This is not my first cycle, and if I had to start over I would: (1) do PYQs from month one, not after 'finishing' books, (2) keep one CA source, (3) not keep changing optional advice every week.

What would you change? Asking so I don't 'improve' by adding more material again.

I would protect a weekly revision slot. I was always starting new chapters and never going back, so by December the October polity was gone.

I would start CSAT earlier, even 3 sets a week. I treated it as 'later' and it sat on my head the whole time.

this. I needed to hear it again.

I would count hours I actually sat, not hours I planned in a colour-coded timetable.

And I would write one mains answer a week from much earlier, even bad ones. Waiting for 'enough content' meant I started writing too late.

All of this is uncomfortably accurate. I'll keep the list short and print it above the desk.

I would also date my notes. I found three versions of the same Laxmikanth chapter and no idea which one I should revise.