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
There was a general query, how often do you guys plan?
Like not daily plans but broadly related to preparation monthly and weekly may be.
The honest answer is that I do it whenever I'm slacking off and I need to re-evaluate. Usually try to keep segment the targets in terms of big chunks (I'll finish X,Y,Z papers in 2 months), small chunks (I'll finish A,B chapters in week 1, B,C in week 2 and so on) and micro chunks (what the google sheet is doing for us essentially)
I usually come back to it every Sunday and see how I'm doing with respect to my targets, then I tweak the targets a little and move ahead.
Also, I've realised that sometimes the burden of a couple of bad days can be huge, so we need to find balance between being worried and being content. Some people split their targets into 2 categories - Bare Minimum and desirable, perhaps that'll help you. All the best!
Yeah I do the same. Tried bare minimum concept but didn't work for me.
But this constant reviewing takes a lot of time and also I feel little doubtful about how can I keep changing my approach again and again.
May be changing approach is the correct approach.
GOODMORNING EVERYONE..:) After struggling 3-4 days with( COLD and COUGH) the stamina went down..and the irritation went up..
Starting again with partial energy and complete focus..!
Today's Target:
1: Newspaper ( BACKLOGS)
2: Medieval history ( TamilNadu textbook)
3: CURRENT affairs + Ques solving ( PYQ's)
4: Note MAKING( History)
HAVE A GOOD DAY PEOPLE.:)
Day-6
15/1
Not doing gud so no specific targets
There was a general query, how often do you guys plan?
Like not daily plans but broadly related to preparation monthly and weekly may be.
The honest answer is that I do it whenever I'm slacking off and I need to re-evaluate. Usually try to keep segment the targets in terms of big chunks (I'll finish X,Y,Z papers in 2 months), small chunks (I'll finish A,B chapters in week 1, B,C in week 2 and so on) and micro chunks (what the google sheet is doing for us essentially)
I usually come back to it every Sunday and see how I'm doing with respect to my targets, then I tweak the targets a little and move ahead.
Also, I've realised that sometimes the burden of a couple of bad days can be huge, so we need to find balance between being worried and being content. Some people split their targets into 2 categories - Bare Minimum and desirable, perhaps that'll help you. All the best!
Yeah I do the same. Tried bare minimum concept but didn't work for me.
But this constant reviewing takes a lot of time and also I feel little doubtful about how can I keep changing my approach again and again.
May be changing approach is the correct approach.
There is a saying, "Those who fail to plan, plan to fail". It is okay to give it 30 minutes every week :)
I hope it is. What I do is try to keep the long term targets on track despite messing up a couple of weeks. If you're in the long term target +-10 days range you're on the right track.
Again I'm not fit to be giving any advice considering that I haven't written mains, so take what I way with a pinch of salt.
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!
Happy Lohri all!
Yesterday's update: 1. Done 2. Not done 3. Partially done- read 40 pages 4. Done
13.1.22:
1. John Donne answers 2/2
2. CSAT: Work & Time
Taking a Lohri break in latter half of the day. Good day!
Done, done.
14.1.22:
1. Write test paper for Shakespeare and Donne
2. Write pyqs for some author, will decide later
3. CSAT- work & Time 2/2
4. Revise ancient India notes
All the Best! ☀️
1. 50% done 2. Not done- consolidated notes and previously written answers instead 3. Done 4. Not done
I seem to be in a habit of leaving at least one target everyday :/
So the most important target today is to compete all targets I set for today.
15.1.22:
1. Finish Shakespeare and Donne test paper
2. Read Tess of the D'urbervilles- upto page 150
3. CSAT practice
Hoping for a productive day :D
GOODMORNING EVERYONE..:) After struggling 3-4 days with( COLD and COUGH) the stamina went down..and the irritation went up..
Starting again with partial energy and complete focus..!
Today's Target:
1: Newspaper ( BACKLOGS)
2: Medieval history ( TamilNadu textbook)
3: CURRENT affairs + Ques solving ( PYQ's)
4: Note MAKING( History)
HAVE A GOOD DAY PEOPLE.:)
GOODMORNING PEOPLE..:)
UPDATE: All done except note making (halfway through)
TARGET'S for today...
1: Newspaper
2: ART & Culture ( Fine Arts Class 11th)
3: Medieval history ( few topics to be done)
4: CA+ PYQ's...
Have a great Sunday Everyone..!! :)
Day-6
15/1
Not doing gud so no specific targets
Day-7
16/1
1. Newspaper
2. Class -7 (his) - 2 chap
3. Security issues -1 lecture
4. Optional -6.2
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:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
SFG is brutal, cruel and demanding. Just what UPSC prelims is expected to be. The competition is so evident here whatever you do there will be people scoring in 90s IDK how.
14/01/2022 Day 06
1. NP+1CA CLASS
2. SFG TARGETS
3. Ca revision
Happy Makar Sankranti :)
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE
Could not do anything except SFG. Need to reflect back on how to efficiently utilize my time in coming days. Done with the madness and confusion of first week time for little planning and reorienting the preparation.
15/01/2022 Day-07
1.NP +2 ca class
2. Polity consolidation
3. Pyq+other mocks
4. Clearing my mind and planning ahead.
Good day everyone:)
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE 4. DONE
Quite a lazy day spent reading stuff and decluttering my mind. Then came weekly rankings barely survived in SFG (idk why I wasn't expecting a weekly rankings). Later Virat resigned and I realised how I have entered my late 20s now. Noting all these things moving into next week.
16/01/2022 Day-08
1. Np + 1ca class
2. SFG TARGETS
3. MATHS PYQ
Keep hustling:)
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!
Happy Lohri all!
Yesterday's update: 1. Done 2. Not done 3. Partially done- read 40 pages 4. Done
13.1.22:
1. John Donne answers 2/2
2. CSAT: Work & Time
Taking a Lohri break in latter half of the day. Good day!
Done, done.
14.1.22:
1. Write test paper for Shakespeare and Donne
2. Write pyqs for some author, will decide later
3. CSAT- work & Time 2/2
4. Revise ancient India notes
All the Best! ☀️
1. 50% done 2. Not done- consolidated notes and previously written answers instead 3. Done 4. Not done
I seem to be in a habit of leaving at least one target everyday :/
So the most important target today is to compete all targets I set for today.
15.1.22:
1. Finish Shakespeare and Donne test paper
2. Read Tess of the D'urbervilles- upto page 150
3. CSAT practice
Hoping for a productive day :D
1. Done 2. Done 3. Not done. Uff 😓
16.1.22:
1. Read, prepare notes and write answers for Victorian era & Tennyson's In Memoriam
2. Read Tess till page 200
3. CSAT
Most of today will be dedicated to Victorian era, a good artistic day it is going to be :)
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:)
1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE
SFG is brutal, cruel and demanding. Just what UPSC prelims is expected to be. The competition is so evident here whatever you do there will be people scoring in 90s IDK how.
14/01/2022 Day 06
1. NP+1CA CLASS
2. SFG TARGETS
3. Ca revision
Happy Makar Sankranti :)
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE
Could not do anything except SFG. Need to reflect back on how to efficiently utilize my time in coming days. Done with the madness and confusion of first week time for little planning and reorienting the preparation.
15/01/2022 Day-07
1.NP +2 ca class
2. Polity consolidation
3. Pyq+other mocks
4. Clearing my mind and planning ahead.
Good day everyone:)
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE 4. DONE
Quite a lazy day spent reading stuff and decluttering my mind. Then came weekly rankings barely survived in SFG (idk why I wasn't expecting a weekly rankings). Later Virat resigned and I realised how I have entered my late 20s now. Noting all these things moving into next week.
16/01/2022 Day-08
1. Np + 1ca class
2. SFG TARGETS
3. MATHS PYQ
Keep hustling:)
1. NOT DONE 2. DONE 3. NOT DONE
Silly mistakes are irritating man! Urrrghhhh
17/01/2022 Day-09
1. Np + 1 ca class
2. SFG TARGETS
3. OPTIONAL PAPER ANALYSIS
Good day peoples:)
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