[misanthrope87]

Every single day I have to deal with horrendous traffic. As a result, I wanna shoot myself in the head twice a day. I deal with the traffic to live at home with my parents to save money since my job pays pennies and living costs are just too much. I go to the client, do my audit work for the day, go home, eat, shower, and study. That’s my schedule mon-fri. On the weekends I get to study and do chores. This kind of schedule can be depressing. A couple of days ago after dealing with the heavy traffic on the way to work, I felt exhausted like I always do, but I was really upset this time. I was thinking I hate myself for putting myself through this kind of **** and that I hate my life. I was walking to the building with a huge @** frown and angry look on my face. I’m the kind of person that has a chronic b**** face too. So if I am actually mad, I look like the devil! But as I walked by this older man with a limp, he smiled at me and said “Hi.” This made me really emotional and I wanted to cry. In fact, I really did tear up and I can still tear up thinking about it now. I was thinking to myself, if some old man with a limp can be cheerful and nice enough to say “hi” and smile to such a grouchy person like me, I can be a little stronger and keep going with a better attitude! I was really feeling like no one that I know was understanding what I’m going through and felt really lonely. This one simple gesture from a stranger really made my day and made me thankful for the fortunate circumstances that I may have. I guess the moral of the story is…keep your head up!

B 2/12 87
A 11/11 90
R 8/11 86
F 5/12 88

[Anonymous]

If it makes you feel any better..I work 8-12 hours a day at night…every single night. I usually take a weekend off every 6-8 weeks. I have no social life what so ever. I get a hour of studying in at work and do couple hours of studying at home. So i go home, sleep, and then come back to work again and repeat!

So it could be worse for ya :p There is always someone out there who has it worse than you.

[mla1169]

Thats a great story thanks for sharing!

I have my own inspiration. A group of friends I met on a message board just like this. We all had babies in the same month and year. One of “our” babies (that I met online) developed leukemia when he was 7 and we tragically lost him at the age of 8. His mom, one of my closest friends, is absolutely THE most upbeat and encouraging woman in the world. I always remind myself if she can put a positive spin on life, I have not a single thing to complain about…….ever! It works every time to put all of this in real perspective 🙂

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[markiux88]

Sounds a lot like me….lol…My day-Wake up at 6:30, shower and come to work…It takes me an hour to get to work since I have to go through 40 traffic lights (I've counted them)…..Get to work do nothing or do sh**y work, leave at 4:30-5 and get home at 6…Eat and study from 6-10:30….And it's the same monotony every day….Saturday and Sunday study and work out…..Plus on Tues from 6-9 I have to go to Business Law class and put up with a bunch of idiots who think they know so much because they're in college….To make it even worse the Professor decides to call on me when I have not even read the chapter….puts a video of “My green tractor” or sum sh*t like that and everyone laughs as if the class was comedy central……..No social life..no nothing..not even FB lately…all I have is Youtube and CPAExcel….haha

[katiekanton]

Loved your story. FYI, good for you for living with your parents. If you're doing it for financial reasons and not because you don't want to work, there's no shame in that. In fact, it's something to be proud of. Most people today don't want to do the tough thing now for the payoff later. I think most of us studying for this exam don't fall in that category. When you're sittin gin traffic cussing out the idiot drivers who have their heads in the clouds, hold your head up and be proud of yourself for being disciplined enough to practice delayed gratification. You're better off in the long run.

AUD - 88
FAR - 90
REG - 85
BEC - 88

[misanthrope87]

@chakdey, what do you do? It makes me even more depressed,,, for you! =(

@mla, wow if she can be upbeat after that we can all be a little better.

@markiux, yup pretty similar allright. We gotta hang in though!

@katie, I'm glad you enjoyed my story! I'm not ashamed about it actually, these days a lot of people are living with their parents because the economy is bad. You're right, I think I will be better in the long run, but it's just hard to keep a smile on my face every single day. At times it gets to be to much. Us CPA exam takers need to stick together! =)

B 2/12 87
A 11/11 90
R 8/11 86
F 5/12 88

[Anonymous]

@misanthrope87 …now you know there are people out there who are in worse place then you. So cheer up! lol But I work for my parents, having no life has its upsides too! Which we will leave for another day. :p

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