CSS prep 16 hr/day Myth or Real ?

Daily Prep duration is a subjective thing . But there are limitations as to how long your brain can stay focused. For all the pundits advocating 12 to 16 hours a day studying for extended periods upto an year or more ; I say , even if it’s ..

Humanly possible , it would be a needless aberration . If you want to make your day count , break it in three even parts , that are sleep , study & daily routine ( praying , natural needs , sociol needs ). Start with 6 hours focussed study by spreading it over sessions of 45 ...

Minutes to an hour . With spacing breaks of 20 to 60 minutes in between sessions during the day . Go upto 8 hours a day maximum . Beyond 8 hours may be possible for a few days but unsustainable on longer periods of six months to an year ...

Make every second count . Remember you can gain time by waste ( invest ) a little bit here and there to rewind & recharge . But don’t waste it on twitter or Facebook . Instead invest it on topics in sync with your subjects . Watch a relevant movie or check something ...

interesting on YouTube . Above all Don’t be distracted by people asserting that I knew such & such Person with very basic skills & he got allocated to FSP , PAS , PSP , IRS etc ... Don’t trust those stories . Rather depend on the pathway of dedicated hard work ...

Luck will only Trigger once you have crossed a certain threshold of academic ground formation owing to focussed hard work . Remember there is no other way around nor any shortcut .