Scaling UPSC - Preksha Agrawal

Dear prelims minions. 😄. I remember reading one article on Richard Branson. The Virgin Atlantic guy. He once said, ‘ set ur life, time, priorities and interests, all aligned to one single goal. He talked about simulating and ‘visualising’ the manifest of what u seek to achieve. I find that very powerful. In fact that a cheat trick to tune ur mind. A reminder. Set your body clock. Your body circadian rhythm. U must set it right. It’s takes 7-10 days to get used to a new pattern. No night-owl slog. What happens many a times is on the exam day while u wake up ur mind is still in the sleep zombie mode. U are not alert. And that can cost u couple of questions. So start ur body training. A. A typical day planner can look like (this planner for days u are practising both, GS and CSAT). Say, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. 1. Wake up 5:00 am. 2. Stay on bed and Revise ur last days work till 7:00 am. Recall. Read. Refer. Think. 3. Leave ur bed, get fresh. Breakfast. 4. By 8:30, try getting back to ur table and settle down. Choose a test u want to practice from. It can be a previous year’s paper too. Or any full length from an institute u trust. (Make a good compilation of 10-15 full length tests from 3-4 institutes. Ask ur friends). Sit calmly and quietly for 30 minutes. 5. Start ur test at 9:30-11:30am keep it exam simulated. Keep ur fan on a very slow mode. Simulate the heat conditions of ur centre. June is going to be hot. Get used to sweating. Drink lot of water. Keep 2-3 chocolate bars. U need glucose to fire ur brain. 6. Take 30 min break. Maybe a banana. Take a walk across ur room. 7. From 12:00-1:00pm do some revision of GS. Look up some concepts u did not know in ur GS-1 FLT u tried. Read about it. Make notes. 8: take lunch. Light. Revise for GS-2. Take GS-2 full length test at 2:30-4:30. 9. Take an hour break. Snacks. Think. Calm down. 10. 5:30-8:30 pm- check ur GS-1 and GS-2 scores. Detailed analysis. Ur guess work. Ur wrong answers. Silly mistakes. Make notes of ur learning. This is ur actual study time. But study with a strategy. 11. Take dinner. 12. 9:30-10:30 revise. Recall. Study. And retire not later than 10:30-11:00 pm. U must wake up at 5:00 am. U need 7-8 hours of good sleep. ——————————————— B. Plan for Tuesday, Friday, Sat and Sunday. U needn’t take CSAT test everyday. Make it trice a week. For days u are not taking CSAT test, 2nd half are GS practice should be devoted for practice and recall. So from 1:00 pm only GS and current affairs revision. *** don’t read any new concepts. Now-on only revise. Recall. Study whatever u have already noted and summarised. At edukemy we have done intense summarisation of current affairs. Revise that. Focus on more often asked sections in GS. Don’t spread thin across all topics. This day planner is a suggestion. U can always modify it to suit ur requirements. All the best. Keep at it. Any issues, call up. 9868424660 on WA. Leave a msg. And I will get on touch. My wishes. Happy to support

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Hello everyone, As the results of CSE-2023 are finally out, there would be a few happy faces and more of the depressed ones. While a few would be finally feeling relieved with the thought of escaping the loop, for some it would be yet another attempt to get into the service of choice and yet for a majority of us it would be that sinking feeling, hopelessness and worse numbness. I have been through this and I can bet that life seems like hell. The normal chores including brushing your teeth appear like an enormous burden. You tend to forget things more, you shout at everyone around you and are rebuking the universe with the choicest of words. For the time being do all the above. We all have done it. Shout, Cry Hard and Admit that you are Sad. We are all humans and you would be considered not normal had you been not weeping at failures. Weep your heart out- it may take upto weeks to fully vent out. And after you have gone wept your heart full, come back to another important decision- to be or not to be. Do you wish to be in the cycle or not. And the decision should be based on your own analysis of your own situation. You are wise enough to do so. If you have decided to remain in the cycle, good- gather up your energies, go through past mistakes and start with a rejuvenated mind after taking a break. If you have decided to come out, good- you are either in the service or not. In either case, there is life beyond and though it might feel very imaginative to hear but it will turn out to be better than you could have ever umagined. Nobody knows the timeline of events in future but as Steve Jobs says you can join the dots backward. You realize that everything which has ever happened was for a reason. And this journey is going to continue. Gather yourself up, march ahead in life. Be honest and compassionate towards yourself. The scars are meant to show that you fought the battle bravely.