CSE 2022: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine
This is an everything thread for all stuff 2022. You can post your daily goals, end-of-the-day updates, weekly targets or any weird thing you use to measure your progress. You can put into words & post the soul-sucking sadness that is threatening to devour you & your productivity. You can write what made your day & let others experience the happiness too, at least vicariously. This is a thread to pick each other up. This is a thread to keep each other accountable. This is a no-judgement zone.
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“This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You have to realize it's going to be a long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.”
— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
04 - Feb - 2022
First time posting here ... hoping to get these things done today!
1. Geography - Landforms and Oceanography + Some mapping
2. Anthro - 2.1 / 2.2 Culture and Society ( If time permits write few answers )
3. Newspaper + CA revision of last week
4. Do some Yoga.
All done with satisfaction.
Today's targets
1. Modern history test analysis and revising weak areas.
2. Geography Vision mock ( 3485 )
3. Anthro 2.3 , 2.4 and 2.5 - revise notes and write answers.
4. News paper
5. CA class
6. Do Yoga
Have a great day people :)
Did everything except optional and revision of previous SFG test! Was a good day but could have been better.
4/2 ;
1. SFG- Analysis
2. SFG - backlogs and revision
3. SFG test prep
4. Newspapers+ Websites + Mag
5. Optional
6. Work on habits.
Good day everyone :)
Again optional was neglected. I don't think now with such hectic schedule I will be able to do optional.
Have been trying reading a book called Desperately seeking Shahrukh : India's lonely young women..... , but not getting enough time. Seems like a book worth reading and will have to squeeze time for it. Didn't do magazine as well.
Yesterday's midnight session was pretty awesome.
Targets :
1. SFG Backlogs - Geo + others + revision
2. SFG analysis
3. Optional : Yes, not leaving you!
4. Book read
5. Newspapers + Mag
Have a awesome day guys!
Hello everyone! :)
Let's bring end sem beast back. Less than 19 days to state pcs mains and I doubt anything substantial has been done yet.
Trying my hands on cold brew for the first time. Let's see how that goes. It better be good, 12 hours of wait for it.
Targets 6-02-22
- Management - full
- Audit and accounts - full
- Hindi
- upsarg and pratyay
- Law
-Tenancy and land revenue act
- Bio - half
See you all tomorrow. :)
Was not able to analyse today's SFG test, rest all done. Tomorrow I might take a few hours off to meet a few friends, will try to compensate for it in the first half!
Targets:
- SFG: Test + Analysis
- Mock: Test + Analysis
- Polity: Try to finish
- SFG Backlog
- Newspaper
- If time, CA December
Really hope I get some time to get back to reading something non UPSC tomorrow!
I didn't finish a lot of targets today, I think it was because I've been overreaching. I'll still keep at it because it'll keep me on my toes. No work done on CA, SFG backlog and not enough work on polity. I took the evening off and I think I'm going to continue this practice weekly from now on. It helps you recharge yourself for the grind that prelims prep is, specially with SFG.
Anyway, enough talk. Now time for tomorrow's targets:
- Mock: Test + Analysis
- Polity
- SFG Prep
- Newspaper
- Miscellaneous tidbits
Have a good study day everyone :D
Edit: Had a super late start to the day, changed targets.
Target for 5.2.22..
MEDITATION ( Done) + Pyq's(MH)
1: Newspaper
2: Modern History (Last phase of NCM + Emergence of Swarajists and other Revolutionary Activities)
3: Videos ( Imp issues)
4: CSAT( on every weekends from now onwards)
5: PYQ + Revision
Yesterday's Update: All done..( except Pyq's which i managed to complete this morning)
Have a good day everyone..:)
Targets for 6.2.22
1: Newspaper
2: Modern History ( Backlog of yesterday+ Timelines+ Major events)
3: Modern( Test) + Revision
4: CSAT( Pyq's of Quant section)
5: Videos ( issues explained)
Yesterday's Update: Ruined my day( bcz of unnecessary issues)Have to complete Modern by 8th Feb..so planning to read 60 pgs per day.. let's see how it goes..( Abhi tk i use to complete 50 per day)..
Have not done meditation today( feels like i am just doing opposite of it) just completed Pyq's..!
Have a good Sunday Everyone..:)
Targets for 5/2/22
- Anthro 8 questions
- Newspapers
- 1 CA class
- December CA- 1 hour
- Read a novel for 30 minute
Really really need to get back in the zone.. Targets are being made ..but becoming very difficult to fulfill them..
Not like I can't do these.. this is the bare minimum.. Just need to have one day of productivity to regain my mojo ...
Good luck to me and everyone who is struggling.. May this day be ur most productive day of the year Yet..
Did only Anthro .. It took much longer than expected..
Anyway, small progress like this will go a long way
1,2,3 done 4 not done
5/2
- Newspaper +ca
- Vision test
- CA back log (imp)
- Sfg backlog
Good luck everyone .
update: all done
6/2
- newspaper +ca
- test analysis
- SFG read
- plan
Good luck everyone :)
. Did everything except optional and revision of previous SFG test! Was a good day but could have been better.
4/2 ;
1. SFG- Analysis
2. SFG - backlogs and revision
3. SFG test prep
4. Newspapers+ Websites + Mag
5. Optional
6. Work on habits.
Good day everyone :)
Again optional was neglected. I don't think now with such hectic schedule I will be able to do optional.
Have been trying reading a book called Desperately seeking Shahrukh : India's lonely young women..... , but not getting enough time. Seems like a book worth reading and will have to squeeze time for it. Didn't do magazine as well.
Yesterday's midnight session was pretty awesome.
Targets :
1. SFG Backlogs - Geo + others + revision
2. SFG analysis
3. Optional : Yes, not leaving you!
4. Book read
5. Newspapers + Mag
Have a awesome day guys!
Except newspaper + SFG revision kuch nahin kiya bhai log! Had a pretty bad evening due to anxiety and all, so took a break, spend time alone and then doston se baat.
Anyways early start today and hoping to do a lot of things today.
Targets - Repeat + something extra agar time and energy!
Good day people!
1. HALF DONE=NOT DONE 2. PARTIALLY DONE 3. NOT DONE
Typical hard winter day went like a bullet.
19/01/2022 Day-11
1. Np + 1 ca class
2. SFG targets
3. Maths paper analysis
good day to everyone:)
1. HALF DONE 2. DONE 3. HALF DONE
Just another day in the office with no improvement in efficiency box. Urrgghhh!!! It's irritating sometimes.
20/01/2022 Day-12
1. Np+1 CA class
2. SFG targets
3. maths analysis + planning
4. Analysis of sfg test-09
Started following KM Pathi Sir on Insta will be posting few of his posts hereon-
"The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons"- Desmond Tutu
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
So so day with regular interruptions. I feel balancing preparation and life is an art and I ain't an artist.
21/01/2022 Day-13
1. NP+1CA CLASS
2. SFG TARGETS
3. CALCULUS-(1/5)
The story of elephant and dog, both got pregnant, by the end of year 1 dog already had more than a dozen puppies while elephant was still pregnant. Dog asks to elephant are you even pregnant? Elephant gracefully answers What I am carrying is not puppy but an elephant.
Moral: Don't lose faith and hope when you see other's prayers getting answered and don't be envious of other's testimony. Be hopeful, focussed and hardworking.
Apna time aega:)
1.NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
2 weeks of SFG are over. I have done stuff but very hard to say if I am confident with what I have done. Now I can feel what happens when you drop your guards for one year and go back to start again. You expect alot from yourself.
22/01/2022 Day-14
1. NP+2 classes
2. SFG Consolidation
3. real analysis 2/5
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves"-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE
Okay so, with weekly list out I thought I would be out of top 100 with the kind of performance I had in the past week but to my surprise I am still there and infact improved rankings. Entering week 3 of SFG with good enough rest. Let's see how it goes.
23/01/2022 Day-15
1. Np + 1 ca class
2. SFG targets
3. Real analysis (2/5)
"Economics which departs from or is opposed to ethics is no good and should be renounced"- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Political fever is on the rise with election season around the corner. Sometimes I get amazed with the level of political awareness people have in general. Opinions I form are usually social media driven or some readings of quality material but people with no access to digital media, amazingly, do know stuff from mere newspaper reading and discussions. Anyway moving to usual chores :D
24/01/2022 Day-16
1. NP + 1 CA class
2. SFG targets
3. Real analysis (3/5)
Self-love is not simply a state of feeling good. "It is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support physical, psychological & spiritual growth." - Anonymous
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Took another break. Breaks are contagious you just can't control once you are exposed to one. I can feel a little dip in my enthusiasm as a result poor score today. Will certainly come back stronger.
25/01/2022 Day-17
Only test and analysis.
26/01/2022 Day-18
1. NP+CA class
2. SFG TARGETS
3. Real analysis (4/n)
4. Mini adjustments in preparation
"The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served by others as little as possible, and to serve others as much as possible" - Leo Tolstoy
1.NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE 4. DONE
Barely managed to cover all still not 100%. I was planning to have extra reading for modern. Couldn't do it today.
27/01/2022 Day-19
1. SFG TEST AND ANALYSIS
2. NP + CA CLASS
3. SFG TARGETS
4. REAL ANALYSIS (1.5 hrs)
"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do as well as to determine what we shall do" - Jeremy Bentham
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Ignoring a part of SFG target is a sin!
28/01/2022 Day-20
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. SFG ANALYSIS
3. SFG TARGETS
4. Real analysis ( because there is hope that I will be efficient)
"Every work has to pass through hundred of difficulties before succeeding. Those who persevere will see the light sooner or later"- Swami Vivekananda
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Disappointed.
29/01/2022 Day-21
1. Np+2 ca class
2. SFG Analysis
3. Finish backlogs
4. Real analysis
"Selfishness or greed, individual or national, cause most of our problems"- Harry S Truman
30/01/2022 Day-22
Same targets for today along with SFG.
"A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries"- Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain.
Okay starting afresh. Fell short of SFG this week. Will try to get back this time.
31/01/2022 Day-23
1. SFG test and analysis
2. Sfg targets
3. NP + 1 ca class + polity ca 3 months
4. Maths 1.5hrs
"Fear can hold you prisoner hope can set you free"- Stephen King
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE(polity ca left) 4. NOT DONE
I was really productive could have done maths as well but prioritised sleep as 5 hours sleep is not sustainable.
01/02/2022 Day-24
1. SFG test and analysis
2. SFG targets
3. Np + ca class + polity 3 months
4. Maths 1.5 hrs
"Hope is said to involve goal directed thinking in which people perceive that they have the capacities to produce the routes to desired goals, along with necessary motivation to use those routes."- Nobody said this.
1. DONE 2. 60%DONE 3. DONE 4. HALF DONE
So so day. Felt sleepy during the test will have to attempt it again. Also didn't revise tribal movements. IDK why?🙄
02/02/2022 Day-25
1. Sfg targets
2. Np+ ca class
3. Maths 1.5 hours
"Thinking is easy, acting difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action, the most difficult thing un the world"-Goethe
1. 70% DONE 2. NOT DONE 3. NOT DONE
One of those unexpected interruption day. Managed to cover major chunk of targets only.
03/02/2022 Day-26
1. SFG test + analysis
2. SFG targets
3. NP + ca class
4. Maths 1.5 hours
5. Misc.
"Great ambition is the passion of great character. Those endowed with it may perform ver good or very bad act. All depends upon principles which directs them" - Napoleon Bonaparte
All done except maths.
04/02/2022 Day-27
1. SFG TARGETS
2. SFG backlog
3. Np + class + monthly
4. Maths
5. Misc.
Story of frogs:
A group of frog travelling was through the woods, two of them fell into a well, others gathered around the ring of well told them it was very deep and it was not possible to come out. In the well, frogs tried very hard to jump out of the well. Listening to others one frog fell into the hole and died. Other one kept trying. Everytime outside voices told him it was not possible he tried harder. Eventually he came out.
When enquired it was found he was deaf and he thought others are encouraging him.
Moral: Think before you say it might be the difference between life and death for others.
All done except maths and monthly.
05/02/2022 Day-28
1. MIH consolidation
2. Planning revision
3. Sebi revision + plan
4. Np+ca class
5. Maths
"True renunciation is relinquishment of the fruits of one's action" - Bhagwat Geeta
Nothing major done. Repeating same targets along with SFG target.
06/02/2022 Day-29
Same targets + SFG.
Obligations to others involve practicing ahimsa, dana, daya, paropkar. Obligations to self includes practicing indriya nigraha(control of senses) and saucha(cleanliness).
04/12/2022
Time to get back to posting daily updates here.
Today's targets --
1. Socio - Family and Kinship
2. Newspaper [Don't skip reading The Gist - read it online]
3. SFG Geography targets
Have a productive day, everyone :)
1. Done except one hour of work to be done today
2. Did not give enough time. Will work on it today
3. SFG -- Extremely weak in Geo. Must work on it
05/02/2022 Targets --
1. Socio- Family, kinship 1 hr remaining portion
2. Sociology - Classes
3. 1 hr CSAT (at least) -- Don't skip
4. Find a way to fix geo and plan it
5. Newspaper
Note to self - Start studying as soon as possible after SFG. Cut down on time wasted.
Have a good day, everyone. Tick all the boxes and reach your goals for the day :)
1. Done
2. Started but could not complete. Will be done by tomorrow probably
3. Done (Good, keep doing CSAT)
4. Drafted a rough plan on geo
5. Done
06/02/2022 Targets --
1. Sociology - Social classes (3 hrs)
2. Geo SFG targets
3.Newspaper
4. CSAT - 30 min at least (try 1 hr)
Late start to the day but will make it a solid one.
To all the forumites --
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