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I haven’t posted in a long time. Purposefully. Mainly because doing so in the past took a significant chunk of time away from studying, which I had very little of due to work and life in general. Happy Summer.
My problem is this – I can’t remember anything anymore. I remember my long-ago college years when I soaked up stuff like a sponge and the new information was always swirling around in my head and what I didn’t absorb quickly, I did eventually absorb. Nowadays, as I am studying for these exams, I don’t remember much of what I studied a week ago. Although, I did learn most of the stuff in school…years ago. When I took FAR in January, and when I took AUD exactly 2 months ago, I found myself guessing on well over half of the questions. I don’t think I was prepared for either exam. Not that the questions were mind-bendingly hard…it’s just that the answers were not jumping out at me. It was like my brain opted to step out for a smoke break on those test days. Although, I don’t smoke. My body would not permit me to do it anyway.
Some history:
– I’m 41 and healthy. Rarely sick.
– The last time I even had a passing acquaintence with “substance abuse”, or use of any recreational drugs, including alcohol, was about 20 years ago. And even then, I never used any drugs and never drank even remotely to excess.
– I eat right and exercise. Although, I am not fanatical about either one and don’t believe that “organic” food is any more beneficial to humans than non-organic food.
– I am not taking any prescription medications.
– I am not under the care of any physician. I don’t even have a doctor. Much.
– I’ve taken FAR and AUD. I’ve been studying off and on for the last two years. Well, first year I had no review course and thought I could do it on my own; I got onto Roger a year ago.
– I finished school (1st degree in non-business related subject) forever and a day ago, but finished my accounting studies a few years ago. I was always a good student. I had a 4.0 on my second BS degree in Accounting.
– I’m taking BEC on August 12th, which is the date my NTS expires. It’s the last exam on my NTS. I had to forefeit REG because I had no time to study for it due to work.
– The psychological aspect of doing these exams at age 40+ has all but killed me. I don’t know why I hate myself so much (with respect to these exams; I don’t hate myself about other aspects of life.)
– No family history of Alzheimer’s.
– I am in a relationship with someone I love very much. He has an MD and an MBA. No children though, and never will have any.I am one of the few who got sick of Roger. I am not someone who learns from videos, and because I heard so many bad things about his BEC program (which I did not know before buying his course) I am mostly using Gleim for BEC, and probably REG too.
I’m finishing up Gleim’s book this week. Due to time constraints and budgetary constraints, I have no access to anything except Gleim’s printed textbook, so I haven’t seen any of their vids. I will be using Roger’s BEC practice SIMs though, after I finish Gleim’s book. I’ll have a few weeks to work on them.Anything anyone can suggest about ways to improve my memory so that my brain doesn’t just shut off on test days? I guess I could try omega-12 or fish oil…
I just don’t know if it’s my brain’s subtle way of telling me that the CPA is not for me. But, I’ve come this far already…I might be stupid to give up, but on the other hand, I don’t want to keep paying money for failed exams.
Thanks for reading, and in advance if you happen to come up with any advice.
-L.L.
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