[Florida_Candidate]

What do YOU do to keep yourself sane while studying for these things?

My outlet is exericse! I was training for the Chicago marathon on 10-10-10 but I injured my knee so I’ve been bike riding like crazy while trying to rehab the knee. But yep, my outlet is exercise 🙂 Though I have to admit sometimes while I’m running or on the bike I’ll start to go through Becker mnemonics in my head! It’s so much harder to remember them while you’re physically exerting yourself!

FAR-91 (7/29)
AUD-99 (8/23)
BEC-90 (10/1)
REG-99 (11/3)

[Freefall_Doug]

This is a hypothetical questions right, like if I was already sane, how would I remain sane through the exam process? Scheduling an exam during busy season is a good way to keep on the right track, hehe!

But honestly I think I lost my mind after my first year or two in big four…

I have a few fun past times to keep from getting less “sane”. Throwing workpapers into my cube is a good one. Yelling at workpapers is another good one!

Work hard play hard helps. That is how I found my hobby of skydiving, and heavy drinking. =P

[Anonymous]

I have no anser to this question. I have been studying for 14 days all together, but no going out, no dancing, no love, nu music, none of these. Just study like crazy. The bad issue here is that while studying, I tend to think that all the concepts are the same, and “I know them” and thinking that I got the idea… when in fact… when I do the MCQ ..I AM LOST…. hahaha. I mean most of the answers that i choose ..are wrong….. Anyway, the more I study, the more i know…It's a huge progress though…. But I had just one night that I had wine, and waste time on some chat with “virtual friends”. And I saw 2 movies in these 14 days. :))) BAD!

[75_stay_alive]

I'm a little late on the response but I thought I'd share with you something about me & how I keep sane. I work FT for a cutthroat company where everyone expects you to fail. People ask about you and your studying but in reality, they're all looking to fish out any little dirt that you have so they can use it against you; not being cynical but that's just how it is in my company. If you're not on point, they will see right through you and you're basically done. When I'm at work, my mindset is at work, but as soon as it's closing time, I'm all about keeping the homefront in tact & taking care of my 2 energetic kids ages 10 & 6. I'm a very lucky single parent to 2 good kids; they are the the ones who keep me sane. Homework & family time always comes right after dinner till about 8 during school nights, 9 or 10 during weekends. After that, then it's my time and I make full use of it. Sometimes when I'm ahead of my review schedule, I watch a little TV preferably sports and the news. I basically have no life and that's fine for now because I know this is just temporary. I'm manning up to get this done. I know that all this sacrifice is worth it not only for me, but for my kids so I can provide for them a better future, better than what I had. To me, that's all that matters to keep moving, keep going forward…failure is not an option.

[sixth sense]

For me, I play Super Mario Brothers every day after dinner. lol~~

[Anonymous]

Love the answer there 6th Sense…..

I've already passed through the insanity (well, the extra insanity the exam caused). There are three things that are critical for sanity during this exam prep process.

1. One day at a time. You have to break the materials into manageable chunks. If you attempt to look at how much you have to do to be ready for these exams it will demotivate and overwhelm you. One day at a time is your mantra.

2. Comfort from others taking this exam. Finding others going through the same thing is a huge stress relief. Being on this site has already accomplished this for many. The other people in my Becker live classes was also a big help. Encouragement from those that don't know what this exam is like from experience just doesn't seem to help as much.

3. Personal time. You have to take some time for yourself. You cannot study every waking moment. For me, this was Friday nights and Saturday/Sunday afternoons. I did no studying on Fridays. My wife and I would try to watch a movie (and usually be asleep 10 minutes into it). I did my weekend studying in the mornings and took the evenings for my own personal time. This definitely helps keep you sane.

As to me personally, I'm a computer geek. I spent my free time infront of my computer working on a couple of games and other techy projects I have going on. It was annoying to have a new game come out the day before my birthday right in the middle of my studying for FAR. I intentionally did not get it because it would have distracted me. I did get it on the way home from my FAR test (which was my last section).

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