I can’t believe it’s getting closer and closer to the day when I take the Financial part. I have been facing this date for too long but still don’t feel confident to sit in that room. Maybe it’s because I have been so nervous about this part since the beginning that is contributing to the negative feelings I associate with this test. I keep finding many reasons to distract myself but one of my friends has inspired me by reminding me of a lesson we were taught by one of our professors called PMA – positive mental attitude.
It can be very hard to spend a summer studying inside as everyone else enjoys the sun. Luckily, Cleveland doesn’t provide too many of these beautiful summer days, but I still have found it quite demotivating to be inside and study. There are so many free events that I want to check out and I spend so much time searching for them that its even more upsetting when I realize I should stay in and study. Some of my friends still forget that I am taking this test. Maybe they think that it shouldn’t last this long and I agree with them. I wonder how much of this knowledge I will retain in the end.
I have found that it’s good to surround myself instead with those friends who are also going through the same thing. It’s a little victory when I get out of the house - even if its just to go to the coffee shop to study. There are four of us specifically, all studying for completely different tests: medical boards, LSAT, nutritional test, and my CPA, of course. Another motivation that keeps me going is New York and how I will hate it that much more if I am stuck inside while in the city. Work will take up enough time, and I want to enjoy my friends there and get ready to make a lot more. This is my summer project and I need to consider it as work and something that needs to get done. There would be a lot of time and money wasted if I don’t pass, so that is the biggest motivator.
Valbona Bushi