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

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Ankii map deck- about 1250 cards

contains- passes, rivers, mountain ranges, indian map, straits, islands, places in news, middle east, south east asia, ocean currents,etc

quite exhaustive so take liberty to press 2s and 3s more often

file is about 200 mb because of images

Day 92

1. 8.30- 11.30 am- essay test 3
2. 11.30- 11.40- meditation
3. 11.40 - 12 pm - bike service
4. 12- 1.00 pm- agriculture notes
5. 1.00 to 1.30 pm- break and lunch
6. 1.00- 1.20 pm- nap
7. 1.20- 4.30- pre independence economics
8. 4.30- 4.50- break and meditation
9. 4.50- 7.00 -- complete agriculture and yesterday's revision
10. 7.00 - 7.40- dinner and break
11. 7.40- 8.00- meditation
12. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. took 4 hours to write essay test 
2. 60 percent of agriculture notes target completed
3. only 60 percent of pre independence economics-- quite data intensive
4. can't revise yesterday's work
5. skimmed Hindu in half hour- nothing imp for mains
6. skipped last session of meditation

Day 91

8.00- complete pre independence economy

10.40- meditation

11.00- analyse yesterday's test and learn quotes

12.30- lunch 

1.00- complete agriculture and revise as much as possible

4.00- nap and meditation

4.30- post independence-- try to do atleast 50 percent

7.00- dinner and meditation

8.00-9.00- newspaper

1. could not complete agri revision
2. post independence- only 30 percent done
3. rest tasks- completed

Day 90

1. 8.10- meditation
2. 8.20-11.20- wind up post independence
3. 11.20 to 11.30- meditation
4. 11.30 to 12.30- revise polity stats
5. 12.30 to 1.00- lunch
6. 1.00 to 3.00- read spectrum- be mains focused and fast
7. 3.00- 3.30- nap and meditation
8. 3.30- 5.00- write 5 polity question from vision test series and extract data from model answers
9. 5.00 - 7.00- revision 
10. 7.00 - 8.00- dinner and meditation
11. 8.00- 9.00- read hindu- keep an eye on keywords, phrases, anecdotes, writing style. Need to develop positive attitude towards The hindu. 

1. post independence- 90 percent 
2. modern india- 20 percent
3. could not complete revision. ended up attending newyan's sessions
4. rest complete

Day 89

1. 8.00- meditation
2. 8.10- spectrum
3. 12.30- lunch and meditation
4. 1.00- post independence
5. 2.30- nap and meditation
6. 3.00-  test- history and culture
7. 7.00- dinner and meditation
8. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper and quotes

No, I use headspace app. For routine, I try to put one session after every 3-4 hour or after every task. It help me to calm down and get to next task with fresh mind. 

1. spectrum - 50 percent completed
2. rest completed
3. crispr is covered in todays FAQ page. Important from mains perspective. Give it a read.

1. 8.00- Meditation
2. 8.10- Spectrum
3. 11.10- meditation
4. 11.20- social issues stats
5. 12.30- lunch
6. 1.00- analyze yesterday's mock
7. 3.00- nap and meditation
8. 3.30- 5 polity questions and analysis
9. 5.00- revision
10. 7.00 - dinner and meditation
11. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper and quotes

1. could not complete revision
2. spectrum 70 percent
3. todays hindu editorial- When Dr. Jonas Salk came up with a polio vaccine that was approved for the general population to use, he refused to patent it. When asked who owns the patent, his answer was this. “Well, the people, I would say,” he told journalist Edward R. Murrow in 1955. “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

Day 87

1. 8.00- wind up spectrum
2. 11.00 - meditation
3. 11.10 - social issues and economy stats
4. 12.30- lunch
5. 1.00- Pre independence economy revision
6. 3.00- nap and meditation
7. 3.30-analyze toppers mock
8. 4.30- 5 polity questions and analysis
9. 6.00- agriculture revision
10. 7.00- dinner and meditation
11. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

could complete only

1. spectrum- 100 percent
2. 4 questions without analysis
3. newpaper

Day 86

8.00- Social issues notes

11.00- meditation

11.10 Social issues stats and related stuff

12.30-  lunch

1.00- quotes

2.00- nap 

2.30- see toppers essay

3.30- write one previous year essay

5.00 - meditation

5.10- social issues notes- 

7.00- dinner and meditation

8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. could not complete social issues stats
2. social issues-- 50 percent
3. skipped last 2 meditation session 
4. rest - done

Day 85

1. 8.00- wind up social issues notes
   
2. 11.00- meditation
3. 11.10- data and quotes
4. 12.30- lunch
5. 1.00- make notes on selective topics from forum society CBP 
6. 3.30- nap and meditation
7. 4.00- write 6 question of polity and reanalyze complete paper
8. 6.00- learn SDGs, articles, etc
9. 7.00- dinner and meditation
10. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. completed social issues notes- took a big chunk of the day and hence unable to follow schedule. Underestimated the breadth of the content,
2. 2 mock question and analysis.
3. completed data and quotes
4. society CBP- Leave it. No point in expanding content
5. only one meditation session
6. need to make more practical schedule and stick to it 

Day 84

1. 8.00 - meditation
2. 8.10- world history
3. 12.30- lunch and meditation
4. 1.00- stats and stuff
5. 3.30- nap 
6. 4.00- society test or world history and some questions
7. 7.00 dinner and meditation
8. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

could only complete

1. world history- 10 percent only
2. quotes and stats

one of those days when you sit on desk the whole time without actually doing much.

Then result came.. guilt.. guilt and guilt. Guilt of not working hard enough after prelims (which i was not expecting to clear) and wasting time till result. So those who have not started mains yet, don't do it to yourself. You can live with everything but guilt. Guilt of not trying.

And then I read this quote popped on my quora feed (which I open only when I am tensed.)-

Guilt is like fear. It's given to us for survival, not destruction

Day 83

1. 8.30- macroeconomics
2. 12.30- lunch and meditation
3. 1.00- society mock
4. 4.30- nap and meditation
5. 5.00- stats and stuff
6. 7.00- dinner 
7. 8.00- 9.00- todays and yesterdays newspaper

1. macro-- 30 percent
2. society mock-- more like answer writing session without any time pressure- completed only 12 question in 3 hour.
3. One hours on stats
4. read only todays newspaper
5. 2 meditation session

1. @Freakhoto 

1. Make issue based notes from monthly magazines (I prefer vision)- time intensive but recall value and understanding is good. Could be done if you have optional and ethics in control. 
2. CA classes- if you have problem in identifying important issues and serious time crunch. 

You can also see forum CBP but I have not read them (except PI) so cant comment. 

Day 82

1. 9.00- write 10 question and make notes
2. 11.30- stats and stuff
3. 1.00- lunch and meditation
4. 1.30- macro 
5. 4.30- nap and meditation 
6. 5.00- macro 
7. 7.00- dinner
8. 8.00- 9.00- 2 days newspaper 

1. wrote seven questions but no analysis
2. macro- 60 percent
3. started ethics
4. 2 newspaper
5. 2 meditation session

Day 81

1. 8.00- 10 ques and analysis
2. 10.00- ethics
3. 1.00- lunch and meditation
4. 1.30- macro  (and a nap)
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

macro- 80 percent

ethics - skipped

wrote 6 questions and analyzed them

newpaper and one session of meditation

Day 80

1. 8.00- 10 questions and analysis
2. 11.00- ethics
3. 1.00- lunch and meditation
4. 1.30- macro  (and a nap)
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. macro-- somehow misread the expanse of the subject so now it will take one more day.
2. ethics - spent time in analyzing toppers copy. Need to make a plan to cover it. 
3. rest- completed

Day 79

1. 8.30- macro and its pyq
2. 1.00- lunch and meditation
3. 1.30- ethics (and a nap) 
4. 6.00- write 5 questions on ethics 
5. 8.00 to 8.30- newspaper

1. could not start macro pyq
2. ethics- 20 %
3. no answer writing
4. did 2 meditation sessions and newspaper

day 78

1. 8.00- write and analyze 3 questions of ethics and 3 of GS
2. 9.30- ethics
3. 1.00- lunch and meditation
4. 1.30- polity notes (and a nap)
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper and quotes

could complete only ethics, newspaper and one session of meditation.

Day 77

1. 8.30- ethics (and meditation)
2. 1.00- lunch
3. 1.30- write 3 question each of ethics and GS 
4. 2.30- polity notes (and nap)
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00-9.00- newspaper and stats

Day 76

8.00- Ethics

1.00- lunch and meditation

1.30- 3 Questions each of ethics and GS

3.00- Polity notes ( and a nap)

8.00- 8.30- newspaper

Yesterday- Followed schedule. Completed writing answers but only 60 percent of other targets.

My almost 4 year old mobile gave up. So wasted 2 hours in searching for new one and because of that forgot to update here. 

Day 75

9.30 - essay lecture and notes

11.00- ethics

1.00- lunch and meditation

1.30- Polity notes (and a nap)

5.00- essay test

8.00- 8.30- newspaper

1. completed only one essay because library shut early and they informed at last moment
2. ethics- 90 %
3. polity- not much- instead watched newyans session
4. read newspaper 

Day 74

8.00- wind up ethics

11.00- polity

1.00- lunch and meditation

1.30- macro pyq

5.30- essay

7.00- dinner and meditation

8.00-9.00- newspaper and quotes

1. polity - 40%
2. macro pyq - 10 questions
3. no hindu today so covered polity
4. ethics theory portion is complete. Now need to consolidate moral thinkers and example
5. 3 meditation sessions
6. wrote one of the shittiest essay till date. It was like brain froze while thinking. Need to increase writing practice.

Day 73

1. 8.30- polity notes
2. 1.00- lunch and meditation
3. 1.30- write 3 answers from ethics and 7 from GS
4. 3.30- macro pyq (and a nap)
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper and quotes

1. skipped macro pyq. Instead did polity and made changes in strategy.
2. rest- completed

Day 72

1. 8.00- wind up polity notes
2. 1.00- lunch and meditation
3. 1.30- polity notes update from vision monthlies
4. 4.00-  test- GS 1
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00 newspaper 

1. polity notes update- up to april monthly
2. Test report- In 3 hours could complete nine 10 markers and six and half 15 markers
3. rest- completed

1. 8.30- start micro
2. 1.00- lunch and meditation
3. 1.30- polity notes update (and a nap)
4. 4.00- test - polity
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper and stuff

1. test report- finished ten 10 markers and six 15 markers
2. micro notes- 20 %
3. skipped polity notes for micro
4. rest- done

Day 70

1. 8.00- micro
2. 1.00- lunch and meditation
3. 1.30- micro (and a nap)
4. 4.30- remaining questions and analysis of last two tests
5. 7.00- dinner and meditation
6. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper 

completed only

1. micro - 90%
2. newspaper and a meditation session

Day 69

1. 8.00- 1.00- Update monthlies- society and polity
2. 1.30- 3.30- previous test analysis and remaining questions
3. 3.30- 6.30- 2 essays
4. 7.00- 9.00- stats and newspaper
5. 3 meditation sessions

1. vision monthlies- polity - completed, social issues - only December issue
2. one essay
3. previous tests- remaining question completed. Analysed 6 questions
4. newspaper and one meditation session

Day 68

No library today so won't follow any rigid schedule. Would start International economics. Anything around 60-70 percent would be a good day.

Day 67

1. 9.45- 1.00- moral thinkers 
2. 1.30- 4.00- IR notes
3. 4.00- 7.00- test- geography
4. 8.00- 9.00- 2 newspaper

yesterday- could complete 25% of international economics. Extra sleep of about 3.5 hours.

1. half test- solved 10 ten markers in 1.5 hrs. Analysis done
2. IR notes - 20%
3. rest done along with 2 meditation sessions

Day 66

1. 8.00- 1.00- start polity static
2. 1.30- 4.00- IR notes
3. 4.00-7.00- test- ethics
4. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. polity- 15 %
2. IR notes- 40%
3. ethics- Sat for writing whole paper. But wrote only 5 questions (2 parts each) in 1 hr 45 min. Then lost the hope to complete paper in 3 hrs so gave up. Somehow analyzed them.
4. newspaper and one meditation session

Day 65

1. 8.30-1.00 and 1.30 -4.30- international economics
2. 4,30-7.00- remaining questions of yesterday's test
3. 8.00-9.00- newspaper

completed International economics - 100%

2 meditation sessions

Day 64

1. 8.00- 1.00- consolidate data and stuff
2. 1.30- 4.30- IR notes
3. 4.30-7.00- solve remaining questions of test
4. 8.00-9.00- 2 newspapers

data consolidation- 25%

IR notes -75%

solved 3 questions and 3 case studies

2 newspaper and 3 meditation sessions

Day 63

1. 8.00- 1.00- data consolidation
2. 1.30- 4.30- IR
3. 4.30-7.00- Answer writing
4. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

data consolidation- 60%

IR - 100%

answer writing- 3 questions and analysis

newspaper and 2 meditation session

Day 62

1. 8.00-1.00- data consolidation
2. 1.30- 4.00- polity
3. 4.00-7.00- test - polity
4. 8.00-9.00- newspaper

1. data consolidation- 100%
2. no test- instead some answer writing and polity. And listened some nice songs.
3. polity- 25%- too slow
4. newspaper and 2 meditation session

Day 61

1. 9.20- 12.20- history mock
2. 1.00- 2.00- stats revision
3. 2.00- 5.00- governance and society mock
4. 5.00- 7.00- stats revision
5. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. history mock- 16 question in 2hr 45 min
2. gov and society mock- 19 questions in 3 hrs
3. one meditation session; rest- done

Day 60

1. 8.40- 1.00- polity
2. 1.30- 7.00- polity 
3. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. laxmikanth- 50%
2. newspaper and 2 meditation session

Day 59

1. 8.00- 1.00- Indian economy
2. 1.30- 3.30- stats
3. 3.30- 7.00- Indian economy
4. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. economy- 50%
2. one meditation session; rest- done

Day 58

1. 8.50- 11.50- essay test
2. 12.50- 3.50- society test
3. 4.00- 7.00- polity
4. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

1. Gave both test. Finally managed to complete on time
2. polity- 65%
3. 2 meditation session and newspaper

Day 57

1. 8.00- 1.00- polity
2. 1.30- 7.00- economy
3. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

completed

1. laxmikanth- 100%
2. newspaper and 2 meditation session

Day 56

1. 8.30- 1.00- economy
2. 1.30- 3.30- stats
3. 3.30- 7.00- economy
4. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

completed

1. economy notes- 80%- too slow
2. 3 meditation session, rest - done

Day 55

Post independence economy - target 40%

Day 54

Took break yesterday. So same target

Post independence economy - 40%

Day 53

9.00- 11.00-  Growth story

11.00-1.00- industries

1.30- 7.00- poverty

8.00- 9.00- 2 newspapers

yesterday- only 4 hours of study. In that too was daydreaming. So almost a lost day.

Poverty-50%

Rest -done.

2 meditation sessions

Day 52

1. 8.00- 10.00- stats
2. 10.00- 1.00- polity test
3. 1.30- 4.00- stats
4. 4.00- 7.00- economy test
5. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

economy test- 18 questions

polity test - 19 and half 

2 meditation sessions, rest - done

Day 51

1. 8.30- 1.00-  revision; poverty
2. 1.30- 3.30- employment
3. 3.30- 7.00-  RBI and monetary policy
4. 8.00- 9.00- newspaper

Day 50

1. 8.00-10.00- stats and newspaper
2. 10.00-1.00- land reforms and FDI
3. 1.30- 7.00- macro
4. 8.00-9.00- stats

Yesterday- revision- 50% of target. Rest- done

1. macro- 80%- extended till last slot
2. 2 meditation session; rest - done

Day 49

1. 8.00- 10.00- stats
2. 10.00- 1.00- growth story, industries, income
3. 1.30- 7.00- macro pyq
4. 8.00-9.00- newspaper

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.

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 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.

Day 45

1. 8.00-1.00- optional paper 2
2. 1.30-7.00- micro and pyq
3. 8.00-9,00- newspaper 

yesterday- 70% of micro. Rest was on schedule. 

Day 44

1. 7.40-1.00- optional paper 2
2. 1.30- 8.00- micro and macro pyq
3. 9.15- 10.00- newspaper

yesterday- completed micro theory. For optional paper 2 it's like I am preparing for the first time. Without any deadline or goal. Bas kuch toh ho raha h.

Day 43

1. 7.30- 1.00- optional paper 2
2. 1.30- 8.00- optional mock and its analysis
3. 9.15-10.00- newspaper

yesterday- only micro pyq- 50%. And pre independence economics- 60%

Day 42

1. 7.10-11.00- IR
2. 11.00-1.00- optional paper 2
3. 1.30- 5.00- growth and development
4. 5.00-8.00- micro pyq
5. 9.20- 10.00- newspaper

yesterday- solved mock but without any time limit. Economist, pre independence and planning from paper 2.

Day 41

1. 7.00-10.00- optional paper 2
2. 10.00-1.00- IR
3. 1.30- 5.00- growth and development
4. 5.00-8.00- optional pyq
5. 9.20-10.00- newspaper

yesterday- IR-30%; agriculture in optional-40%, growth and development- 60%; skipped pyq for growth.

Day 40

1. 7.30-10.30- optional paper 2
2. 10.30-12.00- IR revision
3. 12.30-4.00- optional pyq
4. 4.00-8.00- growth revision
5. 9.30-10.00- newspaper

Yesterday

1. IR and growth- 100%
2. Optional agriculture - 80%
3. Skipped pyq for IR and newspaper for Seinfeld.

Day 39

1. 7.30- 12.00- optional paper 2
2. 12.30- 5.00- growth revision and optional pyq
3. 5.00- 8.00- IR revision and social issues
4. 9.30- 10.00- newspaper

yesterday- IR revison-60%; growth revision- 90% and its pyq- 30; agri- 100%;newspaper

Day 38

1. 7.30- 11.30- optional paper 2
2. 11.30-1.30- optional class
3. 2.00-5.00- IR and social issues
4. 5.00-8.00- optional pyq
5. 9.30- 10.00- newspaper

yesterday- skipped IR for growth pyq and newspaper for seinfeld. Rest- done

Day 37

1. 7.30-11.00- optional paper 2
2. 11.30-1.30- optional class
3. 1.30-4.30- stats, etc
4. 5.00-8.00- social issues
5. 9.30-10.00- stats

yesterday- social issues- 20%; Rest -done. No newspaper from today.

Day 36

1. 7.30-11.30- stats and stuff
2. 11.30- 1.30- class
3. 2.00-4.00- optional pyq
4. 4.00-8.00- international eco
5. 9.30- 10.00- stats

yesterday- completed optional paper 2. social issues- 60%. Took break after 7.30.

Day 35

1. 7.40-11.30- stats and stuff
2. 11.30-1.30- class
3. 2.00-6.00- international economics
4. 6.00-8.00- optional pyq
5. 9.30- 10.00- notes - Bribed sibling to make notes of mains 365.

yesterday- on schedule.

Day 34

1. 7.30- 9.30- stats and stuff
2. 9.30- 12.30- international economics
3. 1.00- 5.00- optional pyq
4. 5.00- 8.00- optional P2

yesterday- wasted last slot. Rest was on schedule.

Day 33

1. 7.40- 12.00- environment
2. 12.30-5.00- optional pyq
3. 5.00-8.00- stats and stuff
4. 9.30-10.00- notes

Day 32

1. 7.50- 12.00- optional mock and analysis
2. 12.30-4.00- stats and stuff
3. 4.00-8.00- optional P2
4. 9.30-10.00- notes

Last 2 days- Was on schedule but anxiety hit hard. So productivity was less.

1. 8.00-11.00- public finance
2. 11.00- 1.30- geography
3. 3.00-7.00- economic survey
4. 8.00-10.00- geography

yesterday- on schedule.

Day 30

1. 8.00- 1.00- optional P1
2. 1.30- 6.30- macro pqy
3. 6.30- 9.30- stats and stuff

yesterday- studied only for 3 hours. No excuse except for my laziness. 

Day 29

1. 7.30-12.30 - macro pyq
2. 1.00-6.00- micro pyq
3. 6.00-9.30- environment and stats

yesterday- environment instead of macro pyq, Rest- done

Day 28

1. 7.30-12.30- micro
2. 1.30-5.30- security
3. 5.30-9.30- macro

yesterday- on schedule.

Day 27

1. 9.50- 1.00- ethics
2. 2.00- 5.00- ethics test
3. 5.00-9.30- international eco

So mock mania starts from today.

yesterday- on schedule

Day 26

1. 8.00-1.30- micro and macro
2. 2.00-5.00- optional P1 test
3. 5.00-9.30- essay notes and stats

yesterday- continued ethics instead of intl eco. Could not complete last case study on time. So will try again tomorrow.

Day 25

1. 8.00- 1.30- international economics
2. 2.00-6.30- geography and stats
3. 6.30-9.30- geo and agri mock

Yesterday- on schedule.

Day 24

1. 8.00- 1.00-international eco
2. 1.30-6.30- DM and environment
3. 6.30-9.30- mock

yesterday- on schedule

Day 23

1. 7.45-1.00- international economics
2. 1.30-6.30- environment and economics 
3. 6.30-9.30- mock

yesterday- on schedule

Day 22

1. 8.00- 1.00- international eco
2. 1.30-6.30- economics
3. 6.30-9.30- mock

yesterday- on schedule