Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. Not much to say this week, my fellow NINJAs … After the excitement of passing Audit, life has gotten the better of my time. I hate to admit this, but I haven’t even attempted to study since receiving my good news. I am not sure if I am

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Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. Yesterday was a great day. I finally got some good news in the score department … I passed Audit with a 76! I was completely elated. Being that the score release occurred the week before a holiday weekend, it made the wait to get my score feel even

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Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. As I see test scores starting to release, I am again reminded that I live in Oregon… Shame on you snail mail state!!! UGH This last week was a non-study week for me. My mother is still gone, so my child/work free time is minimal at best. I

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Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. Life is crazy … You are happily walking down your path and then BOOM ~ Distraction jumps in your way. Distraction takes many forms. It may be beautiful spring weather that draws you outside to play. It may be a heavy load at work that sucks up your

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Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. Transitioning from one topic to another always poses a bit of a challenge for me. Usually, after taking an exam, I want to immediately crack open the next section. It’s almost like I don’t know how to relax and just be. Or maybe I am glutton for punishment.

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Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. “How did it go?” The dreaded question… Along with “How do you think you did?” and of course, “Aren’t you so relieved to be done?” Anyone who has been through at least one of section of the CPA exam knows the answer to those questions isn’t so simple…

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Trisha is a weekly NINJA CPA Blogger. Audit and I will meet again April 26, 2012 at 12:30pm. It took me some time to get up the courage to schedule, but after a weekend and early week filled with study time, I finally felt I was ready. Last week I had to take a step

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  My first round attempt at passing the CPA exam was VERY mapped out. I signed up for live classes that had small windows in between for review and test taking. After failing three of four exams by just a couple points, I had to ask myself what REALLY went wrong (besides the exams being

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  To this day, I will continue to kick myself for not attacking the CPA exam straight out of school, before child number two came along… When I first started working in my current position, my boss even encouraged me to study on my downtime at work. Did I? Not so much… I had the

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  Hello fellow future CPAs!!! My name is Trisha. My path to pursuing CPA status is a round about one… I graduated with my Bachelors in Criminal Justice from WSU in 2000. At the time I wanted to work in law or social work, eventually obtaining a higher degree in my chosen field. Straight out

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