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CSE 2022: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine

Are you people interested in forming a group on YPT? The CSE2021 group is full and i think there is no way to increase its capacity beyond 50. If people who are going to write the 2022 attempt are interested, i can create new group over there.

Anyone?


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@Muffin  I've made one

https://invite.tgclab.com/gXR7PDQK3dBqEyFf9

It will be even better if people who've missed prelims by a whisker join in to have competitive environment.

Please provide the password.

check dm

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Going to start posting targets here and will try to remain consistent. 

1 November

Newspaper (with backlogs)

September CA magzine (1/3)

Modern history notes (1/5)

Class 6 ncert (1/3)


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Muffinsaid

Going to start posting targets here and will try to remain consistent. 

1 November

Newspaper (with backlogs)

September CA magzine (1/3)

Modern history notes (1/5)

Class 6 ncert (1/3)


Done

Not done

Done

Done

Analysing topper essay copies - Done

Studied at snail's pace. Need to speed up...improve efficiency!



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2 November

Newspaper

Modern history notes (2/5)

Class 6 history ncert (2/3)

CA class (2 backlogs)

That's it!

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Muffinsaid

2 November

Newspaper

Modern history notes (2/5)

Class 6 history ncert (2/3)

CA class (2 backlogs)

That's it!

Ok so I am shamelessly back ....quite late as well...

Didn't study anything properly yesterday... Neither today... atleast till now....

Newspaper was done

Didn't even touch modern history and ncert

CA class backlog increases to 3

Did few videos of world history (poor compensation for all the targets that I missed)

Thanks@Philosopher94 and@Jammu for nudging me on YPT! I promise to be competitive from tomorrow. 🙈

Today's target (for the day that remains)

Newspaper - done

CA class backlog (clear atleast 2)

Write atleast 2 answers of Modern History

Bus itna hi kar lu toh bahut hai..

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Muffinsaid

Muffinsaid

2 November

Newspaper

Modern history notes (2/5)

Class 6 history ncert (2/3)

CA class (2 backlogs)

That's it!

Ok so I am shamelessly back ....quite late as well...

Didn't study anything properly yesterday... Neither today... atleast till now....

Newspaper was done

Didn't even touch modern history and ncert

CA class backlog increases to 3

Did few videos of world history (poor compensation for all the targets that I missed)

Thanks@Philosopher94 and@Jammu for nudging me on YPT! I promise to be competitive from tomorrow. 🙈

Today's target (for the day that remains)

Newspaper - done

CA class backlog (clear atleast 2)

Write atleast 2 answers of Modern History

Bus itna hi kar lu toh bahut hai..

CA class backlog cleared

Modern history answers done

Also managed to solve 5 case studies

Decent work for half a day! Need to work harder today.

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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

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mortysaid

Has anyone enrolled in Forum's Prelims test series? Can students download the question paper and do it in exam like conditions (hard copy)? This can help those practicing from home. I just want clarity on this before enrolling.

Yes you can...after test opens on scheduled date.

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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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6 Nov
Took almost full day off... Managed to pull few hours of study here and there...
What I managed to do: modern history notes 3.5/5 
Ethics case studies brainstorming
Newspaper
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Targets for tomorrow (7 Nov)

Modern history 4 &5/5 

Answer writing Modern History

See wysk 

Class 7 history ncert 1/3

Newspaper

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Muffinsaid

Targets for tomorrow (7 Nov)

Modern history 4 &5/5 

Answer writing Modern History

See wysk 

Class 7 history ncert 1/3

Newspaper

8 November

Most of yesterday's targets roll over to today. Was not well...studied in slow motion. Could only do a part of modern history and newspaper.

Rest will be covered today. 

Updates will be posted at night.

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Muffinsaid

Muffinsaid

Targets for tomorrow (7 Nov)

Modern history 4 &5/5 

Answer writing Modern History

See wysk 

Class 7 history ncert 1/3

Newspaper

8 November

Most of yesterday's targets roll over to today. Was not well...studied in slow motion. Could only do a part of modern history and newspaper.

Rest will be covered today. 

Updates will be posted at night.

An hour of book reading of modern history left + a few fringe topics from Google etc. (Why r u such a giant modern history)

Rest everything done. Also did 2 videos of world history.

Hopeful that I will be able to wrap up modern history as well as art and culture and ancient history this week. 

I wish to cover entire GS for mains before I turn 25 next month 🙈. Sounds weird but I don't want to feel pathetic on my birthday... specially because I have not cleared prelims 3rd time straight and am clearly very poorly prepared for mains. 

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Targets for 9th November

Cover leftovers of Modern History + start consolidation of notes

Write 5 answers

CA class backlog (maybe 2)

Class 7 ncert 2/3

See anudeep durishetty's art and culture notes

Newspaper


Saw someone here following Mrunal sir's daily CA videos... He has not uploaded since 2-3 days. Anyone knows why? 

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Muffinsaid

Targets for 9th November

Cover leftovers of Modern History + start consolidation of notes

Write 5 answers

CA class backlog (maybe 2)

Class 7 ncert 2/3

See anudeep durishetty's art and culture notes

Newspaper


Saw someone here following Mrunal sir's daily CA videos... He has not uploaded since 2-3 days. Anyone knows why? 

all targets roll over to tomorrow. feeling soo ashamed of myself. procrastinated the entire day...and then watched 3 marathon movies. feeling even more miserable now.

Will sleep asap and study from tomorrow.

10 November

targets same as above.

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Muffinsaid

Muffinsaid

Targets for 9th November

Cover leftovers of Modern History + start consolidation of notes

Write 5 answers

CA class backlog (maybe 2)

Class 7 ncert 2/3

See anudeep durishetty's art and culture notes

Newspaper


Saw someone here following Mrunal sir's daily CA videos... He has not uploaded since 2-3 days. Anyone knows why? 

all targets roll over to tomorrow. feeling soo ashamed of myself. procrastinated the entire day...and then watched 3 marathon movies. feeling even more miserable now.

Will sleep asap and study from tomorrow.

10 November

targets same as above.

Modern history done + did consolidation of notes(1/3)

done answer writing

didnt do CA class (backlog now increases to 4!!!!!!!!!!!)

forgot ncert :(

skimmed through toppers notes of art and culture

newspaper done

Did substantial part of world history

Though i missed a few targets and substituted a few others, overall was a satisfactory day.

will try to be consistent.

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11 November

CA Class - clear 2 backlogs (on priority)

Modern history notes (2/3)

Art and culture chapter 1 NS

Newspaper + Mrunal CA video


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Muffinsaid

11 November

CA Class - clear 2 backlogs (on priority)

Modern history notes (2/3)

Art and culture chapter 1 NS

Newspaper + Mrunal CA video


Managed to do 1 and a half CA Class (they are getting content heavy and longer....difficult to absorb more than 1 class in a day)

MH notes done

Art n culture (also made notes) NS 1st chapter + NCERT (1/2 done)

Newspaper and video done

Additionally have caught Cold .... therefore not setting any specific targets for tomorrow...But will definitely show up on YPT and study. Do shake me if i dont showup.

Also, huge shoutout to people on YPT. You guys are killing it!

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@Muffin What is YPT?


It is a productivity app. Forum members have formed a group there to keep each other accountable and track study hours.


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Have been down with cold and cough for 2 days. though studied a bit yesterday, but nothing today. Will try to get back on track from tomorrow. Posting rough targets for tomorrow.

14 November

CA Class (2)

AWP

Art and culture notes 

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DMsaid

@Muffin health is wealth muffin.
Sorry to shook u again and again (on ypt)
All the best muffin.


Completely fine bro! Keep nudging me...it helps actually. 😀

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Have been away for 2 days (courtesy - fever, cough and cold). All targets of the week have now gone for a toss. Exactly the moment when you want to give up. And the least you want is show up again on a public community of hardworking people who are ticking targets off their to do list. But i have nowhere else to go. So, i am back here, and will try to compensate for whatever time has been wasted.

Thanks to people who shook me on YPT. Will get back on track from today. 

Targets- (Combined for 16 and 17 November)

AWP - MH

MH - Remaining notes

Art and culture (1/4) 

Newspaper

CA class

Resource Distribution notes

WH Videos (WW2)

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Again starting to post daily targets here..might disappear later, once my studies come back on track..

17/01/2022

  • Aristotle, Machiavelli videos
  • Socrates,Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli notes
  • ET 1 chapter
  • Plan out next 15 days course of action



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26 January 2022

  1. Newspaper
  2. Marx, gramsci, Hannah Arendt
  3. Pol ideologies - till page 170
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Muffinsaid

26 January 2022

  1. Newspaper
  2. Marx, gramsci, Hannah Arendt
  3. Pol ideologies - till page 170
  1. Done
  2. Done
  3. Couldn't start

Will try to be better tomorrow

27 January 2022

  1. Newspaper
  2. Political ideologies (try to finish)
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Have a question..anyone here who has been using Evernote on tab for a while now? Did you face any issues with the app? Also would you recommend going for a paid subscription of it?..only for upsc prep usage.

Have been using onenote on laptop till now. Recently switched to a tablet.. found the Evernote app better than onenote's app...in terms of ease of use. Yesterday lost a part from my notes on Evernote because of some internet issues (app couldn't sync properly). This has never happened with onenote because it saves notes offline as well. Now I am a bit sceptical about continuing with evernote. 

A digital note making noob is seeking advice....

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Muffinsaid

Have a question..anyone here who has been using Evernote on tab for a while now? Did you face any issues with the app? Also would you recommend going for a paid subscription of it?..only for upsc prep usage.

Have been using onenote on laptop till now. Recently switched to a tablet.. found the Evernote app better than onenote's app...in terms of ease of use. Yesterday lost a part from my notes on Evernote because of some internet issues (app couldn't sync properly). This has never happened with onenote because it saves notes offline as well. Now I am a bit sceptical about continuing with evernote. 

A digital note making noob is seeking advice....

Hey, I don't use evernote on tab but I do use it on my laptop. This sync problem does happen with me as well but usually evernote forms a separate note titled conflict error: X. You didn't find any such note? 


Also, from my endless browsing I've come to realise that the conflict error usually happens if we copy-paste something from outside. We can get rid of this error by first pasting the text/image into word and then transferring it to evernote. 


Hope this helps :)

I had not copy pasted anything. A conflict note did get created but both the duplicate note and origione had missing content. 😐

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Muffinsaid

Have a question..anyone here who has been using Evernote on tab for a while now? Did you face any issues with the app? Also would you recommend going for a paid subscription of it?..only for upsc prep usage.

Have been using onenote on laptop till now. Recently switched to a tablet.. found the Evernote app better than onenote's app...in terms of ease of use. Yesterday lost a part from my notes on Evernote because of some internet issues (app couldn't sync properly). This has never happened with onenote because it saves notes offline as well. Now I am a bit sceptical about continuing with evernote. 

A digital note making noob is seeking advice....

Hey, I don't use evernote on tab but I do use it on my laptop. This sync problem does happen with me as well but usually evernote forms a separate note titled conflict error: X. You didn't find any such note? 


Also, from my endless browsing I've come to realise that the conflict error usually happens if we copy-paste something from outside. We can get rid of this error by first pasting the text/image into word and then transferring it to evernote. 


Hope this helps :)

I had not copy pasted anything. A conflict note did get created but both the duplicate note and original one had missing content. 😐

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I had not copy pasted anything. A conflict note did get created but both the duplicate note and original one had missing content. 😐

Ah that's too bad. There is a very active Evernote user forum, you could check that out.


Evernote has its own problems, I'm still using the legacy version because they don't have the tabs feature in the updated version. Would have shifted to One Note but the inertia is too much and I don't think I can manually transfer all that content, if you can then do try it out :)

I went through people's comments/issues on Evernote forum. A lot of people seem to have similar issues. And people do have issues with one note too. I spent too much time reading about them....this Evernote vs onenote debate seems to be endless... something i can ill afford rn.

I think I should just continue with evernote... Will be careful before closing the app now.. will let it sync peacefully.

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Does anyone know when is Vision Mains 365 released?

Last year the first one came out in November second week, i.e. a month after prelims. Should be same for this year too...

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