Mains 2021: Doubt and strategy discussion thread

Few days ago I was quite confident of clearing pre and panicking how would I manage to finish everything in such a small interval. Lovely people of the Forum came to my rescue then and helped in strategising for the mains ahead. Four days into successfully implementing the devised strategy came the result. Unlike the CoViD-19 test when a negative makes us feel relieved this negative result of control+F brought despair. Toook the admit card out of the cupboard and typed the roll number again. Just like an RT-PCR test after Anti-gen test. However, the result was negative again. Kept searching using different bits of my roll number and then matching the remaining bits to my roll number but to no relief. Accepted it with much despise. 

Spent the whole night in resetting the mental mode from mains 2020 to CSE final list 2021. During the mains 2020 mode days used to wake up before 5AM(generally 4.47 or 4.53, so that I could start studying by 5). Today I kept on hitting the snooze till it was 6.30. Then looked out of the window and found the day to be pleasant and bright. Left for a morning jog after a loooong- time (I love walking and make sure I do around 5K for 5 days a week and around 3km on rest days but jogging or running feels like putting too energy-draining and makes the afternoon nap longer :P ). Did a 5km jog+walk. It turned out to be my fastest pace for 2020- 8:20 minutes/km, rather the fastest ever, when I compared to last year, it was 8:40 (Mind you, I am no runner, I always came last in my school times during the sports day.  I would rejoice at times even when I was second from the last and not the last. ). Rather than making me tired it further boosted my energy levels and I decided to walk till I feel tired. So I turned off the activity (in google fit) and started walking, albeit slowly. When I reached back home and sanitised my hands and phone, opened the app to check the overall walking statistics. I had walked a total of 9.93 km in 102 minutes. Realised only 70 more metres would have made it a whole 10 km. Just 0.07 km.

That is what must have very probably happened in prelims too. We never know how are we performing during the exam and even until the results are out. But we should always be working to our full capacity since the pain of trying is much lesser than the pain of regret. I did my best in prelims- didn't get through- would work even harder this time- how many times can they stop me. 

Came back to my room and saw the calculator that I left last night after tiring maths session on the table's corner near the window was under direct sunlight. (For the uninitiated, calculators, do have a mirror-like panel on top which kind of works as a solar panel).

The new dawn and pleasant sunlight recharged both me and my calculator for the longer journey ahead. 

Down but not out, the marathon is ongoing till the destination is achieved. 

Good luck to all those who have cleared. Put in your best effort and enjoy the new leg of your journey.

What happened here?

i shared something here but automatically it got deleted and was replaced by a dot.

copyright ka panga or what? Just asking to make sure in future i don’t repeat such a thing.

Can you please explain?

@Jack__Sparrow @root 

Hi everyone...

I have lost the roll number of my previous attempts of UPSC. What should i do to fill DAF? 

Thanks

Nothing. Don't need to mention the attempts even if you have written before.

Hello guys ...Hope you doing best for mains ....

I need study material regarding map sites of selfstudyhistory for history optional...If anyone has please send in pm

See the original post. I add all the important stuffs shared by members to the original post for easy reference. 

Oh, Thanks! Missed it.