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
1, 2, 3, 5 - done
4, 7, 8 - 50% done
6 - not done
I realised my targets were a bit too ambitious yesterday. Still putting them up forced me to work harder. So will continue the same today. Targets:
1) Mechanics 2 classes
2) Real Analysis and Calculus
3) May CA 2/3
4) Ethics mind maps
5) Strategy@75 - 4 chapters
6) Newspaper
7) Interview Prep
1, 6, 7 - done; 2, 4 - 75% done; 3, 5 - not done
I realised I've been unnecessarily a bit too ambitious. So reducing the targets now.
1) Mechanics 2 classes
2) Real Analysis and Calculus
3) Ethics case studies
4) Newspaper
5) Interview Prep
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 --
1. Done
2. Done
3. Did not complete :(
4. 2 hrs :)
Poor score streak in geo continues.
07/02/2020 Targets--
Just one day for SFG Indian geo. So,
1. SFG
2. Yesterday and today's newspaper
3. CSAT (30 min at least)
Socio - may not do it today or max 1 hr
Beat the Monday blues and have a nice day :)
1. Done but not satisfied. Geo needs more time
2. Done
3. Did not do
4. Socio - 1hr
08/02/2022 targets --
1. Fill UPSC form
2. Newspaper
3. Socio - Social classes(1hr)
4. CSAT 1hr
5. Geography SFG -- How to finish human and economic geo in one day *panics*
1. Did not do. Must fill form today :/ 2. Done but geo...3. Socio-2hrs 4. CSAT did not do :/
09/02/2022 Targets--
- Fill the form (Must do)
- Sociology - finish social classes
- CSAT- 1hr (pls)
- Newspaper
- SFG targets
Fine .. after seeing targets being posted for nearly a year or so.. here is mine.
Sole reason to do this, at least for a trial basis, is to see if I am able to be accountable to a community of strangers, striving for something similar. Without further ado:
- Governance portion common to Ethics and GS2
- Indian Express
- Bose Einstein Statistics- Theory
- Answer writing
Complacency born out of baby steps is hazardous to the long miles ahead.
Completed 3/4 of them and took an unnecessary break yesterday.
Not going to repeat. Today's targets:
- Express
- MB Distribution
- Finishing Governance
- Rau's Focus- December, 30-35 pages
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 :)
update: all done
7/2
- Newspaper + CA
- sfg analysis
- sfg (ncert, notes, maps, pyqs)
- Optional (if time permits)
" I understand ..... nothing !!! " - Michael G. Scott
update: 1,2: done 3: partially (need to revisit) 4: not done
8/2
- newspaper +ca
- sfg (pyqs, ncert, miscl.)
- analysis (sfg+ vision(50 q))
- backlog
Good luck everyone :)
update: only 1 done, 2 partially done
[wasted entire day doing nothing (should have slept instead)]
9/2
- Newspaper + CA
- SFG
-NCERT XII [100pgs]
-NCERT VI [50pgs]
-notes
-PYQs - backlogs [sfg analysis x2;etc]
Today's test gave prelims flashbacks wrt poor time mgt .
This section is weak, will need more effort, GL :)
Hi guys! Anyone who gave Mains and now preparing for prelims? How are you doing it? Ivejust given up, my brain is just incapable of studying anymore. It’s been 3 years…. I have just lost all the motivation to study for prelims again. The break keeps on extending. I know where to start, I have Laxmikant open in front of me… but it’s just there…I’m not actually studying. I am reading the newspaper daily though + economic survey. Also, I should be giving prelims mocks again, right? Like with all seriousness and a decent no of them?
any tips are welcome.
@Steph_Curry That quote video is one of the videos/reels I watch at 4.35AM, after a binge watching session. I cry and move on to next video on the scroll/saved list.
That doesn't sound healthy to me, my man.
I stay motivated for at least 20-25 minutes after watching this, excluding the crying session! Uske baad hi I go to the next video! 😅
That doesn't sound healthy to me, my man.
I stay motivated for at least 20-25 minutes after watching this, excluding the crying session! Uske baad hi I go to the next video! 😅
Steph_Curry,
Hi guys! Anyone who gave Mains and now preparing for prelims? How are you doing it? Ivejust given up, my brain is just incapable of studying anymore. It’s been 3 years…. I have just lost all the motivation to study for prelims again. The break keeps on extending. I know where to start, I have Laxmikant open in front of me… but it’s just there…I’m not actually studying. I am reading the newspaper daily though + economic survey. Also, I should be giving prelims mocks again, right? Like with all seriousness and a decent no of them?
any tips are welcome.
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