@Track55 – yeah, exercise and diet and staying away from excess sunlight, and drugs – and good old fashioned genes – will keep someone looking younger. I have no children and never will I don't think, so that's another reason why I don't look worn out like most 40+ year olds do. It's nice you still come on here even though you passed awhile ago.
@esenthil – you can make up the time with your kids later, you and they have many many years of life left to live. That's interesting about your career background and doing the CPA. I haven't met anyone with a resume as colorful as my own, as far as all the stuff I've done since undergrad (I finished in 2000, that's right, Class of Y2K.) Most prospective employers have not liked my resume, but – my longest-running job lasted a decade. It was during the last 4-5 years of that job that I began taking accounting classes and eventually completed a second degree.
Your career sounds really interesting, and you don't need a CPA license for it I wouldn't imagine. My career path is internal audit, and most are CIA but not CPA. Unlike 90 percent or more of people who take these exams, I am not in public accounting and don't want to be. It wouldn't be a decent fit for me. Hopefully, I have what it takes to pass these exams and can have a better career after getting a CPA license. I'm kind of addicted to this forum as well, I need to stop it until I pass a couple sections or it is going to result in another failure. But yeah, I am glad I found this forum too, I haven't really vented much lately but I did when I first came here 6-7 months ago when I first began the process. I was on Reddit briefly before coming here; Reddit is a horrible forum, although they do have a lot of topics that are good – it's just that the people on there are mostly cruel jerks and on here, there don't seem to be any currently. We've got some immature kids who post from time to time but I am really impressed at the quality of posts on here compared to any other forum I've tried (and eventually quit) in the past. Eventually this will all be behind you and you'll have your license, so don't worry. I know the feeling though… before I started taking these exams, everyone around me said “You're gonna pass them all on the first try, you're really smart, you're gonna be done really fast, don't underestimate yourself.” I hate to say this but I knew they were wrong and that it would take more time. This exam is just not ‘simple' or simplistic, for the vast majority of us who take it.
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