To be honest for a very very very long time I pondered to myself the point of obtaining this license. I passed REG on first try last year. Watched the Becker lectures once and did the multichoice questions and sims questions once, didn't really put in any more effort than that. But keep in mind I also work in tax, so this material isn't new to me and it's pretty easy for me to look at. Then I took AUD, and BEC, neither one of them did I put in forth any effort to studying. I did terrible, and I tell myself I just want to go in and see what the questions is like. For a while there I would study then not study for a couple days. This went on for months. I keep moving my exam date for AUD. I hated studying for AUD. I watched the lectures and I did the questions, and I was not doing well at all on the questions . On evidence part I am bombing like no other (I was getting atleast 60 questions wrong out of 100 on first try) . It's been at least 5 to 6 years since I touched anything with debits and credits. It was tough for me back then and after a certain period of time of not working with it you definitely forget it. And relearning this whole thing is ridonculous and tedious.
It is my family's expectation that I become a CPA. And for a long time I keep thinking that I am doing this for them and I get discouraged because it's not something that I want for myself. After a long time looking deep in to myself I realized this is for me, not for anyone else, and I don't care what anyone else thinks. Fact of the matter is I want to have a nice comfortable life working internationally, and a CPA license will get me closer to that goal. Through the support of my wife I finally was able to get myself motivated and study. The fact is you have to want this, if in your mind you don't want it, you don't think you can pass it, you will hold yourself back and constantly give yourself excuses to not put forth the effort.
This is a tough exam, and my AUD exam is tuesday. I'm not running from it. I've been studying and making sure I know the material. I don't know everything, In fact I still struggle on evidence, but overall I been getting a 60 on it and around 80s for the other parts. If I make it, great, if not, then I will study again and do it again, not a big deal. I am not going to stress myself out over it, what's the point? All I can do is make sure I put forth the effort to studying. Do I care what grade I get? No as long as it's a 75! Am I going to remember everything? Definitely not!
In the end all I care about is just enough knowledge to get me that 75 and the end result is I will be a CPA also.
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