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Leaving no stone unturned

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Day 125 to Day 127: July 4 to July 6 2026

Log:

Average study time: 5.5 hours

Subjects: History Optional and Geography

Newspaper: Two hours daily

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Day 124: July 3 2026

Log:

Studied a bit of geography

Attended history optional lecture

Read newspaper for a couple of hours

Started internal security

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Day 123: July 2

Log:

Attended optional class. Did not do much else. Feeling a bit out of it

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Day 122: July 1

Log

July already. Time flies.

Studied for 6 hours. Bujo spread for July.

And some geography notes

Newspaper excluded from time studied.

World Cup is not tempting me as much as I thought it would. Only watching Argentina play because Messi.

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Day 112 to day 121: June 21 to June 30

Log:

Been busy. Mostly history optional and geography. Read newspaper for a couple of hours each day.

Got a long overdue haircut. Surprising hpw much of a difference it makes.

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Day 103 - 111: 11th June to 19th June

Log:

Primary focus was optional. History is very vast.

Average daily study time: 5.5 hours

Health improving so that is a positive.

Also read newspaper everyday for at least 1.5 hours. Beginning to think I need a system for logging current affairs as well.

Too much happening in India and the world

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Day 102: 10 June 2026

Log:

A successful day

History optional + geography

Total study time: 7h 20 min

Target for tomorrow: 8 h

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Day 94 to Day 101: 2 June to 9 June

Log:

Spent the first four days of this period too sick to study. Derailed my whole schedule

Next four days I managed to make some progress.

Started geography, history optional studies continue.

A snapshot of my bujo for today (10th). I feel a bit better now, I will sink my teeth in. Need to make up for the time lost

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It feels as if the universe decides to punish me every time I try to do better. Its not funny anymore.

But I won't give up.

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Day 93: June 1 2026

Log:

Total study time: 8 hours 45 min

Study items:

1. Geography ncert chapter 1

2. Geography lecture on climate

3. Environment lecture on pollution

4. History optional lecture

5. Current affairs video

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Day 91 and day 92: 30th and 31st May:

Log:

Studied more environment and a bit of polity.

Watched Dhurandar for the first time

Currently travelling

Made the June spreads for my bujo

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Day 84 to Day 90:

Log:

A tough week but I made some progress.

Studied environment and ecology it is very dense. Lots of facts and terms to remember.

Made some more progress on optional.

Started a workout routine, today is the third day in a row I have exercised. Small wins. I feel better already.

Have been religiously reading the newspaper 2 hours a day. Although lately I am wondering if I should make notes as well. Let us see.

24th was the day of Prelims this year. I saw the paper afterwards. I need to lock in and go twice as hard as I am going right now.

Will post more often starting June, May has been a bit meh lol.

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Day 78 - Day 83: 17 May to 22 May

Log:

A slow week overall, but it was my birthday in between so understandable. I decided to take a bit of time to ruminate over the direction I am going in

The dates of the exam I am preparing for have been released. I do not have as much time as I would like. So efforts must be redoubled.

As for the past five days, I have read the newspapers everyday for 2 hours. Additionally I started the modern indian history NCERT and I also continued my progress with Ancient India NCERT

More importantly, I have now a clearer target of things to do so I am hoping to turn that clarity into action.

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Day 76 - 77: 15 and 16 May

Log:

Read 6 chapters from ancient India NCERT. Completed one pager notes of a few.

Its been an interesting couple of days non study wise. That is all.

Read two newspapers a day as an experiment. I think I will stick with it.

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Day 71 - Day 75: 10 May - 14 May

Log:

Been a busy few days, dealing with some unexpected life stuff.

Watched 5 lectures of Ancient medieval and culture, read all of those chapters from NCERT.

Read newspaper everyday for an hour minimum

Also completed a couple of lectures on environment

Health going downhill though, hopefully improves in the coming days. I am tired.

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Day 67 - Day 70: 6 May to 9 May 2026

Log:

More life admin but I managed to watch 6 lectures - 2 on polity, 2 on economics and 2 on environment

Additionally, made one pager notes for NCERT ancient India chapters 1 - 3.

IPL is becoming interesting which is NOT ideal for me. I need to focus on studying.

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Day 63 - 66: 2 May 2026 to 5 May 2026

Travelling. The heat is insane. Also lots of life admin.

But I managed to squeeze in a couple of lectures. Also revised some polity. And newspaper reading has been regular if not exhaustive

I also decided that going for history optional with an engineering background while majority of history toppers have been history graduates means that I cannot just go for it alone. I will need guidance. Lets see how that pans out. I am hopeful.