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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chamomile,
Today's update- done with eco.
Schedule for 20-05-2021
- revise onenote history section(prelims)
- modern
- ancient/culture - till time permits
- newspaper
- modern sectional mock
Timer target for tomorrow - 10hrs 13mins
Update:
-Completed 3/4th of modern; did forum simulator test instead of modern section; newspaper. Rest are carry forwarded to next day
-4:44 timer still left
21-05-2021
-Complete modern, ancient from onenote
-modern sectional mock
Timer target for tomorrow - 9hr 36mins
Target To-dos for Day (1/80): 20/05/21
- PSIR: Study Class Notes for Plato & Machiavelli; Study PYQs; Make Flashcards
- GS-IV: Watch Class 3, Read handouts for Class 1,2 &3; Write answers to 2 PYQs
- Governance: Study NGO & SHG Booklet; Make flashcards
- Anki No Due
Spent most of the time on PSIR. Studied class notes, not entirely. Will have to finish them tomorrow. Wanted to glance the respective chapters from the reference book & ended up reading the entire chapters. Made copious amounts of flashcards & reviewed most of them.
Also did NGO booklet. Updated current affairs. Watched a backlog video class related to NGOs. Anki No Due.
Did not finish SHG booklet & ethics class. Will try to do it after this point.
First half of the day was incredibly productive. Second half was disappointing. I disabled my blocker in the noon. And that is the reason why. Will try not repeat that again. The first 4 hours were beautiful. Did not even realize as the time went by. Felt like I was in, what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls, the "flow" state.
Total Hours Studied: 8 Hours 2 Minutes
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Chill Reads: Read the Amartya Sen wala book for 45 odd minutes in breaks
Haha, would never forget his name is pronounced as mee-high chick-sent-me-high :P
Also, what book are you referring to for Part A of Paper 1? I’ve largely relied only on SR’s notes with Googling side by side and adding whatever adds value.
Villanelle,Target To-dos for Day (1/80): 20/05/21
- PSIR: Study Class Notes for Plato & Machiavelli; Study PYQs; Make Flashcards
- GS-IV: Watch Class 3, Read handouts for Class 1,2 &3; Write answers to 2 PYQs
- Governance: Study NGO & SHG Booklet; Make flashcards
- Anki No Due
Spent most of the time on PSIR. Studied class notes, not entirely. Will have to finish them tomorrow. Wanted to glance the respective chapters from the reference book & ended up reading the entire chapters. Made copious amounts of flashcards & reviewed most of them.
Also did NGO booklet. Updated current affairs. Watched a backlog video class related to NGOs. Anki No Due.
Did not finish SHG booklet & ethics class. Will try to do it after this point.
First half of the day was incredibly productive. Second half was disappointing. I disabled my blocker in the noon. And that is the reason why. Will try not repeat that again. The first 4 hours were beautiful. Did not even realize as the time went by. Felt like I was in, what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls, the "flow" state.
Total Hours Studied: 8 Hours 2 Minutes
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Chill Reads: Read the Amartya Sen wala book for 45 odd minutes in breaks
Good going!
I had the opposite of flow state today. Was distracted throughout the day.
Also how's the Amartya Sen book? I've always wanted to read more about him.
Celeborn,.
AJ_,
21/05
12:30-4:00 art and culture
5:00-8:00 art and culture
9:00-12:00 CA class and pt 365
Update:
Actuals
7:30-8:30 sfg and a 50%newspaper
12:30-2:30 ancient history
4:00-5:00 nitin singhania
5:50-7:30 video discussion sfg
9:10-10:30 nitin singhania
10:55-12 nitin singhania
Remarks- could have pushed more, i need to be more disciplined. But, it was a good day as couldnt even do this much for the past so many days.
Newspaper is done. Now targets-
Ancient Upinder Singh 15 pages- Notes
Medieval IGNOU 1 chap- Notes
Ancient Mapping
Government Schemes
As the great talented, maestro I am, none of the targets were achieved and on top if it, have not been able to sleep properly. Maybe exam stress. So next day automatically goes bust. Now here is the catch, if I sleep again in the noon to cover up for the lost sleep, in the night I cannot sleep and cycle will continue endlessly.
Anyway, the same targets are being rolled over for today.
Today was better. Instead of the usual 9:30-10:00 am, woke up at 8. No afternoon naps did good for me.
I Will continue the same and in 2-3 days will reach my target of 7.
Having completed the newspaper,
The targets would be--
1) Ancient- 15 pages
2)Medieval- Ignou chap 2.
3)Government Schemes
4)If time permits, a security/disaster management class.
21/5/2021
1. PSIR ( political ideologies) + PYQ practice + Test series revision - 4 hours
2. Ethics + answer writing - 3 hours
3. Spectrum ( summary revision)- 1 hour
4. CA video- 2 hour
Today's schedule went for a six . Could only do the optional part although it took more time as i trimmed my notes and have started with digital notes maybe now i will study ethics for an hour now and wath the current affairs video.
AJ_,
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