[Pistol Pete]

Hello everyone… I come to you today hoping to get some advice. I started the CPA exam journey off strong. I passed AUD on the first try and then FAR a few months after…. since then I have failed REG and BEC twice each. Well my last chance is coming up to pass both of these before I loose my AUD credit. My problem now. I have absolutely zero motivation… I have for some time now. I started work last fall and since I’ve started I can’t get enough energy to study when I get home. All I want to do is just sit in front of the TV or go to sleep. After a long, boring day of staring at excel and pdfs about accounting all day long… the last thing I want to do is study.

To add salt to the wound, I know I need to be studying. I’m completely stressed about losing credit… but when it gets down to it and I sit down to study, my mind just wonders and then I go through this lengthy process of beating myself up over not studying.

Anyone have any advice? Has anyone else recovered from this? I need to find motivation from somewhere…

BEC - 4/26
AUD - 75
REG - 64, retake 5/29
FAR - 75

[onebear]

Hi there, when do you start to lose your credit? I lose one of my credit too in next Feb. I'm studying for far now…. ahhh!

[teeteenounouche]

I've been there…what I suggest is that you have your study materials strewn about everywhere in your home that you like to procrastinate and waste time in. This makes me crack up thinking about it but I that's what I subconsciously did so that when I was doodling off in space wondering why I didn't have my CPA yet or fast forwarding through commercials on my DVR, my notes would be there and I would pick them up and start studying when the guilt kicked in. Also, keep the thought of having to study AUD and FAR again in the back of your mind.

Florida:
AUD: 73, 81! Thank you Lord!
BEC: 73, 77! Thank you Lord! and WTB
REG: 71, 82! Thank you Lord! and A71
FAR: 72, 78! Thank you God and my Mommy in Heaven!

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[Amay]

Get out of the house! Force yourself to go straight to a coffee shop/library with your study materials for just 1 hour or 2 after work Monday through Thursday (treat yourself for a job well done Friday night). After doing this for a week or two, you should be “safe” to start studying again at home. LOL. Also, think about WHY you want this and how much you hated studying for those other passed parts you are at risk of losing. Would you really want to study those again and start from scratch?

Another thing I do when I catch myself slacking off on my computer. I got this app called Self Control for my MAC and I can put any distracting websites I want to block from myself for a specific time I set. Once the timer starts (I do it for 30 minutes at a time) it will not let me get into Facebook or any of the sites I tend to go to. There is no way to turn it off. You have to wait until the time runs out.

So tell yourself, OK, I am going to study for just 25/30 minutes, and then treat myself to a 5 minute break. After 3 study sessions, allow yourself a 30 minute break! In that time, you can watch a show, a quarter of a movie, slack off online, etc. It has worked so well for me! You can read a lot about this method on this forum….just search “pomodoro.” Good luck!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[teeteenounouche]

Yes, agree with Amay on pomodora…I used it for my retake on FAR and the ticking helped me focus so much that I would study through the breaks.

Florida:
AUD: 73, 81! Thank you Lord!
BEC: 73, 77! Thank you Lord! and WTB
REG: 71, 82! Thank you Lord! and A71
FAR: 72, 78! Thank you God and my Mommy in Heaven!

CPA Excel, Ninja Notes & Audio, Wiley Test Bank, CPAreviewforfree

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