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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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13/7/21 (Day 9 of 42)

It's official now. I'm going through a bit of a mental slump. Calling it a day quite early as I was anyways not getting anything done. 

Completed 1.5 maths classes, parts of newspaper. 

I hope, miraculously, that I wake up feeling better tomorrow. Need all the energy to have any chance of completing my targets. 


mightyraju,Villanelleand7 otherslike this
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@LetsGetThisBread  Even i spent my day with a story book (travelogue). Such a breather! 

mightyraju,THE_MECHANICand1 otherslike this
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@Freakhoto I don't have it right now, you can ask other people on forum 


mightyraju,BDand1 otherslike this
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Schedule for 13-7-2021 (Day 3 again.Bug off, you unlucky number)-

5:30- Get Up(I couldn't get up today, all thanks to sweet rain.IMD was right guys, albeit missing the forecast by a few hours)

6:30-11:30- Clear Backlog

11:30-1:30- JLG2

1:30- 6:45- College

Till 9 pm- Food,Newspaper

9-12- 75% of MG2


Good night doston.


Around 50% done of the goals listed.

Did 1(Around 60% though and Mains based backlog still is to be done); 

Did 2

Read Today's NP but couldn't do last the ones of the last 2 days

All in all. post college schedule was messed up.

Did some bits but not enough.


BD,Archandand3 otherslike this
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13/7/21 (Day 9 of 42)

It's official now. I'm going through a bit of a mental slump. Calling it a day quite early as I was anyways not getting anything done. 

Completed 1.5 maths classes, parts of newspaper. 

I hope, miraculously, that I wake up feeling better tomorrow. Need all the energy to have any chance of completing my targets. 


I was there. Stuck in a rut for a long long time.


Just accept that you're going through something difficult and take a couple of days to do something that makes you happy. Even more if need be. You'll be fit and fresh for the days ahead. As long as you keep trying, things will eventually get better! 


All the best :)

mightyraju,BDand4 otherslike this
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Had a decent day after a long while. The pace of target completion is slow, but I hope it improves as I pick up the rhythm. Have reverted back to my old school way of doing CA, I'm going to make notes and that will take more time. Taking longer to do something is better than not doing it at all. 


Targets: 

  • Finish Complex Analysis PYQs 
  • Vision CA Feb 
  • Newspaper 

So I did manage to study for a decent amount of hours, but the output wasn't that nice in terms of targets accomplished. Done with Complex Analysis PYQs apart from a couple of tough questions that I'm going to tackle tomorrow morning. CA took a lot of time and the portion covered wasn't a lot. Still, we'll keep on going. Someone wise said, "The dawn is always the darkest before sunrise" :P


Targets: 

  • Finish Complex Analysis PYQs 
  • Revise Mechanics & Fluid Dynamics Theory 
  • Newspaper 
  • Solve a prelims test paper 

Was only able to revise half of the theory that I intended to finish, will still try to finish it tonight. I'm done with all the other targets for the day. I also did some Vision CA, but the pace remains slow. As always, hoping the rhythm continues and the productivity picks up!


Targets: 

  • Revise Fluid Dynamics Theory 
  • Mechanics & Fluid Dynamics PYQs (1/5) 
  • Prelims Mock Analysis (Finish tomorrow itself!) 
  • Vision CA Feb 
  • Newspaper 
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Schedule for 13-7-2021 (Day 3 again.Bug off, you unlucky number)-

5:30- Get Up(I couldn't get up today, all thanks to sweet rain.IMD was right guys, albeit missing the forecast by a few hours)

6:30-11:30- Clear Backlog

11:30-1:30- JLG2

1:30- 6:45- College

Till 9 pm- Food,Newspaper

9-12- 75% of MG2


Good night doston.


Day 4 Schedule(14-7-2021)


1. Till 11:00- Mains Backlog(it is bigger in quantum than initially anticipated)

2.11:1:00- G2

3. 2-7:30- College

4. Till 10- Newspaper(s)

5. 10-12- G2 

@Freakhoto It has been a college thing sans college experience.I hope it doesn't end up being a distance learning course, all thanks to Xi-Virus!

@LetsGetThisBread There will be ups and downs.For you, bhai-

Good Night doston.

BD,THE_MECHANICand1 otherslike this
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Writing down my targets now so that I don't weasel my way out tomorrow or believe whatever excuses my mind makes up when I don't feel like working:

1. News

2. CLD: 1 booklet 

3. IL: 1 booklet

4. Finish off world history

5. NI module

6. Time permitting: 1 contracts module

Good night friends.

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Targets:

  1. 2.4 & Revise 2.1-2.3
  2. Society complete
  3. Newspapers
  4. Revise Vision test
  5. Walk and Workout

1. Done

2. Couldn’t complete, made the mistake of reading a comment section regarding the new population control bill. Really need to cut off every social media

3. Half done

4. Half done

5. Done

Wanted to finish but too tired now. 

Bad start, good middle, poor end. No reddit at all from tomorrow. 

@calvinhobbes : thanks! I did come across his videos earlier but ignored, will give them a listen

@komarambheem3 : I did start with his videos! Only found 1 part of his Ancient History series. Decided to skip it and jumped to Medieval from today. Would do Art & Culture ones instead of Ancient History. 


Good night everyone!

mightyraju,Archandand3 otherslike this
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@Freakhoto I’d suggest do last year’s Mains 365 and then Vision Monthly magazines starting Oct’2020. 

A lot would be covered and then just do value addition on the same themes using the internet. Cover major countries in news and historical happenings, diaspora- grouped for different regions like: Europe and USA, South America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia & Russia, East Asia, South East Asia, Australia. Doing this covers almost everything necessary imo and everything else would just be overkill.


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Good morning gentle forks of forum, weather is looking nice-ish finally here. Targets for 13.7.21:

Copy writing- left+right

Editorial- IE+ Hindu

Dec 2020 C/A (2/2)

GS 3 environment

PSIR- Mill

PSIR- world order (realised i straight up forgot this even existed in the syllabus)

CSAT 

Daily C/A

AWP

Thats all folks! I hope its a good day to get some bread for you and for me :)

Sooooo….. I didn’t do anything. I had a bit of a rough day, which led me to run away from real life by reading a trashy book that felt like watching a rom-com for 5 hours. Good news I finished it within one day and never have to subject myself to the atrocious plot. Bad news, I wasted an another day that i could have been studying. Today was not just a flip-the-table kind of day, it was flip-the-chair-and-everything-else-and-watch-it-burn-from-a-distance kind of day. 

Have to ask: what did you read?


It was very on the nose and titled “The Unhoneymooners”

mightyraju,fortarach63
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@LetsGetThisBread  Even i spent my day with a story book (travelogue). Such a breather! 

Oooh which one?

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Schedule for 13-7-2021 (Day 3 again.Bug off, you unlucky number)-

5:30- Get Up(I couldn't get up today, all thanks to sweet rain.IMD was right guys, albeit missing the forecast by a few hours)

6:30-11:30- Clear Backlog

11:30-1:30- JLG2

1:30- 6:45- College

Till 9 pm- Food,Newspaper

9-12- 75% of MG2


Good night doston.


Day 4 Schedule(14-7-2021)


1. Till 11:00- Mains Backlog(it is bigger in quantum than initially anticipated)

2.11:1:00- G2

3. 2-7:30- College

4. Till 10- Newspaper(s)

5. 10-12- G2 

@Freakhoto It has been a college thing sans college experience.I hope it doesn't end up being a distance learning course, all thanks to Xi-Virus!

@LetsGetThisBread There will be ups and downs.For you, bhai-

Good Night doston.

Thanks a lot for this buddy :)

mightyraju,
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  • Newspaper 
  • Monthly Feb 2021
  • Revise 
  • Ca 3 hrs
  • Qua 5 hrs
mightyraju,Archandand4 otherslike this
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Wasted 2 days due to some family issues , Here I am back again, New day , new targets :

1. Comparative politics - 1/1 

2. pollution - complete 

3. species - complete 

4. art and culture ( 1,2,3/10)

5. Art and culture - PT 365 

6. Becoming 

Next update - by 4 pm tomarrow. 

Best of luck guys.


mightyraju,Archandand4 otherslike this
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Wasted 2 days due to some family issues , Here I am back again, New day , new targets :

1. Comparative politics - 1/1 

2. pollution - complete 

3. species - complete 

4. art and culture ( 1,2,3/10)

5. Art and culture - PT 365 

6. Becoming 

Next update - by 4 pm tomarrow. 

Best of luck guys.


What is becoming?

mightyraju,BD
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Target

Economics - Sriram to be completed

Eco-Survey and Budget revision

3 days Newspaper backlogs

March Vision Monthly CA


mightyraju,BDand1 otherslike this
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Wasted 2 days due to some family issues , Here I am back again, New day , new targets :

1. Comparative politics - 1/1 

2. pollution - complete 

3. species - complete 

4. art and culture ( 1,2,3/10)

5. Art and culture - PT 365 

6. Becoming 

Next update - by 4 pm tomarrow. 

Best of luck guys.


What is becoming?

Michelle Obama's book

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Michelle Obama's book

Right, of course. I knew that. 😶 just quizzing the folks here

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Good morning, another cold morning. Bangalore is weird, I feel it’s colder here in July than it is in December-January.

Targets:

  1. Newspapers
  2. Society finish & revise
  3. Test
  4. Revise 2.1-2.4


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