how not to prepare for upsc cse

 

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

― Thomas A. Edison

you see it becomes quite easy to initiate a conversation by indulging in quoting the quotes: you manage to break the ice and you happen to sail with a slight to further  the discussion. also, keeping in mind the audience, the context and the unsophisticated environ. all account for tits and bits in condescending sense to something as vague an entity like in our case 'preparing for cse', the joke is every year we need fresh bunch of achievers to precisely retell the same method with disproportionate patterns or may be vice-versa. nonetheless, nobody ever required the itinerary for what could possible not be the obvious preparation tactics. now, that i've set our grounds clear lets just begin what should have been in most natural way rather than the categorised headlines but in slight humane way,' how not to prepare for cse upsc'.

before actually starting i believe it would be essential to give a little trivia about what this writer is and about. so, the brief about me is: an engineer by education who happens to not take  up the job which she has got thinking about the ample she could achieve. the farce she was never intending, the pun she became. so, now that you know about the me, the read should be an ease with ample of amusement along the way.

one would have expected what to expect from this, so let me ease a bit of the tardy stuff: nothing is there to expect. you happen to reach out my blog and the click bait at the look of it have made you read few lines of it, leading you to do the pity reading. well, who so ever you are and which ever part of the global world you hail, you have added to my seen count, i heartedly appreciate your pity readings which have made some positives in my null.

while the music is on, lets just sync this piece of literature.

'how not to prepare for cse upsc'

step#1: the advices are personal

when your are in your primaries of your preparation and you have made the mistake of already disclosing your aspirations in your close nit. chances are you will flushed with opinions and lots of youtube links to surf your way to the most suitable preparatory tactics. one thing you can take surety from me is, nothing would ever work. and the opinions pinned into your subconscious will only get amplified.

you see the most apt thing here would be listen and then constructively deconstruct all your past notions about upsc. it is a giant institution and it wants people of certain criteria to join them. its pretty rude to say it this way but it only wants the elite, not a bookworm. they want person with critical ability to understand, apprehend and swing the sword when in need. so the first that you need is to analyse your self. it does feels discriminatory to begin with given that each has their own positions in life and all come from entirely different situations in life. yet i would say upsc is levelling institute, how? because it desires skills and the language is just the choice. 

the crux is analyse yourself: your pros and cons. then, redo the listings and listening.

step#2: identify yourself

now that you have identified your grounds and standing, it will be a slight an ease to get to know yourself. the thing about this fiasco of finding yourself is: you better know the value of what you are required to put. this might feel confusing that one is first required to know the grounds and then only one gets to know self! this is confusing, yes it is because you are doing it for the very first time in your life. for majority of us career plans were limited to going to college, getting a degree and then may be opting for a nine to five job, well unless youre an iitian and nitian or any  elite institution, you never thought of this possibility. it took you 23-24 odd years in life to figure out what you actually want in life, the perk here is you may even agree to opt for any parallel job profiles of any state services, does echo some traits about your submissive attitude. yes, you indeed need to know yourself. how it will help? in simple terms as i may put it, it will help you set yourself for the most apt job profile. so you will work on to the set target instead of a signing up for a marathon may be you just require a sprint of 200 metres.

your desire of wanting to take head on upsc preparation might be the result of some clouded juxtapositions of cliches unintendedly circulated as cliché often heard as, 'you can win'; 'nothing is impossible' and etcetera's.

this is precise reason you need the knowledge of self, and when you have you would already do the needful.

step#3: the elusive syllabus

upsc syllabus is the best and worst piece of literature available for any aspirant. the best because it tells you precisely what exactly one needs to study. the worst because it doesn't label the standard reads which are required! so it leaves the aspirant wandering their way through the mounts of must have read, should have read and the definite of the infinite. youtube here is useful, as it introduces you to the fresh, the old, the gold, and legends of upsc toppers. pick any one , first, to jot down the book list. then may be for surety now pick a legend to conform to. print out the syllabus, paste it and paste beside it your reading list. 

this is your legitimate beginnings, treat yourself with a delicacy else gulp water down because there is a lot  still left to tread.

step#4: what not to plan

you need a plan for study not for your daily chores. the essential would be to plan by subjects and not be hours. what i intend here is, don't divide you day into time slots for let say 3 subjects rather pick one subject and make the list of topic to cover in a day. work accordingly. your obligation is to the target. first few months will be hard, but with each 21 day passing by you will come out covering basics of the general studies preparation.

don't feel like a bequeathed bride/groom. it's your plan you have sketched it, you can always modify provided you don't end up cheating. infidelity is never a appreciable act, keep caution.

step#5: what aboutery of choosing an optional

pick the most famous literary work of any of the optional subject mentioned inthe upscc cse syllabus. if it still doesn't arouse your interest inthe subject, chances are nothing would. so the smart thing will be to select any of the subject whose notes, coaching and study material are readily available.

you are here not being opportunistic, you are simply taking the road already known. being diligent is intelligent.

step#n: failure is there to stay

you may think that where are the series of step after five and before n , i am kind of pleased to inform you that this vacuum is your space. you will encounter failures in between sometimes only failures with iterations of various examinations. the economics of which is backed up by the financial stability you have. everything will be chaos and one failure cascades into ripples resulting into squabbling realities. it will be your inner will which will guide you through. it is here where your core desire to achieve the rank will be put to test. it is here from where you will evolve and your perseverance, your will, will bind in you the needful strength.

if you have seen game of thrones, the chronicles featuring arya inthe free city of braavos is the anecdotal memory recollection that glimpses the journey of cse aspirant: from wanting to portray as no-one to actually becoming one. it's only when arya as acknowledged who she is, does the faceless assassin set her free for the world. knowing one make us fearless. you know your wants. you would know the world too and you will prepare.

conclusion

inthe words of Petyr ‘Littlefinger’ Baelish:

Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, are given a chance to climb. They refuse, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.

do not be afraid of anything, consequences you face are result of your choices. to put it more simplistically:

 “Study yourself. Become your own mentor and best friend. When you are suffering stay at the bottom until you find out who you are. Let the storms come and pass. How you walk through the fire says a lot about you. Nobody likes a victimhood mentality and what happened to you is not important. It is about how you use your chaos that matters. The dawn will come.Transcend your fears and follow yourself into the void instead of letting yourself get eaten up by entropy and decay. Freedom is being yourself without permission. Be soft and leave a lasting impression on everybody you meet.”

― Mohadesa Najumi

many regards for reading this all along. stay lively and sail like alike then differently. thank you very much.