Don't let yourself dwell on the fact that you're studying alone. Don't let it be an issue. I'm a firm believer that things like this are only issues if we allow them to be. I studied “alone”. I did my accounting courses online, so never had people to study with for my accounting courses in undergrad, let alone for my CPA exams. The fact that I was doing them alone was never an issue cause I never allowed it to.
Just study when you study, and socialize when you socialize, and don't expect the two to mix. Have your motivation be that you're becoming a CPA, now that you're studying as much as/more than so-and-so.
Since I've always studied alone, I'm not sure what the motivations would be when studying with someone else, but can tell you that when studying alone, the motivation is getting the passing score, becoming a CPA, and the biggest one for me was being DONE with mandatory studying forever. For me, getting the CPA was on my “mandatory” list, and once I got that, I was done. After that was “optionals” – MBA, CMA, maybe even a doctorate someday…but CPA was the last “mandatory”. Now I've dropped CMA off the list, but have decided I really want an MBA someday, but it's still not a “must happen immediately mandatory”, so I'm still enjoying that mandatory studying is done. 🙂
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