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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@sjerngal glad to hear whatever was bothering you is fixed :)
Also guys, does anyone has experience with tests from NextIAS? Are they supposed to be tough? Asking for a friend :P
Not a good day nothing specific done
@nerdfighter bhai your line reminds me of song “Main yahan Hoon “ of veer Zara ,great to know you are silently watching
@sjerngal great to hear -now you can focus on Prelims
Signing off for the day
@Rashmirathi @The Mechanic Yahin hoo main. Yahin hoon main. Kahin na gaya tumhe chhod ke main. :D
Hme chodkr jo tum jaoge bda pachtaoge bda pachtaoge 😂😂 XDDD
Life update:
I am so happy today. There was a very serious issue that had propped up in my life back in April 2021. While the world was dealing with the 2nd wave of covid, I had my own demons to fight, something which had completely taken me off the track from UPSC preparation. Luckily UPSC postponed the paper or else, I would have been preparing for 2022 instead.
I am so glad that today I was able to resolve the issue for once and for all. It gives me immense satisfaction that I would not have to go through those bouts of anxiety anymore. This is an achievement in itself. It had consumed a lot of my time over the past few months and even consumed half of my day today.. But nevertheless, I am happy for the fact that the issue will never ever bother me again. Now I have nothing else to worry about except UPSC :)
P.S: Not talking about relationships and stuff..
P.S : Sorry for this extremely random message. I was just too glad and wanted to share it with others. At this moment, I just have virtual friends in the form of you all :)
Let me get back to my books now !!
Bhai vo PS krke tum na likhte to m to vhi smjh rha tha 😅😅 All the best ab next days before pre shi rhege and bdhiya Krna
Life update:
I am so happy today. There was a very serious issue that had propped up in my life back in April 2021. While the world was dealing with the 2nd wave of covid, I had my own demons to fight, something which had completely taken me off the track from UPSC preparation. Luckily UPSC postponed the paper or else, I would have been preparing for 2022 instead.
I am so glad that today I was able to resolve the issue for once and for all. It gives me immense satisfaction that I would not have to go through those bouts of anxiety anymore. This is an achievement in itself. It had consumed a lot of my time over the past few months and even consumed half of my day today.. But nevertheless, I am happy for the fact that the issue will never ever bother me again. Now I have nothing else to worry about except UPSC :)
P.S: Not talking about relationships and stuff..
P.S : Sorry for this extremely random message. I was just too glad and wanted to share it with others. At this moment, I just have virtual friends in the form of you all :)
Let me get back to my books now !!
Really happy for you. Fighting our inner demons off is scarier and a much more daunting task than giving any exam. Great job on beating them! :D
So, I couldn't do much today. I did some august CA only. I will have to sleep now, because tomarrow is my exam and I don't want to feel sleepy during it as it is during the time when I feel the most sleepy. I will have hard time controlling sleep as well as managing the anxiety.
I was much confident about the exam but as the day progressed I started doubting myself and right now in a situation where I am thinking, what do I know? But exam dena padega and I am going to enjoy this as I am going out like after 6 months or so ( except for jog I didn't go anywhere, so) :D
@sjerngal It really feels so good to hear that. We have all become like a close group of friends or even family and this feels so good. Really happy for you :D. I have some issues in my life right now (not relationship guys) which hopefully I will settle till the end of this year, but they aren't so much distracting I guess.
Good good night everyone :)
@sjerngal So heartening to know this! More power! Blue lays aur pepsi party, as I always recommend 10/10 :p
I don't know the real names of most of you wonderful people here. I don't know what your stories are. Yet every day I look forward to posting here and reading all your comments, updates and musings. Thank you for creating and being part of a wonderful community! On that note, like everyone else here, I feel really happy for you@sjerngal .Continue winning your battles one by one.
As for my day, it was sadly a not so productive one. I woke up with a migraine and didn't study in the morning. Even after the meds kicked in, I was distracted and couldn't do much. I could have done better if I'd tried though.
Tasks accomplished ->Phy geo completed, 1 CA (S&T) class attended, Newspaper done.
Time studied ->4.5 hours
I hope tomorrow would be a better day. Will try to complete mapping tomorrow.
Good morning doston.
Couldn't post yesterday night since I was juggling to get past the printing conundrum in the new Evernote update. Such a moronic app it is turning out to be and I cannot leave it since I have all my digital stuff saved in that application.It took me till 2 am and then I found a worthy solution of reverting to Evernote Legacy. And after using Legacy version, I realised that the developers are seriously following "one step forward,2 steps backwards" policy with every update.Pehle sirf margins delete karte the printout ke time,ab to aadha content hi gayab kar dete hai.
Also, I could only muster 5 hours yesterday for UPSC.Did college too since I was anyway distracted till afternoon .
Targets for 25th(Day 24)-
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Sorry guys. I didn't feel like posting yesterday because yesterday was second day on trot when I studied for less than 5 hours. I have completed all these targets listed here(with + Kautilya and minus some Current Affairs) and now I can take a sigh.
Also Targets for 29th August(Day 25)-
@sjerngal Badhaiyaan!
*As a measure of accountability, tomorrow is a minimum 13 hour day target.I hope I will utilise the weekend properly and not wither away with procrastination.
Good Night doston!
Targets -
Enviro - Shankar Complete
Newspaper backlogs
Enviro - PYQ
G-meet on Modern history
G-meet on PYQ
keeping things little slow but steady today!
Both G-meet sessions done
Enviro done
Pyq - 90 Q's done
Solved few polity questions as mock
Satisfied with study hours, maybe not much with the targets!
Maybe because started to watch Godzilla and then India batting(Pujara is a legend)
@LetsGetThisBread @Celeborn You both had a migraine issue! Now I hope you both are ok!
@sstarrr Best of luck with your exam!
@sjerngal Glad, you came out of it! Now we will -
Good morning guys! I have an exam today so don’t think I’ll be able to get much done today. (@sstarrr same pinch!). Will post at the end of the day what actually got done.@balwintejas my lack of sleep these past couple of weeks got to me yaar, not that the situation is getting better, but 🤷🏻♀️