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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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Today's Progress-

A small confession- Last 10-12 pages of Monthly are still to be finished.


So,I found a decent rhythm after a week or so after I was done with exams. I honestly loved it.Today was a slow ride, where I could grasp almost everything I read. Even reading the Vision monthly didn't seem like a shitty task.

@LetsGetThisBread Same energy yaar. If there is one thing that I love the most(and still quite inaccessible),it is my sleep. A funny anecdote here- So, last summer when I felt like sleeping while studying, I made a mischievous plan. I closed my room and even the fans to ensure that I get to hear the footsteps when my parents come near the door. But alas, I was caught red handed. 

In my limited choice of aspirations, I want to have 3-4 days on trot, where I just sleep and sleep without having to care for anything.

@Morticia This is such a good start. Best of luck dost.

@DancingMaster You didn't change your username but rather you are reborn:neutral_face:

@huck A genuine advice- Except for IR part of GS2, don't jump to Mains 365 straightway. It will make the coverage of topics a bit haphazard.

Shubh Ratri doston.

*I need to run since the gates to my society close at around 10:15.

Thanks Frand!

Happy to see you get back in the groove. Told you; it'll only be few days of adjustment 😅

"*I need to run since the gates to my society close at around 10:15."-  The curious case of mightyraju and missing telecom signals 😂


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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Posting my targets here for tomorrow (because shaam ke 5 baje college se wapis aakar schedule banane ka motivation is as elusive as unicorns, or me sticking to my exercise schedule XD). So targets for 5.9.22 are:

NABARD (high priority)

Daily C/A

Editorial notes

May C/A backlog-20-25

Will we get the bread tomorrow? Time will tell I guess :)

Got done absolutely nothing so far. Didn’t realise how draining going back to college is going to be in this heat. I over anticipated my own productivity levels. It doesn’t help that I’m fasting as well. The first week of getting back into my IF routine is always painful. Yeh hafta low productivity m hi niklega I guess, FML

Don't tell me, "16 somvaar k vrat" 😂


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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@Morticia  will not reply further otherwise i will get into loophole and in emotions will spam this thread with sher and shayari 

हालत-ए-हाल के सबब हालत-ए-हाल ही गई

शौक़ में कुछ नहीं गया शौक़ की ज़िंदगी गई


Hahahaha I was thinking the same.

Might PM you someday for some urdu insights, though 😅


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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Got a newfound love for life. Love you zindagi!

I was hospitalised for the last 15 days, in the initial days my fever was hovering around 101 all the time even after heavy paracetamol. Blood tests, canola, syringes and all the painful tests I had gone through. Sometimes I felt Im losing myself in the war, even the doctors scared me as reason for high fever could not be diagnosed. It was so painful that words wont be enough to explain.

Not only my experience but I heard about a 4 month old baby admitted in the hospital. In the emergency, I heard noises of family of a man in 30s crying who died of an accident. My nurse told me about another man who died in ICU. One of my roomates had to go through MRI to spot a blood clot in brain which was causing hazy vision to him. A diabetic aunty who was not able to move her right hand beyond a point after a road accident. An alcoholic college boy had destroyed his pancreas or liver I couldn't remember to whom the doctor said youll die in 3 months if you dont quit alcohol. You get to know many things when you stay such a long time in hospital.

I came home today. Heaven. We take most of the things for granted, quality time with family and friends, all the UPSC pain everything is a blessing. Every painless breath is a blessing.

Naukri aur chokri, you get these desirable and life is set we used to say in college. These 15 days changed my whole perspective for looking towards life. Healthy and a painless life is indeed underrated

And I swear from today Ill never crib about shitty things like career and UPSC. 

'Love you zindagi'

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Late by around an hour, but let's do it and do it better. 

Targets-

Shubh Prabhat doston! 

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Tatasaid

Got a newfound love for life. Love you zindagi!

I was hospitalised for the last 15 days, in the initial days my fever was hovering around 101 all the time even after heavy paracetamol. Blood tests, canola, syringes and all the painful tests I had gone through. Sometimes I felt Im losing myself in the war, even the doctors scared me as reason for high fever could not be diagnosed. It was so painful that words wont be enough to explain.

Not only my experience but I heard about a 4 month old baby admitted in the hospital. In the emergency, I heard noises of family of a man in 30s crying who died of an accident. My nurse told me about another man who died in ICU. One of my roomates had to go through MRI to spot a blood clot in brain which was causing hazy vision to him. A diabetic aunty who was not able to move her right hand beyond a point after a road accident. An alcoholic college boy had destroyed his pancreas or liver I couldn't remember to whom the doctor said youll die in 3 months if you dont quit alcohol. You get to know many things when you stay such a long time in hospital.

I came home today. Heaven. We take most of the things for granted, quality time with family and friends, all the UPSC pain everything is a blessing. Every painless breath is a blessing.

Naukri aur chokri, you get these desirable and life is set we used to say in college. These 15 days changed my whole perspective for looking towards life. Healthy and a painless life is indeed underrated

And I swear from today Ill never crib about shitty things like career and UPSC. 

'Love you zindagi'

Having suffered from health issues myself i can totally relate with you. There was a point in my life where my biggest wish was to wake up one morning and not feel pain.  I envied healthy people. I envied normal life. Carreer goals, wealth, everything seemed hollow in face of the reality of my own mortality. It reminded me that life's biggest possessions are the ones that we take for granted - a loving family, good health, mental peace...but frail creatures as we are and given to amnesia which is why history keeps repeating as tragedy and farce ....i forgot all about it one year down the line as my health improved. Your experience resuccitated the dead memories and lessons for me. Thank you for expressing yourself so honestly and plainly. Wishing you good health.


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6-9-22

1. L1, 2

2. Optional Th 8

3. LK 1-4

4. Newspaper

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I hate being a slow reader!

1. Done

2. Done

3. Not done

4. Not done

Might study 3 or 4 till I finally fall asleep.

Also, optional me bahot kuch padhna hai 🥲

Really need to shift gears!


Hoping to get up early tomorrow and hit the gym(finally)

Goodnight Folks!

Targets 6/9/22:



1.Ethics: Attitude + Aptitude


2.Anthro: 2 lectures plus notes


3.CA: June 2022 (atleast most imp   topics)


4. Litetature: make notes please.🙏



I hope my slow processor works better today. 😅


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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D503said

Tatasaid

Got a newfound love for life. Love you zindagi!

I was hospitalised for the last 15 days, in the initial days my fever was hovering around 101 all the time even after heavy paracetamol. Blood tests, canola, syringes and all the painful tests I had gone through. Sometimes I felt Im losing myself in the war, even the doctors scared me as reason for high fever could not be diagnosed. It was so painful that words wont be enough to explain.

Not only my experience but I heard about a 4 month old baby admitted in the hospital. In the emergency, I heard noises of family of a man in 30s crying who died of an accident. My nurse told me about another man who died in ICU. One of my roomates had to go through MRI to spot a blood clot in brain which was causing hazy vision to him. A diabetic aunty who was not able to move her right hand beyond a point after a road accident. An alcoholic college boy had destroyed his pancreas or liver I couldn't remember to whom the doctor said youll die in 3 months if you dont quit alcohol. You get to know many things when you stay such a long time in hospital.

I came home today. Heaven. We take most of the things for granted, quality time with family and friends, all the UPSC pain everything is a blessing. Every painless breath is a blessing.

Naukri aur chokri, you get these desirable and life is set we used to say in college. These 15 days changed my whole perspective for looking towards life. Healthy and a painless life is indeed underrated

And I swear from today Ill never crib about shitty things like career and UPSC. 

'Love you zindagi'

Having suffered from health issues myself i can totally relate with you. There was a point in my life where my biggest wish was to wake up one morning and not feel pain.  I envied healthy people. I envied normal life. Carreer goals, wealth, everything seemed hollow in face of the reality of my own mortality. It reminded me that life's biggest possessions are the ones that we take for granted - a loving family, good health, mental peace...but frail creatures as we are and given to amnesia which is why history keeps repeating as tragedy and farce ....i forgot all about it one year down the line as my health improved. Your experience resuccitated the dead memories and lessons for me. Thank you for expressing yourself so honestly and plainly. Wishing you good health.


Having lost initial years of preparation to poor health, excruciating pain and inability to sit and study for long, no matter how much you desire; I completely empathise with you guys.

Good health to you@Tata

We're stronger than this!


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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Hi all! 

I'm back after a hectic day(yesterday) and a mindful break(today). Posting targets here keeps me in check, so I wouldn't have been able to stay away for too long anyway. 

Today's target is to get everything in order and start September on a good note 🌼

Good Luck to me and all of you 🌞🌞


Targets: 01/09/22 

1. Economy 4A3 +4A4

2. Zoology - Biostats. - 3hrs 

3. TIE+Notes 

Revision - 4A1+ 4A2+1A1

Targets repeat for 02/09/22 

Did Some revision + all the newspaper backlogs 


1. Newspaper Done 

2. Revision - Done 

Rest: Not done

Targets: 03/09/23

1. TIE+Notes

2. Economy - Finish Agri Lectures (2)

3. Revise Agri Lec(s) + Eco NCERT

4. Zoology: Biostats. - Measures of Central Tendency 



1. Done 

2. Done 

3. Done 

4. Not done 

Targets: 04/09/22

1. Revise CA 

2. TIE + Notes

3. Eco -1A revision + 1A4 Lec +Quiz

4. Zoology - Revise Biostats. ~ some study 

*Read PYQs+Syllabus (GS2+Society)

Targets repeat! 

Sundays from now on are revision days because that was all I did. 

Completely forgot to post targets here. Going through a slump these days, its 10 am and I'm so tired. 

Targets for today: 06/09

1. No newspaper- Magazine reading(May)

2. Eco Lec 4B + Revise Agri ( Evening)

3. Biostats. Measures of central tendency

~EVS - structure how to study

~ GS 2 PYQs+ Syllabus - 🌞🌞-





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Productivity has been really low these past few (many) days. Barely clocking 2-3 hours, sometimes even less.


The reasons are a few– poor health,disturbedsleep cycle , people visiting, casual env, and the biggest of all: 'mann nahi kar raha'.


But I'm not here to rant today. Because smh I actually don't feel that bad, there are other things happening too.


I looked back and realised its not even been a full year since my first prelims- 10 Oct, 2021- which I failed. Time has been fast and heavy. After that I gave 3 more exams (AFCAT, SSC and another prelims) and managed to clear only one- AFCAT. The exam that I don't satisfy the physical standards of. (I still am gonna appear for AFSB- aisa experience baar baar nahi milta.)


But no, I'm not here to rant, right? There are better things. I have decided to give NABARD a miss. I realised I wasn't emotionally ready for even another exam, let aside another failure. The good part of it? My parents supported me. Despite all their concerns and insecurities, especially after the result of my second prelims. It is really precarious with families- with all their differences and yet the one uniting fact- they are all you truly have.


I have a little achievement too. Three years ago, I was a complete social media addict. Simply couldn't keep down my phone, simply couldn't focus. Not even for half-hour stretches. So I quit. Its been three months since I returned, and have mostly stuck to the ideal 'twice a day' use- once at morning and once at night. I know its not huge, but I remember how I was, and I have definitely improved.


At the temple we have a 'Janmangal Anushthan' (loosely, a worship ritual for the well-being of the mankind) going on. So the past few evenings have been spent there, and I'm enjoying it. It is the time of the day when I am most active and most calm, both at the same time.


So I think me not studying for a good number of hours is the only problem here, and so I've decided to post my targets here, starting today. Hopefully I'll improve.


Here's to the journey, and the nazare it brings🌤

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Targets for today, 06.09.22- 

1. P. Sci NCERT- Ch 6,7,8

2. Tom Jones revision + pyqs (2011-14) 

3. AFSB- TAT practice 

4. Newspaper 

Good day! ☀️

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Targets for today, 06.09.22: 

1. P. Sci. NCERT- Ch 6,7,8

2. Tom Jones- Revision + PYQs (2011-14) 

3. AFSB- TAT Practice 

4. Newspaper 

Good day! ☀️

mightyraju,
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@Morticia and@Rashmirathi Please don't stop with your Shers. They are very interesting and deep ('::


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Hello folks. Opened forum after ages today, post lawschool sems hiatus lasted a bit too long. I really hope September's better. Can't afford to be complacent anymore. I love the energy of this place, everyone's going through something yet all of us choose to persist, or atleast intend to. Let's make this one, a good one, shall we ? Love and light to all of you. 


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Posting my targets here for tomorrow (because shaam ke 5 baje college se wapis aakar schedule banane ka motivation is as elusive as unicorns, or me sticking to my exercise schedule XD). So targets for 5.9.22 are:

NABARD (high priority)

Daily C/A

Editorial notes

May C/A backlog-20-25

Will we get the bread tomorrow? Time will tell I guess :)

Got done absolutely nothing so far. Didn’t realise how draining going back to college is going to be in this heat. I over anticipated my own productivity levels. It doesn’t help that I’m fasting as well. The first week of getting back into my IF routine is always painful. Yeh hafta low productivity m hi niklega I guess, FML

Don't tell me, "16 somvaar k vrat" 😂

Nhi nhi modern cheeze h like intermittent fasting XD

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@DancingMaster this one fits on every upsc aspirant 

मेरे कमरे को सजाने की ‌तमन्ना है तुम्हें

मेरे कमरे में किताबों के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं

JAUN ELIA SAHAB
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Hi all! 

I'm back after a hectic day(yesterday) and a mindful break(today). Posting targets here keeps me in check, so I wouldn't have been able to stay away for too long anyway. 

Today's target is to get everything in order and start September on a good note 🌼

Good Luck to me and all of you 🌞🌞


Targets: 01/09/22 

1. Economy 4A3 +4A4

2. Zoology - Biostats. - 3hrs 

3. TIE+Notes 

Revision - 4A1+ 4A2+1A1

Targets repeat for 02/09/22 

Did Some revision + all the newspaper backlogs 


1. Newspaper Done 

2. Revision - Done 

Rest: Not done

Targets: 03/09/23

1. TIE+Notes

2. Economy - Finish Agri Lectures (2)

3. Revise Agri Lec(s) + Eco NCERT

4. Zoology: Biostats. - Measures of Central Tendency 



1. Done 

2. Done 

3. Done 

4. Not done 

Targets: 04/09/22

1. Revise CA 

2. TIE + Notes

3. Eco -1A revision + 1A4 Lec +Quiz

4. Zoology - Revise Biostats. ~ some study 

*Read PYQs+Syllabus (GS2+Society)

Targets repeat! 

Sundays from now on are revision days because that was all I did. 

Completely forgot to post targets here. Going through a slump these days, its 10 am and I'm so tired. 

Targets for today: 06/09

1. No newspaper- Magazine reading(May)

2. Eco Lec 4B + Revise Agri ( Evening)

3. Biostats. Measures of central tendency

~EVS - structure how to study

~ GS 2 PYQs+ Syllabus - 🌞🌞-





1. Done 

2. Done 

3. Not done 

~structuring+ reading questions - done 

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Posting my targets here for tomorrow (because shaam ke 5 baje college se wapis aakar schedule banane ka motivation is as elusive as unicorns, or me sticking to my exercise schedule XD). So targets for 5.9.22 are:

NABARD (high priority)

Daily C/A

Editorial notes

May C/A backlog-20-25

Will we get the bread tomorrow? Time will tell I guess :)

Got done absolutely nothing so far. Didn’t realise how draining going back to college is going to be in this heat. I over anticipated my own productivity levels. It doesn’t help that I’m fasting as well. The first week of getting back into my IF routine is always painful. Yeh hafta low productivity m hi niklega I guess, FML

Don't tell me, "16 somvaar k vrat" 😂

Nhi nhi modern cheeze h like intermittent fasting XD

Fancy!!🤓


“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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@DancingMaster Haan thought of the day daal denge roz ek 😂

Also, a take on the importance of the dreams we are harbouring:

ये ज़रूरी है कि आँखों का भरम क़ाएम रहे 


नींद रक्खो या न रक्खो ख़्वाब मेयारी रखो

-Rahat Indori Ji

(khwaab meyari =Qualitative dreams)


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