Less than 100 hours to go. Time to be at the peak now : preparedness… — Life of 64 squares : UPSC, Chess and more. — TG.ME

Less than 100 hours to go. Time to be at the peak now : preparedness, mindset and fitness; physical and (especially) mental. The preparation never feels enough. There'll be flashbacks of forgetting certain portions of the syllabus, guilt trips of days you flunked studying and the emotional baggage of previous attempts keeps getting heavier. The thought of skipping 'this' attempt will perhaps strike till the morning of 24th. The challenge amongst all this 'bhasad' is to develop the killer mindset. Feel the weight of the moment. A optimal amount of anxiety always helps. Pressure brings out the best of your persona. The brutality of this examination is to test your abilities to handle pressure more than anything else. Let go of all the negative thougts, the baggage and be in the 'killer mindset' zone. Confidence is the difference between IN and OUT in the process. Let your best self sit on the chair and solve the paper. May the best of warriors win!