[Anonymous]

I gotta say that I am dragging…I have REG in 1 month and 3 days and I am just dragging butt.

I’m having a really hard time getting motivated. With Aud and BEC I had an internal drive (thanks to my new job) and a bit of a dare to do it kind of mentality. Work and tax season just zapped my energy levels and then my Mom passing was a kick to the gut. I’m not one for excuses…I need to get my butt up and study (and I have been putting in the time) but it just seems like my effectiveness is way down and honestly I am mentally spent. I just want to go sit on the couch with the family and watch a movie. Meanwhile, this exam is speeding down the tracks at me.

I need to buck up and find some energy. I want to study well again with energy and excitement. I want to pass. But I am so tired it is like I have the FLU and it’s not just this exam, I’m finding it hard to give a dang about work or anything else. I guess it is just stress.

So come one, come all….line up and give me a swift kick in the butt. Otherwise, I am headed for failsville. I NEED to get this REG done. This is where I stalled last time and (coincidentally enough, where three relatives died in a six day period right before the exams) I desperately need to achieve this hurdle.

So go drill sarge on me. Give it to me rough because nothing else is working right now.

CPAPending

[jomarie]

@Mom2two – That's how I feel right now, all over the place. I will look it up!!

Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

[Anonymous]

Do you think Jeff may start selling Ninja Vitamins?

[jomarie]

Sounds like a good idea, Drex!!!

Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

[jenuno01]

I just bought the pills at GNC during my lunch break! lol

Class of 2012

[Anonymous]

I'm stopping by on my way home to get some….even if it is for the placebo effect.

Funny story about vitamins and medications. My poor Mom was sick for some many years and she would go to the doctor and they would give her medications to help her out. She wouldn't take those, no. But brother let me tell you, if she went down to the GNC store and told the newest 12 year old working there her ailment, he/she would fix her right up. 😀 God love that woman, she was stubborn. 😀

I tried my best to get her to take the medications that the MD's gave her. I once even told her that the kid working there probably hated his job and would likely give her something that was going to make her grow man junk. 😀 But still she persisted that those natural cures woudl help her (truth be told nothing would have helped her, so we'd just laugh and let her have her old stubborn way).

CPAPending

[KasiaS]

Jenuno, I'm late but these are specifically the ones I used:

https://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2133909

I definitely recommend looking elsewhere as Mom2two suggested because GNC is overpriced. I just got them there because I was desperate and didn't want to wait for them to be shipped.

FAR 88 (07/15/11)
BEC 83 (08/31/11)
AUD 81 (10/15/11)
REG 83 (11/26/11)

Used NIU Correspondence CPA Review

[jenuno01]

Yay! Those are the ones I got! Thanks Kasia! The GNC lady told me they wouldn't give me energy tho! Ah! Did she lie to me? lol

Class of 2012

[jenuno01]

I think the demand for those pills just skyrocketed ! I better go buy all the ones on stock before they're out!

*gets on his camel, gallops full speed to the nearest GNC…disappears in the distance*

Class of 2012

[KasiaS]

@jenuno….did you already take a hadnful? You're getting a little nutty.

They won't give you the kind of energy boost that you'd get from chugging a Monster drink but it will make you more alert, and in my case I did feel like I caught a second wind so that's what I mean about it for me.

FAR 88 (07/15/11)
BEC 83 (08/31/11)
AUD 81 (10/15/11)
REG 83 (11/26/11)

Used NIU Correspondence CPA Review

[jenuno01]

@Kasia – I took 1 or 5 😉 how many are you supposed to take? I should've read the label lol

Class of 2012

[Anonymous]

I bought some today and can't really say I felt too much of anything…time will tell.

[jomarie]

I went out looking for some but they didn't have any!!

Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

[Anonymous]

Position revised…. I have noticed a fairly significant increase in desire to study and concentration. I no longer feel like I have the flu. Kind of like someone else said, kind of like I am hitting my second wind. That's the good side and I am sure there is SOME placebo effect in there.

On the bad side, I am having trouble going to sleep. I usually hit the bed and am out in under two minutes, now I feel kind of like a kid the night before Christmas…tired physically but keyed up and it seemed like I just laid there and laid there forever. My wife could wake me up at 2 am to go for a jog and I would be down with the idea. It's like my body never quits or shuts down—when I wake up I am ready to go, but not in a rested, restful way.

I took the first two doses (one each day) mid-afternoon so we will see. I took today's dose at 6 AM when I got up so maybe tonight will be restful.

[Mom2two]

@CPApending. Glad to hear you are getting your second wind! I have read that you should take it first thing like you did so it won't effect you at night when you are trying to go to bed. Maybe consider a small dosage of melatonin to help with sleep…anything to get through the exams…disclaimer…anything being legal of course. 🙂

I do a 15-20 minute Yoga practice at night before I got to sleep and I sleep so much better. It is a wind down practice, mostly twists and meditation to help unwind the back after sitting all day and the breathe work helps me center myself and slow down and get ready for sleep.

Hope you find the right study rhythm you are looking for and finish out this window, then BREAK. Enjoy some sun and summer and take a breather. You are soooooo going to rock this and be a CPA in 2012!! 😉

B: 81 (3X) May 2012
A: 76 (1X) Nov 2011
R: 86 (2X) Feb 2012
F: 64, April 2011, retake 10.01.12 - 75!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I hope you are right….this exam is the key. If I can get it, despite the craziness of life, it will be a big boost and going 3/3 since I actually began really studying will be GREAT. Passing despite everything that besought me this window will be a big accomplishment, failing will be a HUGE setback. I keep seeing so many people say that the REG was brutal (that and the fact I have never passed it) that I am a bit psyched out.

I made a study schedule out today (something else I lacked the mental energy to do until the herbs). If I stick to it, I will essentially replicate my previous study plans of: writing the notes, typing the notes and doing WILEY and CPAExcel MCQ's and SIMS 3x over.

I so cannot wait to have this section over, I really thought I liked business law but it sucks. I might just sleep for a week after this exam because I am flat butt worn out. Much more so than other sections.

[Author]

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