CSE 2021: Plan / Strategy / Daily Routine

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DeekshitaPsaid

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Bepopsaid

Hey, it's a new day, it's a new dawn and am feelin good.

Is forest useful? Does it translate into actual study hours or is it cheatable?

Everything is cheatable. But I have managed to create some protocols for myself. Like, I usually work in 50 minute work sessions. But if I am a little distracted in that session, I usually work 15 more minutes after the session without counting it on forest. Sometimes, I am just too distracted, I just cancel the session & delete all the minutes that the app has recorded in the session. The idea is to constantly undercount. Slowly, you'll want to reduce this undercounting & will try to be more focussed. It works most of the times for me.

I just like to know the number of hours at the end. I used to use another app called "productivity challenger" for four-odd years. Worked wonders for me. But forest is just more flexible, more beautiful. 

Here, I had written about some other traps that one may fall into when using such apps: https://forumias.com/post/detail/CSE-2021-Plan-Strategy-Daily-Routine-1602556617?JS1DNFctQzRgCmAK

Thank you for that, this was a really good read. I tried the pomodoro technique/ taking breaks after a 50 minute session and realised that it didn’t work for me. I’m more of a solid 3 hour session kind because I’ve realised more than a lack of concentration, I have massive inertia, so getting started is more difficult than sticking on, hence short breaks tend to be quite counterproductive. Through this exam process I’ve realised that I basically need to loophole my own loopholes, in a never-ending “outcheating my cheating” cycle.

I recently came across a book called “how to finish what you’ve started” (ironically, never finished that book) which spoke about creating protocols as well, which is the only piece of information that I managed to imbibe from that book

p.s it was a terrible book anyway

I have that same book. And I too did not finish it. :P It is a terrible book. 

nerdfightersaid

nerdfightersaid

Target To-dos for Day (10/14): 15/06/21

• Biodiversity Booklet 5 & 6: Study & Ankify (4 Hours)
• PSIR IIA (3 Hours)
• Anki Review (No Due + 50 New Cards)

So, this is what happened. I feel very ashamed to admit it but this is what it is. I woke up at 8. And studied till 11. I did not have coffee because I am trying to quit it as it makes me feel awful in the afternoon. But after 11, I started feeling sleepy. And I just got up. Not much work done. 

I feel like I won't be able to achieve anything serious in life with this approach. I just wanted to be honest with this thread as it has become a sort of confession mechanism for me. 

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DeekshitaPsaid

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DeekshitaPsaid

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Bepopsaid

Hey, it's a new day, it's a new dawn and am feelin good.

Is forest useful? Does it translate into actual study hours or is it cheatable?

Everything is cheatable. But I have managed to create some protocols for myself. Like, I usually work in 50 minute work sessions. But if I am a little distracted in that session, I usually work 15 more minutes after the session without counting it on forest. Sometimes, I am just too distracted, I just cancel the session & delete all the minutes that the app has recorded in the session. The idea is to constantly undercount. Slowly, you'll want to reduce this undercounting & will try to be more focussed. It works most of the times for me.

I just like to know the number of hours at the end. I used to use another app called "productivity challenger" for four-odd years. Worked wonders for me. But forest is just more flexible, more beautiful. 

Here, I had written about some other traps that one may fall into when using such apps: https://forumias.com/post/detail/CSE-2021-Plan-Strategy-Daily-Routine-1602556617?JS1DNFctQzRgCmAK

Thank you for that, this was a really good read. I tried the pomodoro technique/ taking breaks after a 50 minute session and realised that it didn’t work for me. I’m more of a solid 3 hour session kind because I’ve realised more than a lack of concentration, I have massive inertia, so getting started is more difficult than sticking on, hence short breaks tend to be quite counterproductive. Through this exam process I’ve realised that I basically need to loophole my own loopholes, in a never-ending “outcheating my cheating” cycle.

I recently came across a book called “how to finish what you’ve started” (ironically, never finished that book) which spoke about creating protocols as well, which is the only piece of information that I managed to imbibe from that book

p.s it was a terrible book anyway

I have that same book. And I too did not finish it. :P It is a terrible book. 

Villanellesaid

Does anyone else feel like the concept of time doesn’t make sense anymore? 

Villanellesaid

Does anyone else feel like the concept of time doesn’t make sense anymore? 

thesleepyheadsaid

15/06/2021

Good morning hai ji. 

Here we go: 

1. PSIR: Intl Relations and Approaches (3 - 4 hours) 

2. GS 2 : Topic 5 (3 hours)

3. Daily stuff 

Most important: No afternoon naps! :P 

Have a good day, gentle peepul! :)

DHARNAsaid

Very lazy day.

Did society current affairs of may and did only one topic of society. 

I think there was something with hawa today :p

Just kidding. I wholly take the charge of killing my day. Such days make me miss library more :'(

DHARNAsaid

Very lazy day.

Did society current affairs of may and did only one topic of society. 

I think there was something with hawa today :p

Just kidding. I wholly take the charge of killing my day. Such days make me miss library more :'(

THE_MECHANICsaid

DHARNAsaid

Very lazy day.

Did society current affairs of may and did only one topic of society. 

I think there was something with hawa today :p

Just kidding. I wholly take the charge of killing my day. Such days make me miss library more :'(

Dharna (you) ne jo dharna (determination) thani

Phir sb kuch ho skta h 

Aaj society ka ek topic hi hua to kya

Kl pura society (subject) khtm ho skta h :P

Sorry for bad one 😅😅

DeekshitaPsaid

Good morning folks. Targets for today:

World history

PSIR- notes for organisations+ UN

Editorial- IE and Hindu

Daily C/A

AWP

Writing with my right hand

DeekshitaPsaid

DeekshitaPsaid

Good morning folks. Targets for today:

World history

PSIR- notes for organisations+ UN

Editorial- IE and Hindu

Daily C/A

AWP

Writing with my right hand

Why do my PSIR targets seem to be the ones I end up missing? It’s not like I don’t enjoy the subject, or that I’ve achieved particular mastery over it and yet I seem to skip it in lazy days. Might journal about that sometime. Did an hour of CSAT as punishment (maths and I don’t get along, it’s pretty much torture at this point). Winding down for bed as I’m trying to turn into an early bird. We’ll see how long that lasts.