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
Hiii people. Good to see you guys putting up daily updates will be joining you guys for sometime now.
As I move towards prelims dominated preparation guided by SFG I am feeling little anxious and nervous because prelims has been my great fear and as@Neyawn says if it has happened it can happen again. So beating my own fears is the objective, which also includes waking up at 6 in winters.
09/01/2022 Day-01
1. SFG Targets
2. Newspaper
3. Ode+nm G20 targets
‘I shall sit under this tree and meditate upon my questions. And I shall not move until I have my answers. Even if my skin rots and my body decays, I shall not budge till I see the light,’ -Lord Buddha
1. DONE 2.DONE 3. NOT DONE
Not able to pick things for prelims pov. Need to be more efficient and read consciously for prelims pov.
10/01/2022 Day-02
1. NP + 1Ca class
2. analysis of SFG test
3. SFG Targets
Good day everyone:)
1. HALF DONE=NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Did not get time to update before SFG Test such was the syllabus today. Anyway done with it successfully.
11-01-2022 Day-03
1. NP+CA CLASS
2. SFG Analysis
3. SFG tests
4. MATHS g20
Have a Good day people:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?
12/01/2022 DAY-04
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. CA class revision
3. SFG TARGETS
4. G20 targets
Keep hustling:)
Hiii people. Good to see you guys putting up daily updates will be joining you guys for sometime now.
As I move towards prelims dominated preparation guided by SFG I am feeling little anxious and nervous because prelims has been my great fear and as@Neyawn says if it has happened it can happen again. So beating my own fears is the objective, which also includes waking up at 6 in winters.
09/01/2022 Day-01
1. SFG Targets
2. Newspaper
3. Ode+nm G20 targets
‘I shall sit under this tree and meditate upon my questions. And I shall not move until I have my answers. Even if my skin rots and my body decays, I shall not budge till I see the light,’ -Lord Buddha
1. DONE 2.DONE 3. NOT DONE
Not able to pick things for prelims pov. Need to be more efficient and read consciously for prelims pov.
10/01/2022 Day-02
1. NP + 1Ca class
2. analysis of SFG test
3. SFG Targets
Good day everyone:)
1. HALF DONE=NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Did not get time to update before SFG Test such was the syllabus today. Anyway done with it successfully.
11-01-2022 Day-03
1. NP+CA CLASS
2. SFG Analysis
3. SFG tests
4. MATHS g20
Have a Good day people:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?
12/01/2022 DAY-04
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. CA class revision
3. SFG TARGETS
4. G20 targets
Keep hustling:)
Quoting you
"Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?"
Revising poorly and not clearing prelims is what everyone - the 99% do. How soon you realise the link between revision and performance enhancement is what will help you clear the prelims.
You have to revise like a maniac unless you are born with the photogenic memory. The good news is when you start revising you mind will expand and your ability to remember stuff will exponentially increase.
But first you have to reach that stage. This is not without a learning curve.
I am no knight. Do not call me Sir
Hiii people. Good to see you guys putting up daily updates will be joining you guys for sometime now.
As I move towards prelims dominated preparation guided by SFG I am feeling little anxious and nervous because prelims has been my great fear and as@Neyawn says if it has happened it can happen again. So beating my own fears is the objective, which also includes waking up at 6 in winters.
09/01/2022 Day-01
1. SFG Targets
2. Newspaper
3. Ode+nm G20 targets
‘I shall sit under this tree and meditate upon my questions. And I shall not move until I have my answers. Even if my skin rots and my body decays, I shall not budge till I see the light,’ -Lord Buddha
1. DONE 2.DONE 3. NOT DONE
Not able to pick things for prelims pov. Need to be more efficient and read consciously for prelims pov.
10/01/2022 Day-02
1. NP + 1Ca class
2. analysis of SFG test
3. SFG Targets
Good day everyone:)
1. HALF DONE=NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Did not get time to update before SFG Test such was the syllabus today. Anyway done with it successfully.
11-01-2022 Day-03
1. NP+CA CLASS
2. SFG Analysis
3. SFG tests
4. MATHS g20
Have a Good day people:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?
12/01/2022 DAY-04
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. CA class revision
3. SFG TARGETS
4. G20 targets
Keep hustling:)
Quoting you
"Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?"
Revising poorly and not clearing prelims is what everyone - the 99% do. How soon you realise the link between revision and performance enhancement is what will help you clear the prelims.
You have to revise like a maniac unless you are born with the photogenic memory. The good news is when you start revising you mind will expand and your ability to remember stuff will exponentially increase.
But first you have to reach that stage. This is not without a learning curve.
Yes, onto it. And may be this is the hardwork part missed by me so far.
Thank you:)
Hiii people. Good to see you guys putting up daily updates will be joining you guys for sometime now.
As I move towards prelims dominated preparation guided by SFG I am feeling little anxious and nervous because prelims has been my great fear and as@Neyawn says if it has happened it can happen again. So beating my own fears is the objective, which also includes waking up at 6 in winters.
09/01/2022 Day-01
1. SFG Targets
2. Newspaper
3. Ode+nm G20 targets
‘I shall sit under this tree and meditate upon my questions. And I shall not move until I have my answers. Even if my skin rots and my body decays, I shall not budge till I see the light,’ -Lord Buddha
1. DONE 2.DONE 3. NOT DONE
Not able to pick things for prelims pov. Need to be more efficient and read consciously for prelims pov.
10/01/2022 Day-02
1. NP + 1Ca class
2. analysis of SFG test
3. SFG Targets
Good day everyone:)
1. HALF DONE=NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Did not get time to update before SFG Test such was the syllabus today. Anyway done with it successfully.
11-01-2022 Day-03
1. NP+CA CLASS
2. SFG Analysis
3. SFG tests
4. MATHS g20
Have a Good day people:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?
12/01/2022 DAY-04
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. CA class revision
3. SFG TARGETS
4. G20 targets
Keep hustling:)
Quoting you
"Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?"
Revising poorly and not clearing prelims is what everyone - the 99% do. How soon you realise the link between revision and performance enhancement is what will help you clear the prelims.
You have to revise like a maniac unless you are born with the photogenic memory. The good news is when you start revising you mind will expand and your ability to remember stuff will exponentially increase.
But first you have to reach that stage. This is not without a learning curve.
@Neyawn Sir, The mains syllabus( especially optional) is like an enticing cheesecake promising everything good and wonderful, finding it very difficult to completely switch to Prelims preparation with laser sharp focus. Plan on doing that from 1 Feb, come hell or high water, and give it 4 months. ( 1st attempt) I have read your posts on 5 months for prelims plan which seems very logical, however I have altered it to 4 months( with great fear, guilt and anxiety). Hope the ship sails through.
Caffeinity,
Hello good people. At the outset, I had flunked the Prelims 2021 by at least 20 marks to the cutoff.
Lately, I have been busy due to disturbances in my family and personal life, as they say, life is not that easy as it seems.
I stand here today confused and anxious about my preparation. I have been totally off track and lost touch with my preparation since November, credits to life being a b*tch. Not a convenient excuse to justify my wrong-doings, but just letting you know the background of it.
I am looking at two path in front of me.
1. Prepare Mains specific as I haven't got the time to do so in the last months. This because I haven't completed my optional and Mains specific subject, and the unending FOMO.
2. Go all out on Prelims as I haven't cleared it in my previous attempt (not even close to clearing it)
I seek help in these gloomy times and hope there would be a right way for me to go forward now on. Help me by putting some light to my scenario in totality.
Caffeinity,Back after a short but much needed break. Targets for 06.01.22:
1. GS1 revision (Ancient & Medieval History; Art & Cult1/3- till Post Mauryan trends in Architecture
2. Optional- Answer writing for Kanthapura
3. CSAT- Work & Time topic (1/3)
Wishing patience and consistency to you all! ☀️
Had a sudden visit from relatives. So couldn't finish any of the targets. So for today,
(07.01.22):
Finish yesterday's backlog.
Done, partially done, not done.
08.01.22:
1. Write remaining answers for Kanthapura+ write answers for A.K. Ramanujan’s poems
2. Definitely begin with CSAT
3. History & Culture- Guptas & Harsha Empires
"Let us then, be up and doing
With a heart for any fate.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait." (Longfellow)
Done, done, not done.
9.1.22:
1. History & Culture- Gupta, Harsha, Temple Building
2. Optional- Answer writing for Shakespeare
3. CSAT- Ratio & proportion
Good day!
Done, not done, done.
10.1.22:
1. History & culture- revise previously done+cover till socio-religious movements
2. Optional- Answers for the Tempest
3. Ratio & proportion- 2/3
Good day ahead!
1. Only 30% done 2. Done 3. Done
11.1.22-
1. Complete yesterday's targets (revision till socio-religious movements of medieval India)
2. Ratio & proportion- 3/3
3. Answers for King Lear
All the best :)
1. Not done- attempted a test instead 2. Done 3. Done
12.1.22
1. Optional task 1- John Donne answers
2. Optional task 2- consolidation of notes and previously written answers
3. Optional task 3- read first 70 pages of Tess of the D'urbervilles
4. CSAT practice
All the best!
@Neyawn Sir Reading and giving test for upcoming 2 months cycle of SFG will be a continuous schedule.Need a advice what one needs to do strategically revise to overcome FOMO of previous read parts. How one should incorporate revision cycle in preparation. Please enlighten us.
Once a week, look back at what you have read. Also can you not give 90 minutes verydaybto reading what you have already done ? Like before going to bed or somtime in between. Remeber you have to have enough number of iterations ( and underlining / highlighting / scribbling ) such that you reach a stage where you are only needing to turn the pages.
I am no knight. Do not call me Sir
Caffeinity,
Hiii people. Good to see you guys putting up daily updates will be joining you guys for sometime now.
As I move towards prelims dominated preparation guided by SFG I am feeling little anxious and nervous because prelims has been my great fear and as@Neyawn says if it has happened it can happen again. So beating my own fears is the objective, which also includes waking up at 6 in winters.
09/01/2022 Day-01
1. SFG Targets
2. Newspaper
3. Ode+nm G20 targets
‘I shall sit under this tree and meditate upon my questions. And I shall not move until I have my answers. Even if my skin rots and my body decays, I shall not budge till I see the light,’ -Lord Buddha
1. DONE 2.DONE 3. NOT DONE
Not able to pick things for prelims pov. Need to be more efficient and read consciously for prelims pov.
10/01/2022 Day-02
1. NP + 1Ca class
2. analysis of SFG test
3. SFG Targets
Good day everyone:)
1. HALF DONE=NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
Did not get time to update before SFG Test such was the syllabus today. Anyway done with it successfully.
11-01-2022 Day-03
1. NP+CA CLASS
2. SFG Analysis
3. SFG tests
4. MATHS g20
Have a Good day people:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. NOT DONE
Frustrating score today. I have recognised a pattern when I revise poorly I lack confidence in attempting question hence silly mistakes and not attempting otherwise easy question. Anyone in same league?
12/01/2022 DAY-04
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. CA class revision
3. SFG TARGETS
4. G20 targets
Keep hustling:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE(80%) 4. NOT DONE
Note to myself: It's important to rise everytime you are pulled down and you know why you are here break this cycle spiralling downwards. No time to celebrate and no time to remorse just keep going.
13/01/2022 Day-05
1. NP + CA CLASS
2. SFG targets
3. CA revision
Good day everyone:)
Would anyone be interested in forming a group of 3-4 people for answer writing, specifically for the vague and non-standard kinds of questions that UPSC is asking? Basically the idea is that each day one of us will post a question in the group. The question must be from mains PYQs, and specifically those questions which are not intuitive (e.g. impact of cryptocurrency on society, earn while you learn scheme etc. from this year's papers). Then everyone will brainstorm over it and post their answer or at least outline of an answer. We won't read up on the topic asked, rather the whole point of the exercise would be to try to utilise existing knowledge in a new context. This is because, inevitably, in the exam there will be questions like this. It will be better if we are in the habit of tackling them.
@sstarrr @Naadan_Parinda @Titanium what do you say?
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