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
Fear of writing an answer, FOMO in reading a new topic, seeking perfection took me no where.
@sjerngal once shared Henry Ford's quote which perfectly reflects my condition. It says -
"If you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always gotten."
So moving forward in this new year to seek progress rather than perfection.
Targets for 02/01/2022:
1. Mains - GS-2 - Topic-7 + PYQ's
2. Prelims - SFG Day-1 syllabus - NCERT's
3. CA - 1 class + May 2021
A 17- year old girl escapes from her home at the mid of the night in the chilling winters of January. She knows if she is caught she'd be killed right there and then by her parents, yet she takes the plunge. She calls 911 and explains to the dispatcher in her limited vocabulary how her 3 siblings are chained up on bed, how she and her 12 siblings haven't eaten anything in days, how they live on trash and human excreta while her parents go about partying. The courage of this girl that night, four years ago, saved her and her 12 siblings from their abusive parents who kept their own children in absolute captivity since the time they were born. She later narrated how she dreamt of this day for the past 2 years but finally that one step out of the home gave her conviction to actually do it.
[You can read more, if interested- The Turpin Family case]
The story of this young girl inspired me a lot and made me thank God for my privileges. It made me promise myself to work harder for my dreams. I write this here, hoping it encourages others who are demotivated. Most often than not, all it takes is that one leap of faith.
On that note, today's Targets-
1. Ethics
2. Optional- FM, OT, FA
3. GS1- Art and Culture
4. GS3- Economy
5. Nov CA
After approx a gap of month, here back again. Will try to post my targets daily and at the end of the day, their completion status.So my target for tomorrow.01 Jan 2022- 30 min meditation- The Hindu- Polity Ncert 11th - Chapter 1 + 2- Sociology - Karl Marx (Classnotes + Forum Handout + pyp)It's just not a new year that is starting, but the race to prelims too, the race to chase our dreams. We think we still have 5 months but these will pass soon.Make everyday count guys. 💪💪Had a good day, hopefully completed all targets.
02 January 2022-30 min meditation
-The Hindu
-Polity class 11th NCERT : Chapter 3 + 4
-Sociology : Emile Durkheim (Class notes + Forum handout + pyp)
Done with today's targets.
03 January 2022 :
-30 min Meditation
-The Hindu
-Sociology : Revision (Marx + Durkheim)
-Polity : Class 11th Ncert Chapters 5 + 6 + 7
-Ethics - Attidue notes revision
Writing after a long time, and with a lot of reluctance.
I feel entrapped, by my own mind. 2021 was definitely not an easy year, but what's harder to accept is how handled it. In many ways, I lost a lot. There were friends who, teeming with energy, were lifeless a couple of months later. There were friends who found better friends. There were arguments with family, ones that I had gone through only in my mind before, but became very real. And there was a failure in prelims, after 1.5 years of preparation.
And I don't think I handled any of these well. The very willingness to do anything, let alone study, seems lost. And even though I have been academically good, mostly, my entire belief in me remains shook.
I don't want get pulled into the abyss called depression, and I really do feel I'm slipping into it. So decided to write this post, and tell myself that there are many in the world, in the same situation like me, and that i'm not as lonely as I think myself to be.
Thank you, for reading it in full. And apologies, for sounding so negative.
Fear of writing an answer, FOMO in reading a new topic, seeking perfection took me no where.
@sjerngal once shared Henry Ford's quote which perfectly reflects my condition. It says -
"If you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always gotten."
So moving forward in this new year to seek progress rather than perfection.
Targets for 02/01/2022:
1. Mains - GS-2 - Topic-7 + PYQ's
2. Prelims - SFG Day-1 syllabus - NCERT's
3. CA - 1 class + May 2021
Cold & cough, lazy day, over slept, couldn't concentrate.
03/01/2022
Finish yesterday's targets
After a lot of thinking, I have come up with some strategy which would work for me, as I really needed something called a 'strategy' to get myself back to work. I have always been someone who used to put some good number of hours , but then these 2 months haven't been good with respect to putting good number of hours, but work was anyhow done.
Now I want to focus both on work and the number of hours I put. I don't know If I will be able to stick but just as a new year resolution kind of thing I might just try my best to follow.
Targets -
1. Mains - Leftover topics
2. CA class + others
3. Miscellaneous
Where are others who used to put their targets regularly? Do post targets peepul :)
Good day everyone :)
Completed - CA Class(took hugggeee chunk time) + Mains topics done ( 2) + newspaper + Some miscellaneous stuff.
Targets for tomarrow :
1. CA class backlog - 2 and half
2. Mains topics - Try finishing all peripheral ones
3. Prelims Preparation
Can't explain how I am feeling right now. This is the last day of the year, it wasn't a good year as I had planned, but it taught me so many lessons which in hindsight I think were neccessary. You can't always succeed in life in whatever you do, sometimes you do need some failures to understand the cruel reality of this world.
This was the year I understood about importance of mental health, support system that you require in this journey, care that one must take of oneself, how impt it is to indulge in what you like to remain sane and most importantly to live life.
I am just wishing the coming year brings happiness to all of us, we all get what we desire, keep ourselves happy and live life :)
Good day everyone!
Date : 01/01/2022
So we are officially into 2022 now. And so the race for prelims 2022 begins, rise and run comrades and achieves whatever you aimed for.
It was a satisfactory day, not a good study day. I was not in a mood at all to do more study as it was last day of the year and had spent some time with family.
Completed - Mains + Newspaper ONLY!
Today -
1. PSIR
2. Prelims ( history 8,12) + May
3. CA classes + Miscell
Have a great year everyone! And a great day as well.
Date - 2/1/2022
This was lazy day for me. Had to attend a small gathering in my society. I had a great time there with good food ofcourse. Completely missed my evening session. Anyways It was a 5 hr day for me which was good.
PSIR took so much time, I think I need to give more time to it, and did some miscellaneous topics bas.
Targets -
1. PSIR - Topic complete ( notes + 2nd topic little)
2. History - repeat
3. Miscellaneous
I have to increase my speed of doing things.
Good luck people!
Date : 3/1/2022
Except PSIR did everything. 7ish study day, Not like very good but okay! Had a good enough sleep today.
Targets -
1. PSIR
2. History, CA mag
3. Miscellaneous
Good day everyone :)
Caffeinity,Thunderstorm
Writing after a long time, and with a lot of reluctance.
I feel entrapped, by my own mind. 2021 was definitely not an easy year, but what's harder to accept is how handled it. In many ways, I lost a lot. There were friends who, teeming with energy, were lifeless a couple of months later. There were friends who found better friends. There were arguments with family, ones that I had gone through only in my mind before, but became very real. And there was a failure in prelims, after 1.5 years of preparation.
And I don't think I handled any of these well. The very willingness to do anything, let alone study, seems lost. And even though I have been academically good, mostly, my entire belief in me remains shook.
I don't want get pulled into the abyss called depression, and I really do feel I'm slipping into it. So decided to write this post, and tell myself that there are many in the world, in the same situation like me, and that i'm not as lonely as I think myself to be.
Thank you, for reading it in full. And apologies, for sounding so negative.
You are not at all sounding negative. It's okay to feel bad. You are not alone, many of us are with you together in spirits.
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. Lets make this a memorable one.
Targets for Today
- Hindu Newspaper
- CA- Vision Monthly Nov,21 - 1 Hour
- History- Weekly Revision
- Revision for MGP test 2
Done with the test. I was worried I would not be able to write for 3 hours on the go( had very little answer writing practice so far). But I did and while lot of improvement in quality is needed obviously , it was still so satisfying to almost finish the paper in time.
Targets for this Week
1. International Relations- Notes Revision
2. History- Finish Early Medieval (Ch-10 from Upinder Singh)
3. CA- Oct,21 Monthly
4. Revision for next MGP Test
Came across an article on being hard on yourself and how to stop it.
Caffeinity,
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