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When I say prioritizing it means understanding what, when, and where to give your attention.
• When your work becomes demanding, take a step back from preparation, make sure to complete the job and hand as soon as possible and then switch back to preparing.
• For instance, in my case, I had a sense of what my day or my week would look like in terms of workload. So accordingly, I would plan my work and my preparation. I preferred keeping weekly targets wherein I'd dedicate 12-15 hours of my week solely for CAT preparation. If Monday to Wednesday I would be flooded with work, then during those days I would prepare something that I find fun and relaxing to do like Quants or a DILR set or maybe even just watch some YouTube videos on various quant topics or read a few articles. For the rest of the week when the workload is a bit light, I’ll put in a dedicated amount of time to cover the topics that I’m struggling with and practice as many VARC/DILR questions as possible.
• You can synonymously consider this as time management as well wherein you figure out the best possible way to manage your time for work, preparation, and other aspects of life.
Coming to consistency, it is pretty straightforward. It’s just showing up daily.
• You don’t necessarily have to give your 100% every day. You just have to make sure you do as much as you can and if possible, give in a bit extra at times.
• If you thought this week, I’ll do 15 DILR sets, but today all you can do is just one DILR set then just do that. It is fine. Even that will add to something. You just have to remember that I have 14 more to go to and I’ll balance it out in the coming days.
• Whatever daily or weekly or monthly goal you have set up, try to consistently work towards that. That’s all. Whether you can accomplish that is secondary. Just make sure you stick to your predetermined goal, no matter what. It'll help you stay driven and focused.