CSE 2022: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine

| 2 year(s) ago

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

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Augustya_Shrivastava .

commented 2 year(s) ago

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Ahh, home for the next one year. Hello fellow travelers. Good luck to you all. :')
Plan:
show up everyday
be honest
leave the place better that what I came to
Targets for tomorrow Day#1
The Hindu
Setup the new mac (yayay)
Integrate all the notes, indexes, etc into one place and sync up everything
Finish 70 policies that shaped India
2 questions minimum to be written
"Time is what we want most, but we use worst."
Finishing off
Totally drained but a satisfying day.
Finished all the targets except writing questions (not fine but will let it slide)
Tomorrow will be the last day for reading fringe stuff like books on policies and skimming through committee reports for fun and a broader viewpoint.
Day #2 targets:
The Hindu
Finish skimming a) 3 general policy documents b) 1 foreign policy document
Write two questions before evening
"Don't speak if it doesn't improve on silence."
ps- sharing a thought before I crash on my bed, which I realised earlier today-I flunked this year's prelims. I am coming off a fresh defeat. If I draw enthusiasm from that defeat, it will not be a "sustainable process" because the exam is over 7 months away. So I must draw the drive/enthusiasm to work hard from another place which is value positive.
Good luck for tomorrow everyone. 🦖
Finished day's targets
Month end review:
3 part approach, a)before-pre b)after-pre c)after result
a) felt everything was in control, targets were too fluid to be tangibly tracked
b) huge inertia to shift gears but gained a hold. Targets were 1)analysing pyqs 2)topper copies 3)round up sources for socio and gs 4)begin note-making. Finished first three, then prelims results happened and 4th got stuck.
c) targets were to 1)settle in for the long game 2)gain a broader viewpoint into things policy-wise and philosophy-wise. More or less done.
Targets for November:
45 NCERTs (most have been done earlier or should be easily manageable)
15 MGP half-tests
finish Socio notes skeleton
finish G.S. notes skeleton
no pressure for CA but bonus quest to command EPIC mags
Targets for tomorrow, day#3
The Hindu         (2hr)
Socio         (3hr)
D.K.Balaji ethics (maximum damage possible, no pressure)
3 ncerts (4hr)
answer writing (1/2)
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."
Good luck for the new month everyone 🤺
Didn't do socio.
Took time to figure out the hierarchy of sustainable note-making and where different information will be slotted.
Targets for day#4
The Hindu (2h)
Socio      (try to begin, no pressure)
D.K. Balaji (try to wrap)
3 ncerts (4h)
answer writing (1/2)
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
Good luck for tomorrow peeps 🖖🏻
Finishing up
Couldn't finish D.K.Balaji, only did 2 ncerts. Rest done.
Targets for day#5~03/11/21
The Hindu (2 hr)
2 ncert (3-4 hr)
Socio (gather momentum and deal with the finesse of a surgeon)
Ethics (tentative)
Answer writing (2h)
from 'Letters to a Young Poet' by Rainer Maria Rilke

Stopping early today.
Hopped on the YPT train today. I'm a forest guy but the interface with the cumulative time and session time + you folks is better so I'm sold. See ya'll there from tomorrow :D
Didn't do answer writing today. Rest all done.
Will take a break tomorrow maybe and watch cinema and eat stuff.
It's a long and steep climb ahead.🚶🏻
Targets Day#6
The Hindu
The Coward, Ray '65
Cleo from 5 to 7, Varda '62
Night and Fog, Resnais '56
Eraserhead, Lynch '77 (finally aaaa)
The Stranger, Ray '91
Happy Diwali people 🪔 ❤️

Substituted Varda and Lynch for reruns of

Once upon a time in America, Sergio Leone '84
Heat, Michael Mann '95

No new film till Mains now. Did resource spotting and freezing for all the topics.

Day #7

Targets for tomorrow : a) The Hindu b) GS-4 c) Socio d) Ncert e) answer writing

“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable.”

Take your sweet time to decide the course of action right for you and then let's sail through this together :)

Good luck everyone. Party's over, it's back to business time 🏃🏻

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Legible Neutrino .

commented 2 year(s) ago

The new beginning...

Tomorrow's plan

1-Insights daily current affairs

2-Sociology paper 2

3-Rs Sharma ancient

4-One notes Polity revision

5-Ethics and answer writing(5 answers minimum)

The order is same,need to make chapter wise plan but i think it would take 2-3 days to get the momentum.

It's time to show the leap of faith and move ahead.

PS-Discipline is the only way,there is no other way.

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commented 2 year(s) ago

5/11

1. Optional [read + plan]

2. newspaper + Daily CA

3. AWP [case study x2, GS x3]

4. Miscl.

-sleep on time , workout , meditate

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commented 2 year(s) ago

Could not study for the last several days. Shifted from Delhi to my hometown and the house is getting renovated. Will try to accomplish something today.

Targets:

1. Glance over CA of last 10 days.

2. Review of last IR Test.

3. Start something for the next philosophy test.

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commented 2 year(s) ago

DrishtiPointsaid
@Archand nothing specific.
Need to read anything but syllabus for a week.

Sorry about the late reply.

I would suggest you to read Guns, Germs and Steel.You'll get lots of new perspectives and won't feel guilty about taking some time off. However, it can be a heavy read, if you didn't like Sapiens then maybe you can explore other books! Have fun :)

Rashmirathi,Legible Neutrino

commented 2 year(s) ago

@Archand Hey thanks.

I have anthro optional. So i did like sapiens.

Will definitely give it a try

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commented 2 year(s) ago

Muffinsaid
4 November
Happy Diwali folks!!
Targets--
Newspaper
Modern history notes 2/5 (try to extend to 3/5)
Class 6 history ncert 2/3
Answer Writing

Forgot to update in morning

Newspaper done

Modern history 2/5 done

Class 6 ncert completed 3/3

Answer writing done

5 Nov

Newspaper done

Modern history 3/5 done

World history videos 2 done

Answer writing - will do before I sleep

Also I kept my mobile in mom's custody so I don't get distracted... therefore was not present on YPT for long.

Will probably take half a day off tomorrow.

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Legible Neutrino .

commented 2 year(s) ago

@Legible Neutrino 1,2,3 5 done(but still writing will not be able to write more than 2-3 answers today)

4 not done..

Only 4.30-5 hrs of study,this has to get better.

Ps-productivity should increase,less than 8 hours a day for me is a sin(profane).

Tomorrow

1-The Hindu+insights daily

2-modernisation of Indian tradition sociology paper 2

3-Rs sharma (read at fast pace)

4-one notes polity revision

5-ethics+write 5 answers.

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theskyisthelimit .

commented 2 year(s) ago

Nov 6th

1. Hindu

2. Env

3. SnT

4. Optional notemaking and awp

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commented 2 year(s) ago

Targets for 6.11.21

1. Optional- thermodynamics-notes revision and practice(1/7)

2. GS 4 - Probity and Governance(1/3)

3. Newspaper and CA magazine

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commented 2 year(s) ago

Not sure if I’m going to be here for long. Let’s give this a shot!

Targets:

Statics & Dynamics Revision (1/2)
Finish World History

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Augustya_Shrivastava .

commented 2 year(s) ago

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Ahh, home for the next one year. Hello fellow travelers. Good luck to you all. :')
Plan:
show up everyday
be honest
leave the place better that what I came to
Targets for tomorrow Day#1
The Hindu
Setup the new mac (yayay)
Integrate all the notes, indexes, etc into one place and sync up everything
Finish 70 policies that shaped India
2 questions minimum to be written
"Time is what we want most, but we use worst."
Finishing off
Totally drained but a satisfying day.
Finished all the targets except writing questions (not fine but will let it slide)
Tomorrow will be the last day for reading fringe stuff like books on policies and skimming through committee reports for fun and a broader viewpoint.
Day #2 targets:
The Hindu
Finish skimming a) 3 general policy documents b) 1 foreign policy document
Write two questions before evening
"Don't speak if it doesn't improve on silence."
ps- sharing a thought before I crash on my bed, which I realised earlier today-I flunked this year's prelims. I am coming off a fresh defeat. If I draw enthusiasm from that defeat, it will not be a "sustainable process" because the exam is over 7 months away. So I must draw the drive/enthusiasm to work hard from another place which is value positive.
Good luck for tomorrow everyone. 🦖
Finished day's targets
Month end review:
3 part approach, a)before-pre b)after-pre c)after result
a) felt everything was in control, targets were too fluid to be tangibly tracked
b) huge inertia to shift gears but gained a hold. Targets were 1)analysing pyqs 2)topper copies 3)round up sources for socio and gs 4)begin note-making. Finished first three, then prelims results happened and 4th got stuck.
c) targets were to 1)settle in for the long game 2)gain a broader viewpoint into things policy-wise and philosophy-wise. More or less done.
Targets for November:
45 NCERTs (most have been done earlier or should be easily manageable)
15 MGP half-tests
finish Socio notes skeleton
finish G.S. notes skeleton
no pressure for CA but bonus quest to command EPIC mags
Targets for tomorrow, day#3
The Hindu         (2hr)
Socio         (3hr)
D.K.Balaji ethics (maximum damage possible, no pressure)
3 ncerts (4hr)
answer writing (1/2)
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."
Good luck for the new month everyone 🤺
Didn't do socio.
Took time to figure out the hierarchy of sustainable note-making and where different information will be slotted.
Targets for day#4
The Hindu (2h)
Socio      (try to begin, no pressure)
D.K. Balaji (try to wrap)
3 ncerts (4h)
answer writing (1/2)
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
Good luck for tomorrow peeps 🖖🏻
Finishing up
Couldn't finish D.K.Balaji, only did 2 ncerts. Rest done.
Targets for day#5~03/11/21
The Hindu (2 hr)
2 ncert (3-4 hr)
Socio (gather momentum and deal with the finesse of a surgeon)
Ethics (tentative)
Answer writing (2h)
from 'Letters to a Young Poet' by Rainer Maria Rilke

Stopping early today.
Hopped on the YPT train today. I'm a forest guy but the interface with the cumulative time and session time + you folks is better so I'm sold. See ya'll there from tomorrow :D
Didn't do answer writing today. Rest all done.
Will take a break tomorrow maybe and watch cinema and eat stuff.
It's a long and steep climb ahead.🚶🏻
Targets Day#6
The Hindu
The Coward, Ray '65
Cleo from 5 to 7, Varda '62
Night and Fog, Resnais '56
Eraserhead, Lynch '77 (finally aaaa)
The Stranger, Ray '91
Happy Diwali people 🪔 ❤️
Substituted Varda and Lynch for reruns of
Once upon a time in America, Sergio Leone '84
Heat, Michael Mann '95
No new film till Mains now. Did resource spotting and freezing for all the topics.
Day #7
Targets for tomorrow : a) The Hindu b) GS-4 c) Socio d) Ncert e) answer writing
“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable.”
Take your sweet time to decide the course of action right for you and then let's sail through this together :)
Good luck everyone. Party's over, it's back to business time 🏃🏻

Targets were met, except The Hindu(No issues published)

Today's targets: Day#8 a) The Hindu b) Writing c) ncerts. No other reading.

Good luck everyone 🦾

"It's fatal to enter a war without the will to win it."

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ash1sh0said
5/11
1. Optional [read + plan]
2. newspaper + Daily CA
3. AWP [case study x2, GS x3]
4. Miscl.
-sleep on time , workout , meditate

6/11

1. Optional [Locke, Marx]

2. newspaper + Daily CA

3. AWP [case study x2, GS x3]

4. Miscl.

-sleep on time , workout , meditate

Rashmirathi,Legible Neutrino

commented 2 year(s) ago

ash1sh0said
5/11
1. Optional [read + plan]
2. newspaper + Daily CA
3. AWP [case study x2, GS x3]
4. Miscl.
-sleep on time , workout , meditate

6/11

1. Optional [Locke, Marx ]

2. newspaper + Daily CA

3. AWP [case study x2 , GS x3 ]

4. Miscl.

-sleep on time , workout, meditate

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commented 2 year(s) ago

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31/10/2021
1) Newspaper
2) Finish World History
3) 2 CA classes
4) 2 Essay classes
1) Done
2) Left with decolonization part ( took lot of time as I was studying after long gap)
3) Not done
4) Done

Targets for 01/11/2021
1) Newspaper
2) World History - remaining part; 2PYQ's
3) Society - Family, Caste, women issues, urbanization, globalization, 2 PYQ's
4) Optional - Anthro - 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
5) Daily CA

Did all except Society

Targets for 02/11/2021
1) NP/CA (2)
2) Essay class 4 (1.5)
3) Optional - Anthro - 2.1, 2.2 (2+2)
4) Society (4)
Anthro 2.2 - backlog
Society - left with a lot of topics

Targets for 03/11/2021
1) Newspaper, Daily CA
2) Essay class 5
3) Revise World History
4) Society - as far as u can
5) Optional - 2.2, 2.3

Did all except Society
Reason why Society is left out every day is not having a consolidated notes.
So target for 04/11/2021
1) Society note making
2) Newspaper
3) Daily CA

06/11/2021

1) Newspaper

2) Daily CA

3) Revise World History

4) Revise Indian Society

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commented 2 year(s) ago

Someone please forward the YPT group link for CSE 2022.

commented 2 year(s) ago

https://invite.tgclab.com/gXR7PDQK3dBqEyFf9 @heisenberg_

commented 2 year(s) ago

sbhatisaid
Could not study for the last several days. Shifted from Delhi to my hometown and the house is getting renovated. Will try to accomplish something today.

Targets:
1. Glance over CA of last 10 days.
2. Review of last IR Test.
3. Start something for the next philosophy test.

1. Done

2. Not done

3. Not done

Too many people at home and too many things happening. Still I need to take out time wherever possible and do as much as possible.

Today's targets:

1. Review IR test.

2. Prepare for ethics test.

3. Prepare Moore and Russell.

Ash5Man,Augustya_Shrivastava

commented 2 year(s) ago

@heythere it is some tax management website pallo

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