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How Jenn Made Her CPA Study Process Simple with SuperfastCPA
May 3, 2024
In this SuperfastCPA podcast episode, you'll hear how Jenn simplified her CPA study process and went 3/3 on her remaining exams using SuperfastCPA. IMPORTANT LINKS: Master your study process by attending one of our free study training workshops: https://www.superfastcpa.com/study-secrets Enter our free monthly podcast giveaway: https://www.superfastcpa.com/enter FULL EPISODE PAGE: https://www.superfastcpa.com/how-jenn-made-her-cpa-study-process-simple/ 00:00 Introduction 03:22 Jenn's CPA Journey 05:00 Her Study Breakthrough 08:02 2 Hours Study Routine in the Morning, a Weekend Off 10:39 How Going Through the Test Bank Helps Studying Section by Section 13:33 "Not everything's always going to click..." 15:22 Writing Notes Helps in Retention 17:06 "I felt like I was really well-prepared..." 18:20 Being Time Conscious in Taking Tests and Figuring Out on Her Own
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I was like doing the mornings, but it wasn't consistent and I didn't really have a structured plan
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I was just like, okay, I'm reading the material and like, we're doing some questions
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And that's why I was like if I was, if I passed, it's like a blessing. But after that, I was like, I can't continue, you know, to study like this because it's just like I had no direction
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And I was just, you know, kind of fumbling around with it. So when I like took a step back, I like watched your study half video
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And that's when I was like, okay, I have a game plan now, you know, how I'm going to attack it going forward
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And then I, yeah, got me through the rest. No fails. Welcome to episode 92 of the CPA exam experience podcast from Super Fast CPA
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I'm Nate. And in today's interview, you're going to hear me talk with Jen. What I really like about Jen's story is she was very overwhelmed with the study process
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She flipped through, you know, the textbook a few times and just had the real
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of if I'm going to really try to learn every single word in this book and watch, you know
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these hundreds of hours of video lectures, this is going to take forever. So she came across our free
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training, one of our YouTube ads, watch the free training. And she thought to herself, I will give
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this a two-week trial to see if this actually helps me learn faster, move through material faster
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you know, if it dramatically improves my study process like it claims that it will. So she's
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starts applying the strategies and the results are what you will hear in this interview
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So she has a ton of good info to share, strategy tips, insights, things that weren't working
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before she started using our strategies, little things that she tweaked, mindset tips
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We cover a lot of information in this interview. Before we get into the interview, I just want to mention two things
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episode or in the YouTube video. So with that being said, let's get into the interview with Jen
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Let's see. When did you get your fourth passing score? How long have you been done
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April 9th. So just. Oh, just barely? Yeah, just barely. So I submitted everything for license
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yesterday. So I'm like fingers crossed. Awesome. Yeah. Well, congrats. That's awesome
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I'm very happy. It's over with you. And then when did you start? So I started in February of last year
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So it was actually kind of like the pandemic for me like it was like sort of like good because I feel like I'm very social and like doing things
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So it kind of caused me to slow down a little bit. So I had taken one
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I had like reg set up and I was like, oh, I thought I could wedding plan and do that
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So I had to take it on the last day. And I'm like if I had passed, I'm going to like really start studying
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And I pass. So I was like this is my side. Yeah. That's awesome
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Wedding plan for yourself. Did you just get married? Yeah, I got married in October 19
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So I was like planning on doing starting, studying because my job was slower at that point
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But then the wedding planning took over. So I'm like, you know, kept pushing it off
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But then I'm like, oh, I don't want to lose the $300, you know. So I was going to go with it and then hope for the best
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And then. So what section was that the first one? Reg. Nice
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So I had taken it like two times prior like a few years ago
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But like I never really put any effort into it. I'm not like surprised
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I, you know, I didn't pass. So this time was like, even it was a month
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but I really studied and applied myself. So I was like, okay, I know if I just put my mind to it, you know, I can do it
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I was happy because like I finally had all the tools because like I had started public accounting back in 2014
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And, you know, at first I was all gung ho. I bought Wiley and everything
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And then a few years later, I bought some of the super fast EPA stuff
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Then once I passed this again, I was like, okay, let's all use all the tools to
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together. Yeah. Well, yeah, let's yeah, let's kind of start there. So in the, you know, the little
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thing you filled out, you said, uh, your study hacks were invaluable. So at what point did you kind of
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watch those videos and just to get the, the strategy side down? For right after I pass read
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because like, for me, it was like, oh my God, seeing the book, 1200 pages, I'm like
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I need to change my approach to master of material because I was just like so overwhelmed. So like for
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me learning, like, at first, like, it was really discouraging using, like, the method of taking the
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questions before you read it because I hate being like wrong, wrong, wrong. Yeah. But like after I'm
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like, okay, like, I'm a recent person. Let me do this for two weeks. And if my scores are improving or
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if I feel like I'm not retaining, I can go back to my, you know, old ways. Yeah. That was really great
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because like it really honed in on what I needed to look for when I was reading the material. And then
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And unfortunately, like, I think the way I learned best is reading the material and writing notes
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So, like, every day, I would, like you suggested, your two-hour blocks, I would read and take notes for an hour and a half
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The last half-hour, I do questions. And I think the point you made also about doing a cumulative review for far was the best thing I could have done
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Because I still remembered what I did on day one when I was reviewing
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And then for me, your notes are so on point. the last two weeks, like I'd be done. I read every single page of every book, but the last two weeks
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all I would do is read and rewrite your notes and do questions. It just became a really efficient
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way of studying. And then like I did for, by the end, when BEC and audit, I wasn't as good about it
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but for a while I did like also delete my social media apps and just do your, the little quizlets
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And like, that was a really good point too, because like that really made me cognizant of how many times
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I'm actually checking my phone during the day. Yeah. Or you're like waiting for someone to send you something
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You're like, okay, I could do five more questions. And then it's like how many of your, a lot of your questions were on the exam
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So I just feel like the way you've narrowed down, like the highlights, you know
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it's just, it's so much more valuable than like the actual like while year, you know
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Yeah. Well, I appreciate that. Yeah, we've gone through like all of our stuff is based on past exam questions
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So, you know, instead of. of trying to make summaries of like everything. I mean, that's already what the review course does
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So like our notes are based on exam questions. So when we put stuff in for a topic, it's based on
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that idea of like if you go through the questions for a lesson, you realize you're seeing
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really only questions from like the same three or four key things from the lesson instead of like
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everything Anyways So yeah our review notes are based that way and then the audio notes are based on the review notes and then of course our quizzes are just questions so so going back so we do do two hours in the morning then you
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try to do that two hour session two hours and then i'm not going to say it was perfect but like once a
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month i know it really looking at my calendar i really did take a week a weekend off just to mentally reset
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because like i realized you know in the mornings you always say you came clear there's no
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distractions, like they're two, like, genuine hours. But I don't know, with anything, I feel like there's a point where you're like, I can't take this anymore. So like, I feel like it was important for me to recognize when I'm just wasting my time for two to, you know, the weekend. I'm like, well, I should just be doing something I want to do rather than beating myself up for, you know, not studying. But like even I applied that on the weekends, which is great. Because then I felt, I know, I had my little corona circle. I still did everything I wanted to do every weekend. And I was done by 10 a.m
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and yeah because it like really felt like it didn't like I always had this like thought like
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studying was going to take my life like I was going to study you know all weekend I'm not a night
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person so after work I'm spent so I'm not going to yeah right that just you know being dedicated
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in the morning and just having that feeling like oh I'm done like I did it it's great like now I can
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go to happy yeah that was just a game changer and like it's
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It's funny because one of my coworkers now, like, he just passed B.C
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So I, like, he bought, because I'm like, you got it. Like, so he bought everything
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So I'm hoping. But he's just really stubborn. Oh, I'm going to make it work after work
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He's not doing it now. And you're just getting up in the morning. I'm like, I hated it
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But now, honestly, like, even after, it's only been a month. But, you know, I've been, I'm hoping to start, like, a small business on the side for my current job just because I
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I don't want to be in corporate forever. So I'm like, now I get up and do that every morning
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So I feel like it's just, it's almost, you know, you're preaching that, the early bird gets the warm
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Like you really do. Yeah, and you can, right. Several people have mentioned that about how they made that a habit
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And then now that they're done, they're like, I should accomplish something else and keep getting up two hours earlier
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you know, and it does. it's a just whatever you're trying to work on that just solves a lot of problems to do two
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very effective hours of whatever it is i mean yeah for our purposes the cpa study but yeah even after
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you know it's do the hardest thing in the day and you're done and you're already correct
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like okay cool i did a lot i feel good yeah so so in your two hours so you said you kind of
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your process turned into where you would read the textbook first and then do the questions after reading it
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Yeah. And then I was still always doing, you know, how the book breaks into five chunks. So I constantly did get the questions. I didn't know. Like I would do it for the whole, you know, the whole module rather than like
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the current lesson I'm on. I never actually did section by section. I just went to the test bank and then went to the section, you know, I was studying for and then just kept doing it
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if say if I was struggling with a particular subsection, I would, you know, drill into that section
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But like your other tip about the videos being a waste of time, thank God, because like when I first started, or not this time around, but like when I was like an eager stack, oh, I'm going to pass. Right
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The videos like, then looking back, I'm like, oh my God, like I didn't retain anything. I was like checking my phone or, you know, it just sometimes I feel like you just need someone to give you like the outline, the plan, like the right direction to go
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because like it was overwhelming to like look at the book and all the study material and be like
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oh shoot like where do I start what's the best way you know to approach yeah it's yeah it is it's just
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massive and yes the the videos it's like the from the point of view of their review course you know
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they're trying to put everything in there that could possibly be asked on a per lesson basis but
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it's really this 80-20 thing. It's like 20% of the material is really what you're going to is 80
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of what you're going to see on test day. And but most people just operate under the assumption
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that I need to watch every video basically try to memorize it and then read the text and then
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do the questions. But then yeah, like you said, people end up just, it's easy to like tell
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yourself you're studying to press play on a video and then just kind of sit there and like you said
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most people end up just not really watching or even if you watch it it doesn't directly translate into
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answering questions on those topics you still have to struggle through the questions uh learning
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the context of the questions and like recognizing patterns that's why those daily sets of 30 again
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just solve so many problems you just get very uh familiar with answering test questions
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And you were doing that as well, right? That you'd end with a set of 30
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like a review test, like kind of. Probably do more than that
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because I would just do the cumulative for what I covered so far
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And then again, like the whole module that I was currently working on
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And then I kept, you know, adding more each time. Yeah. Which is really good
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So what was your process of, like if you came to a topic that you really struggled to understand or when you do the review
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questions you kept missing questions what was your process for did you take notes on those
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types of things or create flashcards what did you do for that so like I think what I
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always gave myself like two weeks to like completely review so you know by then I know we already
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know my like topics that you know still aren't really hitting home so at that point like that accounting
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tools.com was really good for me because it really broke it down and I found if I I kept going back
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to the questions for that one specific subject section and then my dad like he is telling me since
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a little kid just always memorized the right answers so I'm like okay even if I don't understand
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this concept fully if I know the right answers going to get me there yeah see I am an advocate of that
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And that was one thing. You'll hear that advice, but on the opposite sides, you'll hear people say
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don't just do questions to the point where you're just memorizing specific questions
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And I kind of disagree with that. If you're that familiar with all the test questions that you have them basically memorized
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like you obviously want to understand why, but it does go a long ways to know
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okay, this is a very similar question to the one that I've seen a million times and memorized
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and so from there you can identify, you know, the difference. So, like, yeah, I agree with that
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Especially in those circumstances, it's only usually like the things that you don't understand
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For everything else, it's like you understand. But then at some point, not everything's always going to click
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So you have to, you know, at some point be like, okay, what's going to, you know, cut it
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Exactly. What was your, sorry, I know you just answered this. So did you, did you say you did notes or
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wrote out flash cards. So I wrote out like I have like notebooks and no books of notes
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Okay, taking notes. Oh, and you said you rewrote our notes even in the last two weeks
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Yeah, because that for me, I don't know why the writing. And then after I rewrote your notes for me, like instead of flashcards
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I don know why but I think it just because it goes back to high school where you know some classes would let you have a cheat sheet and you type in font six you know to memory So then like for me I could remember okay I think it just because it goes back to high school where you know some classes would let you have a cheat sheet and you type in font six you know to remember So then like for me I could remember okay I put this formula on this part of the page
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So then I rewrote your notes again. But like now it's just, you know, the key points or the subjects I'm struggling with
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So then I had my cheat sheet, you know, ready to go. And I could be like, oh, I remember where it was on that sheet
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Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And that's something, I've always kind of preached flashcards
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but doing these interviews, it just made me realize there's like these key ingredients to the study process
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There's four or five things that, like, you have to be doing. And some form of writing stuff out in your own words is one of those
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That's just, like, crucial, especially for obviously the stuff that whatever it is
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you just personally struggle to understand or remember. And a lot of people mentioned they were just a note
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they didn't really like flashcards so they would do it differently and it's one of those things you can
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like do that aspect or that uh element of the study process in whatever way works best for you but yeah
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you have to some form of that writing stuff in your own words and you said you you left two weeks
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so you'd get through all the material and just you'd leave two weeks to review review and figure out
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anything just because like I hated like I love the feeling of okay I read the whole book I have a solid
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foundation now it's like let's you know go back to things I don't understand let's really you know
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because especially like for me like far was just so daunting because I'm like I failed how do I go
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back and even start to studying for this again yeah start studying you know and it was super funny for me
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because like for whatever reason like the leases like are terrible I don't understand them
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And now, luckily, we got a whole lease module at work. So now I'm finally starting, you know, comprehended a bit
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But yeah, the two weeks I would go back, I'd start writing your notes for, because I wrote them verbatim for the first week
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So it would take me a few days every time, you know, to go through your whole book. And then meanwhile, I'd do two hours of that, two hours of questions
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And then, like, just like, I liked it because I still stayed on that schedule of two
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hours morning and four hours, you know, in the weekend. And I didn't feel like I had a cram or I was ever panicking because I felt like I was really
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well prepared. Yeah. So for those two weeks, you would rewrite the notes, just do like sets of 30 questions over
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and over. How did you use practices in your study routine? I never did because I figured I did because I would at least finish 80% of all the
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testing questions. That was a few, you know. 2000 so like I figure after far as like the if you know the multiple choice you know that
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the sims and I just found since you had the authoritative literature and I had done so many
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practice questions I had so much time for the sims I'm like I'm not even going to stress myself
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out with them because yeah it just wasn't worth it because I feel like for this last one or audit
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I don't know why I decided to look at some of the you know the task space and I was like oh my god I'm so
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confused. I'm like, hey, I know this stuff. So I'm like, not even going to, you know. Yeah
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Yeah, that's, uh, it is, it's just mostly a time thing on test day. Like the biggest thing for
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the Sims is if you've studied effectively the whole time, you, you know the concepts more or less
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And so it is really just crushing the multiple choice quickly, which doing so many questions
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throughout the process. Like I said, you get really good at it and quick at it
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And, yeah, that's like the best thing you can do on test day for the Sims is just
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have plenty of time to where you're not stressing out about time to just sit there and
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read through them. And, yeah, you just basically figure out what it's really wanting you to do
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And from there, you will more or less know what to do. It just takes some time to, yeah
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I still can't believe, like, we don't have, like, dual screens for those yet
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you know, like you're so dinky and you're like trying to drag it up
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You open the Excel. It's just a look. Gosh. Right. Yeah, that is something
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And especially if they're wanting the exam to be like the real work experience
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like nobody works on one monitor. Anyways, they'll probably never change that
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Any other tips or tricks through your study process that you, that really helped you, you wanted to mention or anything
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I just think for me, it was really helpful. I picked my exam date and I, you know, I, like, I, basically I knew like, I admire the people that could pass the exam, you know, in three or four months
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But I'm like, I kind of acknowledged, like, I knew that wasn't me from the, the start
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So it was just like, okay, like scheduling, like scheduling, like, scheduling the test and going back, like, breaking
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And I know my reading pace with notes is 12 pages in the two hours, slow but steady
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So just, you know, like scheduling the time. and I don't know, like, just making it very methodical and just no excuses
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You get up and just, you know, get it done. But I think I pretty much, like your study has honestly, just sent me up for success
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So do you work in tax? No, thank God. I used to do a little bit of tax
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And I was in public accounting for five years, but now I'm in finance at a construction company
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So it's interesting. Yeah, I just wondered if because you did reg first and just passed it without, you know
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Oh, I did it first because I hate taxes and it doesn't make sense to me. So I figured like far like I understood it
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So at least like I think I personally would have had the opposite problem
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Like I would have saved tax for the end and I wouldn't be passing it. So I was like I wanted to get that
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Yeah, to start with yeah, the hardest one out of the way. Yeah. And yes, I agree with that
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The current thing that everyone's asking about is like B.C. reg are going to change a bunch on July 1st. So everyone's like rushing to pass those two
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But in general, yeah, I always would say that same thing. Start with reg or far. You don't want
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your 18 months to start until one of the hard ones is done. Oh, so on test day, I get there's
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probably not much to say about it. But just from following this process, doing so many multiple
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choice, you already mentioned that you just, you would just cruise through the multiple choice on test
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day and have tons of time for the Sims. Yeah, because. by the end, I honestly averaged out unless I would do, I average on 30 seconds per question
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and then say if I didn't know one, I tend to second guess myself and it's usually the wrong
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answer. So if I didn't know one like right off the top, I wrote it down, finish all them
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went back, you know, to the ones that I wasn't 100% about. And then, you know, like, again
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I wanted to leave the most time. So I gave myself like two minutes to be like, you know
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think through them. And then it's just, you know, throw it up. there's only so much you could do and then the morning like i'm a morning well after this you know
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morning person so i'd always take the 8 a m but it would be perfect because like i wouldn't want to
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stress myself out on the test day so like at that point that cheat sheet i mentioned i would just
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keep rereading it because i'm like okay these are all my key points everything i don't really
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you know aren't my strongest points yeah and and i was like at this point you know i did what i
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you know can and if i have to retake it i have to retake it so it just i went in feeling you know
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confident, ready and just. Yeah, that's awesome. So after reg, did you fail any or did you just go three for three on the last three
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I don't three for three. Nice. So that was I was happy I gave myself like six because I gave myself six months for far because I was like the summer I like you know just three months and three months for the last two and just plugged away a little bit each day
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Nice. Yeah. Yeah. And that's, again, there's the key things to do like you got to have your daily process nailed down
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But the timelines, you know, that's all just like personal choice. And yeah, people ask me that
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How long should I schedule? And I'm like, well, I liked really short timelines for myself
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but, you know, that's just something you got to, yeah, know about yourself
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So, yeah. So did you, did you say you took weekends off because you had three months or more
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per section? Or you just stuck to a short study session on weekends
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So like one weekend per month, I would take a full weekend off
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Oh, nice. Just to, you know. Yeah. And I would try to plan, you know, all my real, like, I'm not getting up early kind of nights for that weekend, you know
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But then it was great. Like I felt, you know, I had put in the work all month
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I could fully enjoy that. And then it kind of gave me like a fresh perspective on Monday
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Like, okay, like back to it. I don't know. Yeah. That worked really well for me
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Yeah. And that's, you know, another thing is just the personal, there just has to be that, like, aspect of you know yourself best
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Like what? And a bunch of people that I've talked to on these interviews
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they would all take Sundays completely off. And again, it's just, or some people would take like a full week off after taking an exam
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just to whatever decompress or how did you treat that? Once you took an exam, what did you do
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Did you start the next day on the next section? I just didn't want to like lose any momentum because I like one of
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after reg i like honestly thought i like didn't pass and i'm like whatever you know so i didn't study
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because i took it at the endot testing window so i only had to wait two weeks but then before i didn't
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get up on mornings again i was like never again like i'm keeping you know like yeah well it's crazy
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how like you can fall off that bandwagon real quick a few late days sleeping yeah yeah so i was like
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after that you know and then yeah so Oh gosh, I'm just so happy. It's over
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Yeah, not just one of my last questions. What'd you do to celebrate or just what was it like getting your fourth passing score
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Okay, I don't know. This sounds so terrible. I've always wanted a bottle of Don Perry on
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So I got that and we grilled out because things weren't really open here
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So it was like I made some good stakes and had that bottle. Yeah. If I'm ever just going to, I don't know, if I get like a night home alone, that's exactly
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that's that's like peak yeah just buying some expensive steak that's funny you said that because that's
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literally what i do yeah i know it's i don't know because i feel like i enjoy cooking so like i cook a lot
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during this but now i'm like i'm not going to say i'm a five-star chef i feel like it's pretty good so
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i'm looking at you yeah that's awesome yeah do you uh off the topic but do you grill or do you like
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pansear or steaks when you do them i usually pan sear them because i like the butter, but I've been trying to get that summer boss on we're back on the roof
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Nice. I guess it depends. Yeah, I know exactly what you mean
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They're so good. Yeah, fried in butter. It's anyways. Okay. Well, we kind of went through everything
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The last question I always ask is, even if it's something we already covered
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what would you say are your top two or three tips for people that are currently studying
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Wake up in the morning and get it done out of the way. do the cumulative review questions and finding like the method that works for you just because
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like you said like even it came down to the the core that you're writing something but like flashcards
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weren't for me but like the whole concept of writing so it's just like got to just hone in what you
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know is making you memorize the things the best because what works for someone else isn't you know
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necessarily going to work for you yeah um so i thought of my question from earlier so
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When you said getting up in the morning kind of changed everything
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So when you were studying for reg, were you trying to study after work or how were you doing it back then
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I was like doing the mornings, but it wasn't consistent. And I didn't really have a structured plan
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I was just like, okay, I'm reading the material and like, they're doing some questions
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And that's why I was like, if I passed, it's like a blessing. But after that, I was like, I can't continue, you know, to study like this because it just like I had no direction
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and I was just, you know, kind of fumbling around with it
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So when I, like, took a step back, I, like, watched your study hack video
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and that's when I was like, okay, I have a game plan now, you know, how I'm going to attack it going forward
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And then it's, yeah, got me through the rest, no fails. Yeah
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And did you just, did you just feel a lot better in general by the time you got to each test date
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after, you know, that following a certain format? after far I was like if I can do this I can do it you know yeah and like it proved that it worked
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and then I just felt you know I would I just felt like everything was like coming together like I felt
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like accomplished that at the end of every study session I'm like okay I learned a lot I'm retaining it
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and I just kept like building on it and then I think the biggest thing was for me was like just
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building the conference like I can do this like you know like I'm doing this methodical you know
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even though if I could have done it faster, great. But I wish I could have because, you know, it was a long year
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But like just sometimes like trusting the process and just, you know, plug in away
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Yeah, for sure. Yeah. It is. It's just, yeah. I mean, one day at a time, no matter what you're doing, it's, that's all you can do
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And yeah, missing days, though, kills momentum. I think momentum is possibly like just the biggest thing in this whole process
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If you feel like you're making progress each day, it's easier to keep going
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Whereas if you're just feeling like overwhelmed and like you just wasted three hours every time you study
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it's like you're starting from the beginning every single day. So. Yeah
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Yeah. That's a really good way to summon up momentum because it's like then plus once you get that first test pass
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I was like, oh my God. Like I never thought, you know, especially in the circumstance where Reg, never thought I was going to pass
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I came out of the wet, like, you know. And then I was like, oh, my God. if I actually really now apply myself, like, I can do this
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Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome. Well, yeah, I appreciate you doing this call
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People find these really valuable, and I love hearing these stories from our, not students
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customers, I guess. I'm glad it was helpful for you. And yeah, congrats on being done
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That's awesome. Thank you because I feel like you really changed the game for me to study
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So it was awesome. Yeah. Well, I'm glad. Glad to hear it. So that was the interview with Jen
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Congratulations to her for being done with her CPA. And you probably got a lot out of that interview as well
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All the things she shared, all her strategies, her breakthroughs, the things that weren't working, that she figured out how to change into something that was working for her, as well as just being a motivating story to help you get back on track, get focused, and move forward in your CPA study process
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So if you found that interview helpful, take a second to share it with someone else who you know who's also worked
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on their CPA exams because these interviews are the most helpful free resource available anywhere
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for people trying to figure out their own study process. So thanks for listening and we'll see you
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on the next episode
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