up for this during the day) ✔️

09.00 - 10.00 11, 15, 16 rev ✔️

10.00 - 11.30 Vision VA rev ✔️

11.30 - 01.00 Update 7 ✔️

01.00 - 01.30 Data rev ✔️

01.30 - 02.00 Newspaper ✔️

02.30 - 04.00 LXM 1, 2 ✔️

04.00 - 06.00 LXM 3, 4 ✔️

06.00 - 09.00 LXM 5, 6, 7, 8

10.00 - 11.00 LXM 9, finish 

11.00 - 12.30 Language paper ✔️

8:00-10:00 Industry Done

10:30-12:30 Industry Done

1:00-4:00 science and tech Done

5:00-8:00 mains 365 Done

9:00-11:00 answers+notes Done

Day 46

1. 8.00-1.00- optional paper 2
2. 1.30-7.00- micro
3. 8.00-9.00- newspaper and stuff

yesterday- Micro- could cover only 30% (low efficiency); Rest was as per schedule.

23/11

1. Indian Philo's 9.30 to 3
2. Western Philo's 4 to 9
3. Pack up
4. Compensation cess: (zero collection so far)environment m365

P.s. figure of 46 days is scary, so I added those 5 days (11 to 15 jan) we get before optional. So51!! Ab theek feel ho rha hai.😛😂

p.s.s. never though the day will pan out this way! I lost my grandfather due to covid today!Baba was a good man..

Day no. -- 215 

1)12:00-3:00 - PSIR (Democracy) ✔

2)  4:00-7:00 - Economy (lec 7 + revision) ✔

3)  8:30-9:45* - Hindi (Do PYQ of ch-1) ✔

4) Newspaper. ✔

# (Nolan teachesAIinScHOOL

A - Accountability

I - Integrity

S - Selflessness

H - Honesty  

O- Openness

O - Objectivity

L - Leadership

This is how I learnt the Seven Principles of Public Life of Nolan.

Just shared as it may be helpful for some of you also)

Have an efficient week friends