Guys, please help with this one, it has been a week that I could not even concentrate in any chapter. I just lost all my motivation to study, I keep trying to remind myself of how my career would be if I get the CPA, but still can NOT study.
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If you are happy, you are not studying enough and have very little chance of passing.
So basically what I'm saying is, time is wasted whatever you do. Whether that's studying all day and passing or sitting on the couch watching TV. Earning more money, increasing one's resume won't make a difference in 1,000 years. But the prevailing thought is that money and status are important things to achieve. They are not.
Working hard/studying is just something to keep one occupied in life. Most people just won't admit it consciously.
@Aaron, are you serious? You sound ridiculous—you're basically saying NO ONE can have an impact on this world. I also disagree that working and studying are just ways to occupy one's life. If I don't work and study hard, I don't eat and neither does my 8 year old daughter. It's called survival.
Not trying to stir the pot here and I hope my tone isn't misinterpreted because I don't intend to offend anyone, but I do think we all have a purpose that will have a lasting impact on society in one way or another. I don't think I am going to change much in the world, but my son might. Maybe my purpose is to nurture and provide for him now so that he can do whatever wonderful and incredible thing that he is destined to do. Maybe it won't be my son, but my grandson or great-granddaughter, who cures cancer or figures out how to travel faster than light. Maybe my son's purpose is to be a good father. Who knows? Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It took a lot of people and a lot of hard work to get him there. No one thought about getting rich in the process. Marie Curie discovered radium. She later died a horrible death due to radiation poisoning but she did something wonderful while she was here. Those are accomplishments that people will be talking about 1,000 years from now. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that not everyone thinks the world revolves around money. I got on this slow train ride through hell, aka the CPA exam, not because I wanted to make a ton of money but so that I could provide for my family and be able to do what I really want to do, which is debt counseling. My conscience won't allow me to take money from people who can't afford to pay their light bill so I have to earn a living in order to help others. I don't feel like I'm doing this just to keep myself occupied. I feel like I'm investing in the future.
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