#1 Reason I hate the CPA

Try to remind yourself this won't last forever and your social life will be back once you are done.

I chose to tell myself that I wanted this as badly as I wanted to breathe….

I actually have a passion for Accounting. I enjoy studying, sounds crazy I know. The things I hate are the fees, the 18-month window, and the rude Prometric workers.

With proper time management, your social life should suffer too much. During my studies, I put in the work but I still had at least 2 outings weekly and Sundays were light study days so I was able to catch at least some TV.

Take on a more positive attitude and focus on the fact that the sacrifice you're making now will pay for itself once you have those 3 letters after your name.

If you're not familiar with it already, I recommend the Pomodoro Technique to help you study efficiently – that's what I used.

Sure, you can read the free e-book on the site: http://www.pomodorotechnique.com

In short, you break your tasks up into 25-minute “Pomodoros” during those 25 minutes you give your full and undivided attention to whatever task you have at hand, whether it be doing MCQs or reviewing notes, listening/watching a lecture, or cleaning the house. The main rule is that you allow no distraction during this time period – that includes cruising facebook or A71. Once the pomodoro is over, you take a 5 minute breather to do what you please – this is when you can return to stalking A71 and NASBA during the score release. After you complete 4 pomodoros, you take a longer break – I usually chose a 30-45 minute break to watch a favorite show.

THere is a little more to it, but that's the basic overview of the technique. I'm a big fan of it and still use it in my day-to-day and at work. If you do a search for it, you should find a few threads about the technique here as well.

#1 reason I hate the CPA

the way it makes me feel starting exactly starting 3 days before the exam

like i m pms-ing x1000000

crunch time sucks