Study group of working professionals on Whats App

ashutosh_aditya

I am working In a public sector company. I have shift duty so time management is a very big issue for me. I am attached with this forum for almost one year and taking guidance from seniors. I have studied almost all required books and newspapers but still not able to clear prelims. Problem is with discussion as I am alone and without any topic discussion I hardly remember anything after some time. Here I seek working professionals with whats app in their tab or mobile so that we all can share our study progress and plan very quickly in office or on the way to office. This will connect all working professionals every moment to discuss study matters and programmes.

F0EHAMMER

@ashutosh_aditya
I am with you on this .
I am too a working professional with a private manufacturing major & too have shift duties to deal with.
How are you planning to do this ?

ashutosh_aditya

@LuV : Thanks for positive response. I have gone through your various discussions in another thread in on this forum. I appreciate your concern to manage your time along with Job. It is bit difficult but not impossible. Earlier to my current job, I also worked for pvt automobile manufacturing company where time management was next to impossible for me. Still I did, I continued my studies in late night, in office, in plant etc. And this worked, I finally got selection in an PSU oil company.

The same approach I want for UPSC, but lacking due to no company of good friends, in same situation with similar target.

Let me tell how I plan for it :

1. During Office Time, I usually read news papers, current affairs, editorial on Internet and on my android phone only. Reading hard copy of news paper will not look good among other officers and workers in my office. I also plan study topics during office Hrs.

2. It took almost 1 hour travel time from home to my office and vice versa. I use my android phone to utilize this time. I had several apps for news, quizzes, current affairs that I use very frequently. These apps, quizzes help me for evaluating myself for opted subject.

3. At home, I usually get time of minimum 6 hrs. This time is very much important for me as It decides my preparedness (Real Study) for Paper-1 and paper-2. And my problem lies here only. Consistency is my biggest problem. I am not regular in studies and this makes study uninteresting. Although I study 2-3 hrs daily but revision of any topic is very rare, it happens after months. I am lacking in this stage. If there will be a closed study group at least a person will be motivated and be in touch with subject affairs. Discussion will definitely help us in memorizing things for a long time.

This is what I do. If you have another good plan please share.

F0EHAMMER

I agree with you mate if we can form a study group things will be lot easier.We can help each other out & clear our doubts thru discussions.Moreover one can remain motivated and stay focussed when in a group.
My study plan is similar to you when it comes to exploiting office hours.
Consistency is also an issue with me buddy.
I think evryone faces it but to keep on track in the long run is what matters.
I squeeze out around same no of hrs . daily .
Discussions will help surely .I am up for it .
I am planning to start with Laxmikanth in few days as i have decided to cover GS in following order ...GS3,2,1,4 in that order & will start prep for my optional i.e psych from oct-nov.
Also if we can also practice answer writing simultaneously it would be great.
Just looking forward to more working professionals to join our effort

F0EHAMMER

So how are you planning on using whatsapp as a tool to aid our preparation .?

ashutosh_aditya

Suppose we are serious in our studies but getting no or less time for it due to office work and other liabilities, this time normally we loose valuable time in other activities. A message on Whats app in this way remind you that other person has the same or more difficulty level still he is doing. His updates will motivate you every moment. It will help in a great way if both read same subject and update their progress, important topics, questions etc. And if both are reading different topics, they may update important points that we should know, thus in same time we can have knowledge and little bit awareness about other subject or topics. Most important, each other's messages on whats app will vigil us during leisure time or when one is bored from studies. It will keep us vibrant and attentive so that at the end of the day, one should not place himself behind his whats app mate. It will record our progress, emotions and feeling day by day. Voluntary or forcefully, we will have to study more seriously than usual.

Not Necessary we use whats app, above can be done on this forum also, but every time opening laptop may lead our mind on other net surfing activities. BTW, I have activated by gmail account for this forum, and getting updated regularly in time on my android phone.

F0EHAMMER

Well i am up for it ...
Lets do it ...

ashutosh_aditya

Good. I am sending you my whats app number in your inbox. Please add that number. I don't know whether moderators of this forum will allow us to exchange our contact numbers. Let's hope good.

wasim3574

is this group still active on whats app??if yes then kindly inbox me admin's number.

rohit1681

Guys - You might want to lookup at this thing called - Telegram. Android application hai and it allows sharing of bigger files as well. Especially helpful since Whatsapp only allows pics/ videos and study group might need more.

You might want to try that...

Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger&hl=en

Neetu

Hi guys I am also a working professional want to join whatsapp group