I have written 2 prelims, preparing for a total of around 2.5 years (1.5+1)

Below is my performance :

• 2021: score 80 vs cutoff 87.5
• 2022: score 85 vs cutoff 88

Soon after I left preparation (for financial reasons, never to come back), and decided to get a job, during my skill building period for the job(learning software development), I came across ‘Andrew Huberman’ and his ‘dopamine theory’, and his ‘6 pillars’ theory

Discovering, understanding and applying these to my daily life, fundamentally changed my life for good.

Being consistent during job skilling phase, before that, was an uphill task, just like consistently studying was during upsc prep phase. But afterwards, it magically became a downhill task (I kid you not).

After a few months of consistently learning software development, I cracked a job as a full stack developer in a startup in Bangalore.

This experience motivated me to explore other proven, practical, usable scientific conclusions, tactics and strategies further, so I semi-binged through Huberman Lab podcast on youtube, read through blogs (like farnam street, less wrong), read research backed books (‘Thinking Fast and Slow’, ‘Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger’, etc), so on and so forth.

What I discovered after all this is the simple truth:

The solutions to most problems in an average person’s life already exist, and are already known, just not well known

The numerous ways I came across to tackle different types of challenges in general, in life, in hind sight, seemed to be perfectly applicable to the challenges a upsc aspirant faces during their preparation, like ‘consistency’ being a big one, and numerous others like it (forgetting what studied, switching study material frequently, etc)

‘Scientific Aspirant’ is my attempt to share those proven ways/tactics with the aspirants who are struggling out there with the numerous different kinds of challenges that I faced during my upsc prep phase

I believe following these during my prep would have exponentially improved my efficiency and hence my odds of clearing the exam

If you would like to read about the core lessons I derived from my prelims journey, you can read them here

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