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CSE 2021: Plan / Strategy / Daily Routine

Hello 2021 aspirants. I thought it would be nice if we can share what we are doing and intend to do with one another here.

This could be a thread for discussing everything prep for 2021. 

No one method fits all but to see the plans and progress made by fellow aspirants might help with the finer details of preparation and also keep one on track. 

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Not a very productive day but was able to complete newspaper and GS portion 

But as said by Sahir Ludhianvi Ji-

मैंज़िंदगीकासाथनिभाताचलागया

हरफ़िक्रकोधुएँमेंउड़ाताचलागया

बर्बादियोंकासोगमनानाफ़ुज़ूलथा

बर्बादियोंकाजश्नमनाताचलागया

जोमिलगयाउसीकोमुक़द्दरसमझलिया

जोखोगयामैंउसकोभुलाताचलागया

ग़मऔरख़ुशीमेंफ़र्क़महसूसहोजहाँ

मैंदिलकोउसमक़ामपेलाताचलागया

Signing off for today - enjoy the weekend comrades

Ghzab poem h bhai 👍👍 and don't worry Tommorow onwards work more harder 

Rashmirathi,
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Targets to finish-

AG unit 5&6

GS3 topic 6

ENV notes 15 pgs

Awr 

Past 2 weeks were difficult. The eye problem now looks like is nearing its end . Yesterday was really productive, with no interruptions of strains. So with fingers crossed, hoping I find a streak. 

All the targets are finished.The downside is the headache since evening . Kal targets light rakhne padenge.

Since I am doing geometry, sharing  some words of wisdom from Pythagoras sahab.


EiChan,AJ_and10 otherslike this
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Good morning people! Its Sun-yay today so hopefully studying will be great for everyone here. Targets for 4.7.21:

PSIR- wrap up misc google

GS 3- begin editorial news so far (notes) 

Editorial- IE+ Hindu

AWP

CSAT

Daily C/A

Write with both left and right hand.

That’s all folks!! Let’s get this bread!!! 

P.s@sjerngal congrats on having a productive day despite your wrist pain. Hope that this streak continues for you. Get that bread buddy!


Was in a very sun-yay mood itself. Got only the editorial and AWP done. So did some extra C/A revision for august as well to compensate and make sure the day wasn’t an entire waste.

In other news, I made pizza from scratch. I thought it would be very difficult, turns out it was quite dough-able.

Night night friends 

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4th:

2 CA classes

5th:

1 Intl topic, world history


Celeborn,Archandand4 otherslike this
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Initial day was productive till afternoon then messed up , will try to get up early and make most of the work till afternoon .....all the best mates I can barely open my eyes feeling iam drowning in the Whirlpool of sleep

EiChan,Celebornand4 otherslike this
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Good morning world :) 
Targets for 4/7/21

  1. Newspaper+CA
  2. Active Recall of October and November 2020 CA
  3. Write one philosophical essay
  4. Optional Class 
  5. Communalism, Regionalism- GS1-if time permits

@whatonly yes! Blank pages seem like some unchartered territory. 
@Usain_bolt I appreciate your concern and totally agree with your opinion. Hopefully it will end very soon. Feeling a lot better today (touch wood).

98 days left for prelimsss..
Let's do this..!!

  1. Done
  2. Done, also managed to do active recall of December 2020 ca
  3. Wrote my first philosophical essay; luckily my hand didnt hurt much. Feels 90% better now.
  4. Skipped it
  5. Read both communalism and regionalism; will make spider diagrams for both before going to bed...

So happy with the day. Two productive days in a row, Am I dreaming?? 
Goodnight World!!!

EiChan,Celebornand8 otherslike this
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4/7/21

Finally landed in Delhi yesterday. Today was spent mostly in unpacking. I solved some multiple integrals problems in some spare time I got.

I had also set apart some time to review my progress till now (from the time postponement of prelims was announced). Based on that I made a plan for the next 42 days. After that will shift completely to prelims. 

I hope you all are doing well. I pray that when October 10 comes, you all will be looking back at these few months and feel proud of yourself. Stay awesome! 

Archand,Rashmirathiand5 otherslike this
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Completed Chemistry today. Will start Bio from Tomorrow. Still hanged on PM, CM, CoM. Will complete it tomorrow and move to Parliament. Also starting Modern History from tomorrow. It feels good to complete both ancient and medieval. yay!!
Celeborn,Rashmirathiand4 otherslike this
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Anthrosaid

Completed Chemistry today. Will start Bio from Tomorrow. Still hanged on PM, CM, CoM. Will complete it tomorrow and move to Parliament. Also starting Modern History from tomorrow. It feels good to complete both ancient and medieval. yay!!

Let us take a moment to appreciate the number of subjects that you have mentioned in this comment. 
Phew!! 

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@sjerngal I know some are good with one subject and completing it first. I find out it doesn't work with me. So I take 3 subjects and 3 hours each. It is somehow working :p.


sjerngal,
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Good morning cuties! America waalon ko happy independence day. India waalon ko happy Sunday.

July Fourth, Twenty Twenty One

1. Spectrum 1/3 and 2/3

2. Economy 365 2/2

3. Feb 2/2

4. Basic DAF questions

Gotta say, there's something so comforting about underlined pages. And nothing as scary as a page without any underlines! 

@sjerngal congrats on the super productive day! May you have many such days! :) and hope your hand heals soon!


All the best for today everyone! 

Done for the day, but did not spend enough time on interview questions. It's getting to be a dangerous tendency, will course correct from tomorrow.

@Celeborn great to see you back! Good luck with the plan :D 

@sjerngal congrats on the streak and the hand!


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  • Newspaper 
  • S&T 2   or 3 
  • Qua  5 
  • Daily 10
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Ethics lec 5 not done. flexible targets for today as a hectic workday. 

T96

Editorials +vids

CSAT if possible

Optional: 6/18

T95

Ethics: 5,6 lectures

CA: Oct 3/6 + notes

Editorials +vids

CSAT

Optional: 7/18

Optional: continuing the same topic. 

T94

Ethics: 7,8 lectures

CA: Oct 4/6 + notes

Editorials +vids

CSAT

Optional: 7/18

No work done yesterday apart from usual editorials, continuing the same targets. Must buckle up.

T93

Ethics: 7,8 lectures

CA: Oct 4/6 + notes

Editorials +vids

CSAT

Optional: 7/18

All good.

T92

Ethics: 9,10 lectures

CA: Oct 5/6 + notes

Editorials +vids

CSAT

Optional: 8/18 (try to cover more here)

All good. Need to optimize work hours. Suppose to be a revision day, but okay. Best wishes for everyone. 

T91

Ethics: 11,12 lectures

CA: Oct 6/6 + revision 1/2

Editorials +vids

CSAT

Optional: 9,10/18 + revision 1/2

Time to slowly move towards Prelims prep now. week's revision to be done tomorrow as office day.

T90

Ethics: 13,14 lectures

CA: Nov 1/6

Editorials +vids

CSAT

Optional: 10/18

T89

revision day mostly for ethics and optional

Editorials

CSAT

Flashcards Polity

Celeborn,Rashmirathiand4 otherslike this
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Good morning folks of forum! After a slow day yesterday, looking forward to a great day today. Targets for 5.7.21:

PSIR- miscellaneous google stuff 

GS 3- editorial notes

Sept 2020 C/A revision

Editorial- IE+ Hindu 

Daily C/A

AWP

CSAT

Write with right and left hand

LET’S GET THIS BREAD!!!!!

AJ_,Celebornand8 otherslike this
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Targets to finish -

Conicoids - 30 pages

GS 3- 1 subtopic

 Active Recall 

AJ_,Celebornand5 otherslike this
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Good Morning lovely people 

05/07/21-Targets for the day -

Newspaper

Optional

GS-3-Topics-2,3,10 


Celeborn,Archandand6 otherslike this
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Good morning people!

July fifth, Twenty Twenty One

1. Spectrum 3/3

2. Modern history notes 

3. Social Issues 365 

4. March 1/2

5. Basic DAF questions


Have a nice day everyone :)

BD,AJ_and8 otherslike this
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Hello World :)
Targets for 5/7/21

  1. Newspaper+DAily CA
  2. Active recall of Sept 2020 and May 2021
  3. Watch Mrunal WinCsp21 video
  4. 1 or 2 videos of ethics
  5. Indian Society- Secularism

Good luck to all :)

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Another half decent day, a lot more could be improved though. Need to get back to clocking in 2-3 hour sessions with full concentration. 


Was able to almost finish Real Analysis PYQs so now onto the next chapter. Need to start hedging now that prelims is close, going to start CA magazines from monday. 


Targets: 

  • Finish Real Analysis PYQs 
  • Revise Calculus Theory 
  • Calculus PYQs (1/3)
  • Newspaper

All that Sunday vibe did was give me another reason to slack off a bit! Didn't study in one session and mixed things up in another. Here's wishing you all a great week ahead! 


Targets: 

  • Finish Calculus Revision 
  • Calculus PYQs (1/3)
  • Newspaper 
  • Read Vision Monthly Feb (1/2) 
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