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CSE 2023: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine

A Window for all things CSE 2023. You can type in your ways and means of achieving your goals, your daily updates, strengths and things that might be holding you down. No-judgement, no-tugging, just a healthy discussion to help discuss our way through this long and interesting journey. Lets get prepping!.#CSE 2023
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Hello everyone. I am new to this plateform. Lately i been having a feeling of isolation and loneliness which hampers my ability to focus and concentrate.. took a break from studies for a day.. only to make matter worse with the anxiety and guilt which follows with no real help.. infact now a days i dont feel like going out from my study place.. watching your friends enjoying weekends and new year just adds to it when hardly any people texts you (i know upsc was my own decision and i was very much aware of the consequences). Anyone out there who have had similar situation and can suggest some way out. Anticipated thanks

Welcome to the open anxiety and loneliness club.. 

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31/12/22

  1. Indian express Done 
  2. Current affairs Revision 
  3. Economy mains Revision.. 


9:49 pm

Saturday. 


TomiokaGiyu,
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Anyone here saw ER. naleesh kumar singh telegram. Where he is running prelims marathon ? 
I am confused whether to follow his schedule or join sfg ?? 
He is focusing more on revision , but i am afraid that if he gets busy in some urgent work few weeks or months down the lane , all students following his plan will be stuck in midway . Also his daily targets are very very strict that is we can not get enough time for mains optional revision. But positive points are that the plan will ensure Very strong revision plan and strong 💪 concepts memory etc.

on the other hand SFG targets are relatively easy ,and as forum ias is an institution there is noway programme will stop midway , but it is not revision oriented , and additional burden of prelims test needs to be taken , and prelims has 100 Q , so practicing 50 daily doesnt sounds very good to me. .

Also should i prefer optional note revision ( that is no test only notes revise )and cover mgp test backlog 
or
give optional test and make coverGs mains NOTES backlog ( that is no test only notes )

suggest something 
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Anyone here saw ER. naleesh kumar singh telegram. Where he is running prelims marathon ? 
I am confused whether to follow his schedule or join sfg ?? 
He is focusing more on revision , but i am afraid that if he gets busy in some urgent work few weeks or months down the lane , all students following his plan will be stuck in midway . Also his daily targets are very very strict that is we can not get enough time for mains optional revision. But positive points are that the plan will ensure Very strong revision plan and strong 💪 concepts memory etc.

on the other hand SFG targets are relatively easy ,and as forum ias is an institution there is noway programme will stop midway , but it is not revision oriented , and additional burden of prelims test needs to be taken , and prelims has 100 Q , so practicing 50 daily doesnt sounds very good to me. .

Also should i prefer optional note revision ( that is no test only notes revise )and cover mgp test backlog 
or
give optional test and make coverGs mains NOTES backlog ( that is no test only notes )

suggest something 

See@Rajneesh04 post on page 132.

Vaise telegram ID/website/schedule kaha hai iss prelims marathon ka?

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Anyone here saw ER. naleesh kumar singh telegram. Where he is running prelims marathon ? 
I am confused whether to follow his schedule or join sfg ?? 
He is focusing more on revision , but i am afraid that if he gets busy in some urgent work few weeks or months down the lane , all students following his plan will be stuck in midway . Also his daily targets are very very strict that is we can not get enough time for mains optional revision. But positive points are that the plan will ensure Very strong revision plan and strong 💪 concepts memory etc.

on the other hand SFG targets are relatively easy ,and as forum ias is an institution there is noway programme will stop midway , but it is not revision oriented , and additional burden of prelims test needs to be taken , and prelims has 100 Q , so practicing 50 daily doesnt sounds very good to me. .

Also should i prefer optional note revision ( that is no test only notes revise )and cover mgp test backlog 
or
give optional test and make coverGs mains NOTES backlog ( that is no test only notes )

suggest something 

See@Rajneesh04 post on page 132.

Vaise telegram ID/website/schedule kaha hai iss prelims marathon ka?

Lite lo bhai...na btao...content terrorism and anxiety hi badhegi meri.

MichaelScarn,ryzenauster
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Today:

1. SFG prep

2. Society NCERT

3. Economic Survey chapter 1 read

4. Newspaper

MichaelScarn,
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Yaar, yahan koi kisi ko Happy New Year nahi wish karta kya?
Maana jeevan jhandwa but still; Earth ki ek revolution ki hi qadr kar lein. 🧐👻

“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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Yaar, yahan koi kisi ko Happy New Year nahi wish karta kya?
Maana jeevan jhandwa but still; Earth ki ek revolution ki hi qadr kar lein. 🧐👻

🤣 happy new year ji. Sbhi logo ko


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Dear all,

               Happy new year. I just want to share few specific things based on my experience and interaction with n number of students.

1.Don't panic: Jo hona hai woh hokar rahega. So, doing something is the most important thing than thinking about irrelevant things like whether I am going to clear prelims or not.

2.Give yourself less time to think:Nhi toh baal ki khaal niklegi ya arth ka anarth hoga. Keep yourself engaged in content related thing by any means like peer group discussion (I used to cover government schemes and animals in environment over phone call with my friend), youtube explainer videos for science and tech, random wikipedia pages especially for environment and buddhism, jainism and medieval india and indian express explained (ultimate important thing).

3.Join test series for lonewolf warriors: For people who tend to overthink, this is very much essential. Such people would think about history while reading polity, polity while reading geography and current affairs while reading geography. This affects both quality of studies and mental temperament. So, join a test series to ensure that you are focussed on one subject at a time as per the syllabus of the coming test.

4.Practice, practice and practice: Solve market based multiple test papers just to develop the acumen of problem solving. This is the most important thing especially for people from academic background as they may be out of sync with the competitive spirit. 

5.Don't quantify: You don't have to count the number of tests you have or going to practice before prelims. You don't have to narrate this story to your children and grandchildren. More than number of questions, it's the quality of outcome for you that matters.

6.Do hell with marks in mocks: The most irrelevant question is what is the ideal score in mocks. I have scored 30 marks more than the cut off of UPSC CSE when I was consistently scoring in the range of 50 to 75 marks in my mocks. I remember in my first attempt I was scoring 30s to 50s in many of the sectional tests and in 70s in full syllabus tests and finally I scored 112 in actual prelims. So, don't bother too much about marks. Only learn from mistakes and do reverse engineering.

7.Be happy: Nobody cares about your struggle. That is immaterial. So, enjoy the process. Do you really believe that government is going to give you a district to care about lakhs of people if you can't handle your own cute lovely life.

Overall my simple theme isSwasth raho, Vyast raho and Mast raho (Be healthy, be busy and be relaxed).








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Dear all,

               Happy new year. I just want to share few specific things based on my experience and interaction with n number of students.

1.Don't panic: Jo hona hai woh hokar rahega. So, doing something is the most important thing than thinking about irrelevant things like whether I am going to clear prelims or not.

2.Give yourself less time to think:Nhi toh baal ki khaal niklegi ya arth ka anarth hoga. Keep yourself engaged in content related thing by any means like peer group discussion (I used to cover government schemes and animals in environment over phone call with my friend), youtube explainer videos for science and tech, random wikipedia pages especially for environment and buddhism, jainism and medieval india and indian express explained (ultimate important thing).

3.Join test series for lonewolf warriors: For people who tend to overthink, this is very much essential. Such people would think about history while reading polity, polity while reading geography and current affairs while reading geography. This affects both quality of studies and mental temperament. So, join a test series to ensure that you are focussed on one subject at a time as per the syllabus of the coming test.

4.Practice, practice and practice: Solve market based multiple test papers just to develop the acumen of problem solving. This is the most important thing especially for people from academic background as they may be out of sync with the competitive spirit. 

5.Don't quantify: You don't have to count the number of tests you have or going to practice before prelims. You don't have to narrate this story to your children and grandchildren. More than number of questions, it's the quality of outcome for you that matters.

6.Do hell with marks in mocks: The most irrelevant question is what is the ideal score in mocks. I have scored 30 marks more than the cut off of UPSC CSE when I was consistently scoring in the range of 50 to 75 marks in my mocks. I remember in my first attempt I was scoring 30s to 50s in many of the sectional tests and in 70s in full syllabus tests and finally I scored 112 in actual prelims. So, don't bother too much about marks. Only learn from mistakes and do reverse engineering.

7.Be happy: Nobody cares about your struggle. That is immaterial. So, enjoy the process. Do you really believe that government is going to give you a district to care about lakhs of people if you can't handle your own cute lovely life.

Overall my simple theme isSwasth raho, Vyast raho and Mast raho (Be healthy, be busy and be relaxed).








Bhai...

Munna Bhai Mbbs Sanjay Dutt GIF - Munna Bhai Mbbs Sanjay ...

Also, Happy New Year everyone!! 

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Happy New Year Everyone :D
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D503said

Yaar, yahan koi kisi ko Happy New Year nahi wish karta kya?
Maana jeevan jhandwa but still; Earth ki ek revolution ki hi qadr kar lein. 🧐👻

🤣 happy new year ji. Sbhi logo ko


Same to you@D503 


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
D503,Tataand2 otherslike this
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Happy New Year Everyone :) 

Khush rahiye aur muskurate rahiye :)


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Happy new year mitro!! :heart:

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@Morticia Thank god you changed your dp...last wali looked very cunning and clever

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Tatasaid

@Morticia Thank god you changed your dp...last wali looked very cunning and clever

And what makes you believe I am not cunning and clever irl.😝


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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Happy New Year, boys and girls!! ❤️
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Happy new year, everyone!!
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Happy New Year guys! Let's make this year memorable. :)
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Tatasaid

@Morticia Thank god you changed your dp...last wali looked very cunning and clever

And what makes you believe I am not cunning and clever irl.😝

Your sweet comments ;p

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