[PursuitCPA]

I get to the point where I feel like I can’t study anymore…

How do people stay motivated?

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[Anonymous]

Pursuit that's where I am right now! I am studying FAR for the 4th time and taking it on the 30th. Overall this will be test #12 and I've been working on this since May 2007. When I get to that point I usually take a night off because clearly if I'm not in study mode it's not going to be productive anyway…My problem is that I have a hard time sitting there for a long time looking at that stuff so I'm usually up once every hour to take a break. But that just helps keep my mind fresh!

[PursuitCPA]

I have to pass now or I will be working at walmart

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[Anonymous]

The biggest motivator for me was to get it done once and never have to look at it again. I HATE FAR.

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to study as we speak but all I can think about is taking a nap or walking the dog. I've been at this cpa exam for almost 2 years now and I always get this way. I have 2 sections down, I just took BEC and am hoping for a PASS! lol I can see the light at the end of the tunnel yet it's still not helping me to sit here all day and study. HELP!!!

I would take a night off to clear my head but then I'll find myself 3 weeks later having not studied haha.

[Anonymous]

Let me even add… My friend who is taking the exam was devistated when she failed FAR and told me how she was so depressed she didn't know how I did it all the time! Meaning how I fail all the time and am still a happy person lol. My husband's friend failed a Finacial Planner exam and stopped trying. He told him, hey don't be afraid to fail! My wife has been taking the test for 2 years! again meaning that I'm not afraid to fail because I do it all the time.

Even these embarassing comments people make to me isn't enough to motivate me to just sit and study haha.

[PursuitCPA]

you get used to it. but when you career and life is on the line, it could hurt.

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[Anonymous]

I am having a hard time too, I am trying to study for right now for FAR but it is so boring I want to stop, this is my last section and it is taking me forever to get thru the information, reading the questions about bonds that are like 2 paragraphs long makes me want to shoot myself. I can't even get thru all the information one time, I bought lectures for my study material and the professor teaching them is so monotone I can't even listen to him and reading the lectures is impossible cause I need to read each paragraph 5 times to even understand what the material is saying. What a**hole invented all of these stupid rules for every little thing that happens in accounting, whoever it was, I hate him. Wish I could just hit the powerball and just burn all these books.

[Anonymous]

LOL Chal I'm right there with you! We can burn them together. I put off FAR for last and its just a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

I found Becker to be much harder than the actual exam. I took the exam last week and I studied 3 months for it. Just get the concepts down and you will be fine. Many people have talked about this exam being awful, but I didn't think it was too bad. The MCs weren't bad. The SIMS were the hardest part.

[PursuitCPA]

“I think it's a lot of factors; new material, test anxiety, review program, study habits, personal distractions, job searching, etc… “

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