Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, OUCH!
Not only did my prediction about Day 2 & 3 come true. But my prediction regarding passing Day 1 was wrong.
So I got the worse case sceario: failed both parts of the CFE. :'(
Here's what happened to me:
I received two documents from CPA, one simply saying:
Day 1 - Fail. <-- Thanks a lot CPA, this really helped me see where I went wrong! ..... *sarcasm*
The other saying:
Day 2&3.
Level 1
Sufficiency: Fail
Decile Ranking: 5 <-- basically this means I'm in the top 50%. From what I've read: If you had a decile ranking of 1 then you're in the top 10% which means you may want to appeal but there's a 1% chance of changing your sufficiency mark if you have a Decile Ranking of 1, so basically it's like throwing money away.
Level 2
Overall Pass
Depth in F/R - Pass
Depth in MA - Fail
Level 3
Depth in Role Pass
Level 4
Breadth in all 6 roles Pass
So the positive is: I'm smart enough to have passed a bunch of important stuff: I passed my role and F/R for day 2. But not MA... Crrrap. And I passed breadth in all areas. <-- I really didn't think I would have done that but I guess so. And then the decile ranking I'm pretty sure is due to my crap performance on Day 3... I was so unfamiliar with the scenarios they gave me!!!!
I think it's REALLY important to be working at an accounting firm while you're studying. Everyone who was working in my Capstone 1 group passed the CFE. I didn't work, and I didn't do well. I still remember my friend coming up to me after we wrote day 3 and she said: Oh my god, if I didn't have that experience doing taxes I would have been so screwed! But it went really well I think. My response: -_- ............I wish I worked more doing taxes for people and giving strategic advice to people!
I might appeal Day 1. I thought I did really well. But they thought I sucked bad enough to fail... Really pooped...
I'm very tempted to quit the program. But I have a feeling I won't. At the bare minimum, I'd need to renew my student registration (600 bux) and then purchase admission to the exam (1500 bux)...
if I get any of those PAR (Performance Analysis Review) reports, it'll increase the cost but it may be worth it!
I gotta go. Ttyl peeps! And stay positive :) Stress is the root of all evil and it's 90% self induced ;) a fake yet enlightening statistic from yours truly.
Friday 9 December 2016
Friday 7 October 2016
October 6, 2016
Hi everyone!,
I suppose I'm still awaiting the results... However... You know when you write a test, and you know you did poorly on one part? Well, my guess is the following:
Day 1 was passed.
Day 2 and 3 was not passed, because I didn't achieve breadth in taxation and strategy and governance.
That being said, I'm going to find time to work on it!
I'm currently looking for a new job, and most of the jobs I've been looking for are mostly similar to a staff accountant position, because I want to talk to clients and give them strategic business advice, and also master personal taxation. Tax season is definitely coming up, and OH SNAP! THAT REMINDS ME! You're supposed to file a document with the government if you want to file taxes for people as a business. Something I definitely want to do! haha :)
But yeah, in conclusion, I haven't given up. I still remember my goal of being a CFE gold medalist and acing that thing, because I don't want it to hold me back!
That being said, I'm definitely keeping my goal FRESH in my mind, so that whenever I have free time I can work on it and grow my skills!
I suppose I'm still awaiting the results... However... You know when you write a test, and you know you did poorly on one part? Well, my guess is the following:
Day 1 was passed.
Day 2 and 3 was not passed, because I didn't achieve breadth in taxation and strategy and governance.
That being said, I'm going to find time to work on it!
I'm currently looking for a new job, and most of the jobs I've been looking for are mostly similar to a staff accountant position, because I want to talk to clients and give them strategic business advice, and also master personal taxation. Tax season is definitely coming up, and OH SNAP! THAT REMINDS ME! You're supposed to file a document with the government if you want to file taxes for people as a business. Something I definitely want to do! haha :)
But yeah, in conclusion, I haven't given up. I still remember my goal of being a CFE gold medalist and acing that thing, because I don't want it to hold me back!
That being said, I'm definitely keeping my goal FRESH in my mind, so that whenever I have free time I can work on it and grow my skills!
Sunday 25 September 2016
September 25, 2016
Spoke with many other students at this point.
They all said the same thing:
Day 1 was a shock because of the future event was very different than what was given for preparation.
Day 3 was very difficult in terms of time management, because you have to do 3-4 cases in 4 hours.
They all said the same thing:
Day 1 was a shock because of the future event was very different than what was given for preparation.
Day 3 was very difficult in terms of time management, because you have to do 3-4 cases in 4 hours.
Saturday 24 September 2016
September 24, 2016
Looking back, I had the following weaknesses:
- not enough training for real exam time constraints. (Really felt this weakness during day 3 of the CFE.)
- not enough technical training for tax, and strategy and governance. and possibly management accounting...
- For assurance. I wasn't incredibly good at assertions (i have never been good at giving assertions because it's always very subjective i find. like which one is it? Is it an assertion related to a balance sheet account!? or income statement account!?)
- For financial reporting, i found that i was able to save time by not having to look in the handbook, and instead regurgitate some accounting standards off the top of my head. But since I didn't do this for all the sections we had to give criteria for, I would say that it was a weakness of mine. I just copied and pasted from the handbook provided for the most part.
Alrighty. Maybe I'll keep updating this blog. Maybe I won't! I dunno :) Goodbye/Ttyl blogger. I might just continue for the sake of persistence.
- not enough training for real exam time constraints. (Really felt this weakness during day 3 of the CFE.)
- not enough technical training for tax, and strategy and governance. and possibly management accounting...
- For assurance. I wasn't incredibly good at assertions (i have never been good at giving assertions because it's always very subjective i find. like which one is it? Is it an assertion related to a balance sheet account!? or income statement account!?)
- For financial reporting, i found that i was able to save time by not having to look in the handbook, and instead regurgitate some accounting standards off the top of my head. But since I didn't do this for all the sections we had to give criteria for, I would say that it was a weakness of mine. I just copied and pasted from the handbook provided for the most part.
Alrighty. Maybe I'll keep updating this blog. Maybe I won't! I dunno :) Goodbye/Ttyl blogger. I might just continue for the sake of persistence.
September 23, 2016 - Day 3 of the CFE
I thought I had posted it already but here's how my day went:
I didn't have much time to prepare for day 3 other than:
- the work I had done throughout the capstone 2 program which was doing day 3 cases every week. 3 of them at a time only during week 4.
- the studying I did from the end of the day 2 exam to the beginning of the day 3 exam, which was a few study sessions during odd hours of the night. Because after day 1, my brain was feeling burnt out after the exam. And then after day 2, I wasn't feeling so burnt out because I didn't find it too difficult. However, I did end up having to pass out after a few hours of being home. Then I'd wake up and study eat, brush my teeth, study, eat, brush my teeth, sleep, and so on and so forth until I had to grab the car keys and leave for the exam location
- I looked over some notes as I was driving. Got to the exam. Stayed in the car for a bit
OH. They make you put your jacket, and bag in a weird room, and then they want you to compete with the other 1000 something students to get your jacket and bag first lol. After I experienced this in Day 1, I was like eff that! So I would just left my jacket and my bag in the car.
I personally feel I didn't have enough to eat during day 3, but I thought if i did eat before the exam, I might start sneezing or coughing. You literally have to train yourself to be a robot for these exams, which is hard because we're humans.
Annnnyways: I sat down at my exam table, and they gave me a faulty USB key... so i had less time to write the CFE Day 3 than everyone else which sucked. There are three cases and you have to write them in minimum time which means a little time is useful.
As promised, CPA gave us the following:
- financial reporting issues
- management accounting issues
- assurance issues
- Personal AND Corporate tax issues
- strategy and governance
- finance issues
I did fine on everything except for the personal tax and strategy and governance. In my opinon. In fact, I would say I bombed the personal tax and strategy and governance parts. That being said, I bet I failed day 3 just because of the rigorous passing requirements of CPA.
I'm going to do 2 things to respond to my experience with the CFE:
1 - create a plan to master all the above areas
2 - be glad I learned SO much from this journey
3 - Rigorously review all the material that I was given + do more technical work and ensure that I pass next year.
I didn't have much time to prepare for day 3 other than:
- the work I had done throughout the capstone 2 program which was doing day 3 cases every week. 3 of them at a time only during week 4.
- the studying I did from the end of the day 2 exam to the beginning of the day 3 exam, which was a few study sessions during odd hours of the night. Because after day 1, my brain was feeling burnt out after the exam. And then after day 2, I wasn't feeling so burnt out because I didn't find it too difficult. However, I did end up having to pass out after a few hours of being home. Then I'd wake up and study eat, brush my teeth, study, eat, brush my teeth, sleep, and so on and so forth until I had to grab the car keys and leave for the exam location
- I looked over some notes as I was driving. Got to the exam. Stayed in the car for a bit
OH. They make you put your jacket, and bag in a weird room, and then they want you to compete with the other 1000 something students to get your jacket and bag first lol. After I experienced this in Day 1, I was like eff that! So I would just left my jacket and my bag in the car.
I personally feel I didn't have enough to eat during day 3, but I thought if i did eat before the exam, I might start sneezing or coughing. You literally have to train yourself to be a robot for these exams, which is hard because we're humans.
Annnnyways: I sat down at my exam table, and they gave me a faulty USB key... so i had less time to write the CFE Day 3 than everyone else which sucked. There are three cases and you have to write them in minimum time which means a little time is useful.
As promised, CPA gave us the following:
- financial reporting issues
- management accounting issues
- assurance issues
- Personal AND Corporate tax issues
- strategy and governance
- finance issues
I did fine on everything except for the personal tax and strategy and governance. In my opinon. In fact, I would say I bombed the personal tax and strategy and governance parts. That being said, I bet I failed day 3 just because of the rigorous passing requirements of CPA.
I'm going to do 2 things to respond to my experience with the CFE:
1 - create a plan to master all the above areas
2 - be glad I learned SO much from this journey
3 - Rigorously review all the material that I was given + do more technical work and ensure that I pass next year.
Thursday 22 September 2016
September 22, 2016 - Day 2 of the CFE
Just finished Day 2 of the exam!
Simplify, simplify, simplify. That's what I did!
I just took everything I needed to know. And made it as simple as possible.
ANYWAYS,
I have day 3 tomorrow, so after fooling around when I came home because I always need to fool around / my brain needs to relax... and learn implicit motivational lessons. Just how I work:
I learned this from Eyeshield 21: When people think you can't do something, use that negative energy to FUEL your burning FIRE to prove them wrong.
I learned this from Agar.io: You gotta follow best practices. Failure is inevitable sometimes. In fact, it might even be necessary when you're learning best practices. Although you can always learn from other peoples mistakes <-- wise people do this. Instead of making your own costly mistakes. You know what I mean?
I learned this from Slither.io: NEVER GIVE UP. I thought these are just pretty words. A lot of people like to quote cliche things that aren't necessarily true. For example: real eyes realize real lies. <-- like sure this sounds super cool, but is it really necessary? Does it provide any benefit? lol not really.
No, but seriously: Never give up. This is definitely a best practice in every area of life. I couldn't believe how much the odds were against me today while I played slither. I was getting cornered like crazy and there was one point where I should have died, but I was like NO. I"M GOING TO KEEP LIVING. and I did! I ranked high too 2/400 something people. Then I died. I wasn't far from first either :)
So yeah best practices, will trump everything. I ended up dying most of the time because I didn't follow a best practice of where rushing in a busy scenario would cause me to crash into other players. And well that's how the game is played. You die if u crash into other people haha ^^
OKAY.
So my strategy for Day 3 is going to be the same as mine was for Day 2. However I have the upper hand today because I didn't socialize after the exam was over!
OHHHH MAN! I made the coolest drink yesterday:
Fresh Sage leaves + Blueberries + water! SOOO GOOD!
For me, brushing my teeth is a part of best practices. Sleep and meditation is a part of best practices.
and acquiring as many techniques as possible from cases you've done or cases you haven't done is also very important!! I literally learned some key material less than 24 hours away from my Day 2 exam. It was crazy. Anyways. I gotta go, gonna buy some blueberries + sage. Then I'll come home, maybe shower ? brush my teeth? pass out for an hour ? Dunno. Ttyl blogger
day 1 was a mystery for me, day 2 felt relatively comfortable, and day 3 has yet to happen. I want to continue this fight. The great fight. :P BYE.
Oh and even if I were to fail day 2, my back up plan is to take it in the future and hopefully i will have passed. If I were to fail have failed day 1, then I will come back and do day 1 in the future.
SUCCESS GOES TO THOSE WHO TRY AND TRY AGAIN. YOU CAN'T STOP ME. kay well... unless it's my 3rd attempt or something, in which case I believe you get kicked out lol.... WELL I'LL CONTINUE TO PLAY OFF MY MISTAKES. "Momma didn't raise no foo! Ya dig?" lol
can't forget:
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS
and
FOCUS IS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS
Simplify, simplify, simplify. That's what I did!
I just took everything I needed to know. And made it as simple as possible.
ANYWAYS,
I have day 3 tomorrow, so after fooling around when I came home because I always need to fool around / my brain needs to relax... and learn implicit motivational lessons. Just how I work:
I learned this from Eyeshield 21: When people think you can't do something, use that negative energy to FUEL your burning FIRE to prove them wrong.
I learned this from Agar.io: You gotta follow best practices. Failure is inevitable sometimes. In fact, it might even be necessary when you're learning best practices. Although you can always learn from other peoples mistakes <-- wise people do this. Instead of making your own costly mistakes. You know what I mean?
I learned this from Slither.io: NEVER GIVE UP. I thought these are just pretty words. A lot of people like to quote cliche things that aren't necessarily true. For example: real eyes realize real lies. <-- like sure this sounds super cool, but is it really necessary? Does it provide any benefit? lol not really.
No, but seriously: Never give up. This is definitely a best practice in every area of life. I couldn't believe how much the odds were against me today while I played slither. I was getting cornered like crazy and there was one point where I should have died, but I was like NO. I"M GOING TO KEEP LIVING. and I did! I ranked high too 2/400 something people. Then I died. I wasn't far from first either :)
So yeah best practices, will trump everything. I ended up dying most of the time because I didn't follow a best practice of where rushing in a busy scenario would cause me to crash into other players. And well that's how the game is played. You die if u crash into other people haha ^^
OKAY.
So my strategy for Day 3 is going to be the same as mine was for Day 2. However I have the upper hand today because I didn't socialize after the exam was over!
OHHHH MAN! I made the coolest drink yesterday:
Fresh Sage leaves + Blueberries + water! SOOO GOOD!
For me, brushing my teeth is a part of best practices. Sleep and meditation is a part of best practices.
and acquiring as many techniques as possible from cases you've done or cases you haven't done is also very important!! I literally learned some key material less than 24 hours away from my Day 2 exam. It was crazy. Anyways. I gotta go, gonna buy some blueberries + sage. Then I'll come home, maybe shower ? brush my teeth? pass out for an hour ? Dunno. Ttyl blogger
day 1 was a mystery for me, day 2 felt relatively comfortable, and day 3 has yet to happen. I want to continue this fight. The great fight. :P BYE.
Oh and even if I were to fail day 2, my back up plan is to take it in the future and hopefully i will have passed. If I were to fail have failed day 1, then I will come back and do day 1 in the future.
SUCCESS GOES TO THOSE WHO TRY AND TRY AGAIN. YOU CAN'T STOP ME. kay well... unless it's my 3rd attempt or something, in which case I believe you get kicked out lol.... WELL I'LL CONTINUE TO PLAY OFF MY MISTAKES. "Momma didn't raise no foo! Ya dig?" lol
can't forget:
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS
and
FOCUS IS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS
Wednesday 21 September 2016
September 21, 2016 - Day 1 of the CFE
Just finished the Day 1 exam!
I was late to arrive to the exam, due to traffic! ARRRGH and I left an hour before! And google told me it'd take me 30 minutes to get there. Then, google at the last moment says: "1 hour and 10 minutes" Waaaat... I was fine though. I started when everyone else did. Of course, there were a ton of moments where everyone did absolutely nothing and this facilitator just walked us through some procedures they expected from us.
It was significantly different from the Day 1 exams that CPA gave us to prepare with.... Ummm... Okayyyy... Kind of silly. It's like. Lemme test you on something! Okay! Okay! Alright, now I'll test you on very different with only a few pieces that are similar! LOL.
There were a few pieces which I can't really get into. But basically they tried to shock us.
I was waaaaaaaaaaaaiting for some common elements to pop up. But it was truly different. And it took a while to recognize all the issues.
At the very end of the exam, I saw one of my friends, and we just talked about the case we had just done. It was interesting to hear the thoughts of other students. I ended up seeing a hottie, so I talked to her offered her a ride home, and then spoke with her on the way there. Maybe I'll see her after the exams are over. Nevertheless, she was nice. GOTTA STAY FOCUSED THOUGH. If I ever had to do this again, I'd probably go straight home lol for the sake of staying focused.
Interestingly enough, I saw A TON of motivation on the ride back home. The world is an amazing place, and there are numerous permutations of what can be done, created, constructed. All of which have costs. Which is a big reason why people seek higher education, because they know it leads to higher income. In short, I'm motivated. Oh and competition is a great motivator for me. One guy cut me off and I was like damnit! I left space which made me vulnerable! Damn that guy lol but I learned my lesson, after that the road was my racetrack. <-- kidddddding (but not really). Also made me realize, if you wanna be the best you gotta put in hard work....
Oh and a very interesting thing happened!!!!! So, basically, I almost never had the patience to sit in one spot for 4 hours straight to write any of these cases. But as expected, I sat down during the exam and had no problem sitting through 4 hours. I ended up having an 1 egg + 1 diced tomatoe + whole grain low GI bread + sage. I packed snacks (these dark chocolate bars). I didn't end up using it. I should drink water. I didn't bring any water. I overheard some people saying they wished they went to the bathroom before hand lol It's hard to predict. but as I've said before, you can induce yourself to go to the bathroom in a prior post (massage has something to do with it, as well as your diet, water, and exercise).
Now that that is over though, I need to focus on Day 2 and then Day 3.
Day 2.... I'm going to try and master whatever exam that I felt extremely comfortable with first. Then I'll move on. I would really love to master the mock exam.
I have only 8 hours remaining from today. Then I have the 8 hours remaining from 12 AM to 8 AM.
Already 4:36 PM time is flying. I'll need to work as hard as I possibly can after I take a good meditative break for as long my mind sees fit. I plan on listening to my body. And going through a cycle of study, eat, clean, sleep as long as I can and absorbing as much as I can related to day 2.
I was late to arrive to the exam, due to traffic! ARRRGH and I left an hour before! And google told me it'd take me 30 minutes to get there. Then, google at the last moment says: "1 hour and 10 minutes" Waaaat... I was fine though. I started when everyone else did. Of course, there were a ton of moments where everyone did absolutely nothing and this facilitator just walked us through some procedures they expected from us.
It was significantly different from the Day 1 exams that CPA gave us to prepare with.... Ummm... Okayyyy... Kind of silly. It's like. Lemme test you on something! Okay! Okay! Alright, now I'll test you on very different with only a few pieces that are similar! LOL.
There were a few pieces which I can't really get into. But basically they tried to shock us.
I was waaaaaaaaaaaaiting for some common elements to pop up. But it was truly different. And it took a while to recognize all the issues.
At the very end of the exam, I saw one of my friends, and we just talked about the case we had just done. It was interesting to hear the thoughts of other students. I ended up seeing a hottie, so I talked to her offered her a ride home, and then spoke with her on the way there. Maybe I'll see her after the exams are over. Nevertheless, she was nice. GOTTA STAY FOCUSED THOUGH. If I ever had to do this again, I'd probably go straight home lol for the sake of staying focused.
Interestingly enough, I saw A TON of motivation on the ride back home. The world is an amazing place, and there are numerous permutations of what can be done, created, constructed. All of which have costs. Which is a big reason why people seek higher education, because they know it leads to higher income. In short, I'm motivated. Oh and competition is a great motivator for me. One guy cut me off and I was like damnit! I left space which made me vulnerable! Damn that guy lol but I learned my lesson, after that the road was my racetrack. <-- kidddddding (but not really). Also made me realize, if you wanna be the best you gotta put in hard work....
Oh and a very interesting thing happened!!!!! So, basically, I almost never had the patience to sit in one spot for 4 hours straight to write any of these cases. But as expected, I sat down during the exam and had no problem sitting through 4 hours. I ended up having an 1 egg + 1 diced tomatoe + whole grain low GI bread + sage. I packed snacks (these dark chocolate bars). I didn't end up using it. I should drink water. I didn't bring any water. I overheard some people saying they wished they went to the bathroom before hand lol It's hard to predict. but as I've said before, you can induce yourself to go to the bathroom in a prior post (massage has something to do with it, as well as your diet, water, and exercise).
Now that that is over though, I need to focus on Day 2 and then Day 3.
Day 2.... I'm going to try and master whatever exam that I felt extremely comfortable with first. Then I'll move on. I would really love to master the mock exam.
I have only 8 hours remaining from today. Then I have the 8 hours remaining from 12 AM to 8 AM.
Already 4:36 PM time is flying. I'll need to work as hard as I possibly can after I take a good meditative break for as long my mind sees fit. I plan on listening to my body. And going through a cycle of study, eat, clean, sleep as long as I can and absorbing as much as I can related to day 2.
September 20, 2016
Today I did some work, and I'm still doing some work. It was a very lax day.
I biked to the store to pick up some brain food, and I made some hummus.
I think it's important to be level-headed when I'm writing the CFE.
My training won't betray me :P
What else? Yeah Day 1 exam is in 8 hours and 38 minutes.. but I'll leave in 7 hours and 38 minutes at the latest...
I've been doing work and rehearsing my values... it's working.
The best candidate will have a system of best practices that they will go through more than anyone else.
I'm just doing the module workshop stuff right now, in case anything similar comes up. I'm continually learning. I have a good feeling I'll pass day 1 as long as I can throw my mental momentum for 4 hours. But I really wanna do well, so... I'm gonna go back to studying :) I'm loving it!
Turn your science into an art, and turn your art into a science <-- I'm not sure who said this. If no one did, I'm claiming it as my own!
Peace out! Ttyl. If I ever have to go through blogging again, I'll probably vlog instead just because it's faster to just talk out points than to type them out. Albeit, I am a fast typist.
I biked to the store to pick up some brain food, and I made some hummus.
I think it's important to be level-headed when I'm writing the CFE.
My training won't betray me :P
What else? Yeah Day 1 exam is in 8 hours and 38 minutes.. but I'll leave in 7 hours and 38 minutes at the latest...
I've been doing work and rehearsing my values... it's working.
The best candidate will have a system of best practices that they will go through more than anyone else.
I'm just doing the module workshop stuff right now, in case anything similar comes up. I'm continually learning. I have a good feeling I'll pass day 1 as long as I can throw my mental momentum for 4 hours. But I really wanna do well, so... I'm gonna go back to studying :) I'm loving it!
Turn your science into an art, and turn your art into a science <-- I'm not sure who said this. If no one did, I'm claiming it as my own!
Peace out! Ttyl. If I ever have to go through blogging again, I'll probably vlog instead just because it's faster to just talk out points than to type them out. Albeit, I am a fast typist.
Monday 19 September 2016
September 19, 2016
Last night, I slept from roughly 5 AM to around roughly 1 PM so 8 hours.
I just finished eating some Eggs + Tomatoes + Sage on low GI bread + Pomegranate juice
all i have left to eat is:
- 1 apple
- some strawberries (they tend to get moldy, so I think they should be eaten in de-accelerated manner e.g. if you had 15 strawberries I'd eat 5 the first day, then 4 the following, and so on and so forth.)
- 1 kiwi
"If I give up now... It'll all go to waste"
Check this out: Go to 29:51 to 32:19
lessons from this are:
(1) You gotta work hard to get what you want.
(2) Anything is possible if you think outside the box
(3) Never give up because of (2)
"There are no coincidences (in American football).
A lucky punch occurs when one seizes the proper opportunity."
I just finished eating some Eggs + Tomatoes + Sage on low GI bread + Pomegranate juice
all i have left to eat is:
- 1 apple
- some strawberries (they tend to get moldy, so I think they should be eaten in de-accelerated manner e.g. if you had 15 strawberries I'd eat 5 the first day, then 4 the following, and so on and so forth.)
- 1 kiwi
"If I give up now... It'll all go to waste"
Check this out: Go to 29:51 to 32:19
lessons from this are:
(1) You gotta work hard to get what you want.
(2) Anything is possible if you think outside the box
(3) Never give up because of (2)
"There are no coincidences (in American football).
A lucky punch occurs when one seizes the proper opportunity."
September 18, 2016
Finally finished a Day 1 case, I learned a few things:
- whenever you're doing a analysis for an operational issue:
- use your extra time to go back and look for any additional points
- mirror your quantitative analysis with your qualitative analysis
There's generally a few factors, and that you have to analyze each option against. That means, if you miss a factor, you miss a mark ;)
- also explanations are important of why your pro you listed is a benefit, and your con you listed is a risk
- whenever you're doing a analysis for an operational issue:
- use your extra time to go back and look for any additional points
- mirror your quantitative analysis with your qualitative analysis
There's generally a few factors, and that you have to analyze each option against. That means, if you miss a factor, you miss a mark ;)
- also explanations are important of why your pro you listed is a benefit, and your con you listed is a risk
Saturday 17 September 2016
September 17, 2016
- Always trying to achieve congruency with mind, body and soul.
- MILKING what works. I truly believe that whoever's the best, is the person that has repeated the cycle of best practices the most. It's not simply about who's got the most energy to study. I would figure it's more complicated than that. Time is now 8:19 PM.
My reoccuring issue: I stop when I've solved a significant portion of the case.
implication: It could really slow me down and I might not pass!
Recommendation: Think of the following analogy with two solutions:
Imagine a car trip, 4 or 5 hours long,
the car likes to turn off at each mile stone whenever it sees that the driver has a sense of accomplishment <-- the problem (sort of like my mind!)
Now there are at least two solutions:
1) instead of letting the driver get a sense of accomplishment, HOLD BACK on his/her/your sense of accomplishment until you've reached the end of the trip!!!! You'll have to HOLD BACK a few times, since a case generally has a 3 parts to it. (at least day 1 has 3 parts to it.) Hell. A day 2 case has 9 parts to it so if you can't master this now, I'm screwed.
2) allow your car to turn off, give it a short break (in other words, meditate at your desk for a few moments) and then when you wake up TURN THE KEY ON THE IGNITION! or push the button whatever it is you do lol.
okay so there's my 2 solutions: 1) hold back your sense of accomplishment. Do not let your mind just turn off. Instead only allow yourself to feel it at the very end of the case. and if that doesn't work. then take a super short break, and then IMMEDIATELY PUT THE KEY IN THE CAR AND TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH!
if you've ever turned on a car that had trouble starting :) ahhhh those were the days. You'd know how hard it can be to turn a car on lol. You sort of have to have a magic touch.
I think that's what I'll call these solutions: TRIP END & MAGIC TOUCH!
cooool :) aight bye!!!!!!!
- MILKING what works. I truly believe that whoever's the best, is the person that has repeated the cycle of best practices the most. It's not simply about who's got the most energy to study. I would figure it's more complicated than that. Time is now 8:19 PM.
My reoccuring issue: I stop when I've solved a significant portion of the case.
implication: It could really slow me down and I might not pass!
Recommendation: Think of the following analogy with two solutions:
Imagine a car trip, 4 or 5 hours long,
the car likes to turn off at each mile stone whenever it sees that the driver has a sense of accomplishment <-- the problem (sort of like my mind!)
Now there are at least two solutions:
1) instead of letting the driver get a sense of accomplishment, HOLD BACK on his/her/your sense of accomplishment until you've reached the end of the trip!!!! You'll have to HOLD BACK a few times, since a case generally has a 3 parts to it. (at least day 1 has 3 parts to it.) Hell. A day 2 case has 9 parts to it so if you can't master this now, I'm screwed.
2) allow your car to turn off, give it a short break (in other words, meditate at your desk for a few moments) and then when you wake up TURN THE KEY ON THE IGNITION! or push the button whatever it is you do lol.
okay so there's my 2 solutions: 1) hold back your sense of accomplishment. Do not let your mind just turn off. Instead only allow yourself to feel it at the very end of the case. and if that doesn't work. then take a super short break, and then IMMEDIATELY PUT THE KEY IN THE CAR AND TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH!
if you've ever turned on a car that had trouble starting :) ahhhh those were the days. You'd know how hard it can be to turn a car on lol. You sort of have to have a magic touch.
I think that's what I'll call these solutions: TRIP END & MAGIC TOUCH!
cooool :) aight bye!!!!!!!
Friday 16 September 2016
September 16, 2016
I'm basically ready for day 1. But I'll probably do 1 or more day 1 cases today. And then I'll start day 2 stuff.
I just finished breakfast... I could use something filling for my digestive system how bout a banana. *grabs one*
Extreme effort will always trump effortless talent.
Time is now 1:55 PM
Let's see how long I study for. I have an idea of how long I'll study, But I'd like to see it hold true. :) my lucky number!
I stopped at 3:48 PM I think? So basically 2 hours of studying. I wanted to take a break, and thought it would be in the best interest of my body to listen to it.
I just ate a delicious bowl of cereal filled with pomegranate juice instead of milk (i usually use water but I bet others use milk), and I topped it with fruit as well as nuts and seeds.
Now I want to floss my teeth. While I watch something else!
Time is now 5:19 PM - Normally I would continue fooling around. But I'm going to stop and stay on task. I believe I have to be willing to let go of the joy that's in my hands. There's also a lot of crap available to distract people.
8: 11 PM - I've been relaxing!
8:17 PM - time is flying... Time to exercise... but where? York University? I want a camera!!! A working one! Oh.... How bout home? Yes.
I just finished breakfast... I could use something filling for my digestive system how bout a banana. *grabs one*
Extreme effort will always trump effortless talent.
Time is now 1:55 PM
Let's see how long I study for. I have an idea of how long I'll study, But I'd like to see it hold true. :) my lucky number!
I stopped at 3:48 PM I think? So basically 2 hours of studying. I wanted to take a break, and thought it would be in the best interest of my body to listen to it.
I just ate a delicious bowl of cereal filled with pomegranate juice instead of milk (i usually use water but I bet others use milk), and I topped it with fruit as well as nuts and seeds.
Now I want to floss my teeth. While I watch something else!
Time is now 5:19 PM - Normally I would continue fooling around. But I'm going to stop and stay on task. I believe I have to be willing to let go of the joy that's in my hands. There's also a lot of crap available to distract people.
8: 11 PM - I've been relaxing!
8:17 PM - time is flying... Time to exercise... but where? York University? I want a camera!!! A working one! Oh.... How bout home? Yes.
Thursday 15 September 2016
September 15, 2021
CFE day 1 is soon!
I'm nearly ready for day 1...
ttyl blogger!
Okay, one thing I wanted to mention is that. I generally have a really hard time of understanding what a trend in inventory turnover means. So for example, On average inventory turnover rose from 3 to 2 times. Like I can figure that out... But I REALLY ENJOY, seeing days in inventory. For me, if I see like 150 days to 100 days. that tells me IMMEDIATELY that inventory is being sold faster if it takes has less days in inventory or conversely (100 days to 150 days) would tell me that inventory is rising faster than sales are being made.
Kay. I'm done!!!! Well... I'd like to say I'm done lol, but I am done the first Day 1 case. I thought it was a great experience. And I'm hoping to be finished the other day 1 cases by today... We'll see... I think
I'm nearly ready for day 1...
ttyl blogger!
Okay, one thing I wanted to mention is that. I generally have a really hard time of understanding what a trend in inventory turnover means. So for example, On average inventory turnover rose from 3 to 2 times. Like I can figure that out... But I REALLY ENJOY, seeing days in inventory. For me, if I see like 150 days to 100 days. that tells me IMMEDIATELY that inventory is being sold faster if it takes has less days in inventory or conversely (100 days to 150 days) would tell me that inventory is rising faster than sales are being made.
Kay. I'm done!!!! Well... I'd like to say I'm done lol, but I am done the first Day 1 case. I thought it was a great experience. And I'm hoping to be finished the other day 1 cases by today... We'll see... I think
Wednesday 14 September 2016
September 14, 2016
Working longer! I hope I can finish all my day 1 training today. =
Remember:
- Success breeds success
- Success goes to those who try and try again
- Success requires focus
So, I just finished studying... I studied from 8:30 to 10:50 OH SH!T i gotta fix keyboard back lol... i made a boo boo with sharp keys.
Just watched an hour and a half of episode from my favorite show.. I was eating while watching, then flossing my teeth while watching, and then rinsing my teeth with water while watching. Now I need to brush my teeth and take a quick nap and then study again... that's the plan.
Time is now 2PM. I watched wayyyy too many vids online. I think it's because I haven't been praying to my values before I sleep. I'm going to nap now and when I do i'll pray to my values. A lot of people pray to god, but since I'm atheist I just rehearse my values. Seems to really help. And it doesn't take that long (far less long as the same time I fool around surfing the net).
I won't nap longer than 4 PM. If I wake up anytime before that I'm happy.
SO, I couldn't sleep from 2PM to 4PM. Instead, I went grocery shopping. I came back at around 5 PM.
Put my food away. Made sure my food was stored properly. Hung out with my family and ate Salmon. Then I created grabbed a bowl, filled it up mostly with cereal. Cut up a deliciously ripe nectarine. Cut up what was left of my rotting strawberries. Washed it all, washed my blueberries. Used my nut grinder to dice up some vitamins i take daily, with 4 types of nuts/seeds: sunflower, pumpkin, walnut, and almonds. Then instead of water I used pommegranate juice (which is full of antioxidants meaning brain power is maintained).
I'm starting to sneeze. the room I study in is cold. Which might not be that bad, if I wasn't wearing a t-shirt. BRB.
*Sigh*... :/ Alrighty... I'm going to go meditate..
Remember:
- Success breeds success
- Success goes to those who try and try again
- Success requires focus
So, I just finished studying... I studied from 8:30 to 10:50 OH SH!T i gotta fix keyboard back lol... i made a boo boo with sharp keys.
Just watched an hour and a half of episode from my favorite show.. I was eating while watching, then flossing my teeth while watching, and then rinsing my teeth with water while watching. Now I need to brush my teeth and take a quick nap and then study again... that's the plan.
Time is now 2PM. I watched wayyyy too many vids online. I think it's because I haven't been praying to my values before I sleep. I'm going to nap now and when I do i'll pray to my values. A lot of people pray to god, but since I'm atheist I just rehearse my values. Seems to really help. And it doesn't take that long (far less long as the same time I fool around surfing the net).
I won't nap longer than 4 PM. If I wake up anytime before that I'm happy.
SO, I couldn't sleep from 2PM to 4PM. Instead, I went grocery shopping. I came back at around 5 PM.
Put my food away. Made sure my food was stored properly. Hung out with my family and ate Salmon. Then I created grabbed a bowl, filled it up mostly with cereal. Cut up a deliciously ripe nectarine. Cut up what was left of my rotting strawberries. Washed it all, washed my blueberries. Used my nut grinder to dice up some vitamins i take daily, with 4 types of nuts/seeds: sunflower, pumpkin, walnut, and almonds. Then instead of water I used pommegranate juice (which is full of antioxidants meaning brain power is maintained).
I'm starting to sneeze. the room I study in is cold. Which might not be that bad, if I wasn't wearing a t-shirt. BRB.
*Sigh*... :/ Alrighty... I'm going to go meditate..
Tuesday 13 September 2016
September 13, 2016
12:36 AM - Just finished eating a bowl of oatmeal (steel cut groat oats + hot water + some dark chocolate)
finished the rest of 1 case in the morning.
ate.
took a nap.
it's now
2:12 PM
2:50 PM - looked at my response and sending it to a peer for feedback.
3:23 PM - Just finished the rest of my day 3 case. Going to hand it in right now.
Duuuuude my brain is so awesome right now. It's like BAM, BAM!, BAM!, BAM! everywhere, left and right! Left and right! It's all because i'm doing my best to follow best practices.
Here's what I'm doing so far:
- I am focusing on writing the cases, and using all the resources I have to write them well (food, exercise, workspace, laptop)
- Planning for success (I'm giving my brain a break when I feel it needs one, I'm trying to follow this pattern: study, eat, clean, sleep. Not always in that order but something like that.)
- Understanding how the human body works (see what I said in brackets directly above this).
- Having self control (doing what I think needs to be done, instead of fooling around)
- Having confidence (knowing that what I'm doing will work)
^^^^^^ I'd like to see A LOT of this from myself and very soon :)
Going to start mastering the day 1 case (I would go for the "mock" case, but since there is only a mock case provided for day 2 and 3, I'll just stick with whatever they gave me and whatever I worked on extensively). Since my back up plan was to assure a win for the day 1 case, I'm going to look at any other PRI case scenarios and use them to write any different potential responses that CPA markers will be looking for. Going to get on this right now. TTYL BLOG!
It's 5:44 PM and I'm feeling a bit of fear, and I lack courage! But it's okay, I love the thrill of experience fear anyways.
So Day 1 is supposed to take how many hours? 4 hours. day 2 is 5 hours and day 3 is 4 hours...
which means if I start now I'll stop at 9:44 PM not bad... I can live with that. Okay so... Where's my stop watch *searches* found it! Securexam has a little watch in the bottom corner. And watches aren't really allowed... I suppose I can get used to using Securexam. :) GOTTA LOOK AT THIS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE REAL EXAM SCENARIOS! I ate well today, so I don't feel hungry or anything. Even if I do feel hungry in those 4 hours, I think it will contribute to my learning. What I ate today:
Eggs + tomatoes + avacados + whole grain rye (low Glycemic Index (GI)) bread
And I had.... dark chocolate!
And I made Hummus! I'd like to eat some hummus before I begin lol... Alllrighty... I also ate some blue berries didn't I... No. I don't think so... wait... Am I eating... hmmm... maybe I wont' eat... I think I'll leave that stuff as a reward... GOTTA EXHIBIT SELF-CONTROL. .This is the way the human body works. It works better when you reward it with food AFTERWARDS not before... people that reward before are gluttons and I am not a glutton.
DAMNIT. I STOPPED during my 4 hour study session. BUTTTTTTT! Even the best can stop ;) Doesn't mean I won't get back on the horsey! I was so hungry :'( I might want to buy some snacks for the CFE Day 1, 2 and 3... man this hummus is so good... I would bring it to the exam, but I'm afraid I'll get in trouble for the garlic i put in it.. I suppose I could make it w/o garlic WEEEEAK lol... I needed this break LOL. OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM.
Okay, I might take another break later... I literally just had one slice of bread (bare in mind this is one of those like ruldolph bakery bread, so it's like the super healthy kind that I keep mentioning in this blog, it's very hard. Not fluffy like a dempsters bread O'Canada!!!! lol. All the products I mention in this blog are sold in Canada, so if you're a Canadian CPA candidate, you may not be a stranger to them.
Okay, so. I'm done eating... It's 7:57 PM. I'll clean my mouth a bit, take a super short nap, and then i'll do it up. Follow the plan, feel the benefits. Before I took a break, I've been looking for ways to make my case writing process very efficient. And prioritizing the parts they will definitely mark, and the parts they might not... I can't go into details, but I can say at least this: you should be writing certain things first. It's obviously great to keep the whole assess the situation process in mind... But if they're only going to mark you on a small portion of that, you're better off not wasting your time and just hitting the points, moving on AND THEN WHEN you're finally finished, feel free to go back and fill in anything to make your report look better.
finished the rest of 1 case in the morning.
ate.
took a nap.
it's now
2:12 PM
2:50 PM - looked at my response and sending it to a peer for feedback.
3:23 PM - Just finished the rest of my day 3 case. Going to hand it in right now.
Duuuuude my brain is so awesome right now. It's like BAM, BAM!, BAM!, BAM! everywhere, left and right! Left and right! It's all because i'm doing my best to follow best practices.
Here's what I'm doing so far:
- I am focusing on writing the cases, and using all the resources I have to write them well (food, exercise, workspace, laptop)
- Planning for success (I'm giving my brain a break when I feel it needs one, I'm trying to follow this pattern: study, eat, clean, sleep. Not always in that order but something like that.)
- Understanding how the human body works (see what I said in brackets directly above this).
- Having self control (doing what I think needs to be done, instead of fooling around)
- Having confidence (knowing that what I'm doing will work)
^^^^^^ I'd like to see A LOT of this from myself and very soon :)
Going to start mastering the day 1 case (I would go for the "mock" case, but since there is only a mock case provided for day 2 and 3, I'll just stick with whatever they gave me and whatever I worked on extensively). Since my back up plan was to assure a win for the day 1 case, I'm going to look at any other PRI case scenarios and use them to write any different potential responses that CPA markers will be looking for. Going to get on this right now. TTYL BLOG!
It's 5:44 PM and I'm feeling a bit of fear, and I lack courage! But it's okay, I love the thrill of experience fear anyways.
So Day 1 is supposed to take how many hours? 4 hours. day 2 is 5 hours and day 3 is 4 hours...
which means if I start now I'll stop at 9:44 PM not bad... I can live with that. Okay so... Where's my stop watch *searches* found it! Securexam has a little watch in the bottom corner. And watches aren't really allowed... I suppose I can get used to using Securexam. :) GOTTA LOOK AT THIS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE REAL EXAM SCENARIOS! I ate well today, so I don't feel hungry or anything. Even if I do feel hungry in those 4 hours, I think it will contribute to my learning. What I ate today:
Eggs + tomatoes + avacados + whole grain rye (low Glycemic Index (GI)) bread
And I had.... dark chocolate!
And I made Hummus! I'd like to eat some hummus before I begin lol... Alllrighty... I also ate some blue berries didn't I... No. I don't think so... wait... Am I eating... hmmm... maybe I wont' eat... I think I'll leave that stuff as a reward... GOTTA EXHIBIT SELF-CONTROL. .This is the way the human body works. It works better when you reward it with food AFTERWARDS not before... people that reward before are gluttons and I am not a glutton.
DAMNIT. I STOPPED during my 4 hour study session. BUTTTTTTT! Even the best can stop ;) Doesn't mean I won't get back on the horsey! I was so hungry :'( I might want to buy some snacks for the CFE Day 1, 2 and 3... man this hummus is so good... I would bring it to the exam, but I'm afraid I'll get in trouble for the garlic i put in it.. I suppose I could make it w/o garlic WEEEEAK lol... I needed this break LOL. OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM.
Okay, I might take another break later... I literally just had one slice of bread (bare in mind this is one of those like ruldolph bakery bread, so it's like the super healthy kind that I keep mentioning in this blog, it's very hard. Not fluffy like a dempsters bread O'Canada!!!! lol. All the products I mention in this blog are sold in Canada, so if you're a Canadian CPA candidate, you may not be a stranger to them.
Okay, so. I'm done eating... It's 7:57 PM. I'll clean my mouth a bit, take a super short nap, and then i'll do it up. Follow the plan, feel the benefits. Before I took a break, I've been looking for ways to make my case writing process very efficient. And prioritizing the parts they will definitely mark, and the parts they might not... I can't go into details, but I can say at least this: you should be writing certain things first. It's obviously great to keep the whole assess the situation process in mind... But if they're only going to mark you on a small portion of that, you're better off not wasting your time and just hitting the points, moving on AND THEN WHEN you're finally finished, feel free to go back and fill in anything to make your report look better.
Monday 12 September 2016
September 12, 2016
Exam is steadily approaching. And I'm slowly but surely getting better at this.
I want to finish the day 2 case for this week ASAP. I'm still waiting on an e-mail from cpa regarding an extension... for a silly error i made. Not a big deal if they don't give me the extension. None of this determines whether I will stay in the program, it's just useful for feedback... UPDATE: Got the e-mail back, they said they wouldn't be giving me feedback because I didn't have extenuating circumstances (I'm guessing for example: death in the family, very sick, something like that).
ANYWAYS, i have some music. I'll listen to it while I brush my teeth <--- I didn't brush my teeth last night for the first time in a long time. I basically brush my teeth every day... And WOW, I felt disgusting lol. Even though I have very clean teeth. I just felt gross, so I won't be doing that anymore.
Time is now 5:45 AM! Peace cya later! Sometimes I tend not to fill this out because I feel as though it Jinx's me or maybe I get to into it i dunno. These "sometimes" I go straight to studying case material rather than write out okay I started at this time. I need to improve and FAST considering Day 1 is on Sept. 21, Day 2 is on Sept. 22, and Day 3 is on Sept.23 And it is already the 12th. meaning only 9, 10 and 11 days away respectively for days 1, 2, and 3.. That's less than 2 weeks. In other words, very soon.
10:45 AM
I actually did a lot of work previously so it shouldn't be too hard.
2:11 PM - I am finding it hard to actually get myself to do work! I'll review my motivations. Done. I'm not sure if that helped. So I thought about what I usually do:
Reward myself with something I love:
Eating some really good food
And then in return for the reward, I plan on doing some work. After I ate good food, and watched good anime. I didn't wanna do work, because I played a quick game of Agar.io... Ranked very high with a random partner.
Then I lied down on my bed and thought about the CFE (feel free to laugh, but I imagined as if it were alive and giving me advice in the voice of the late Rodney Dangerfield). It told me the following: You gotta GET STRONG BEFORE you're surrounded by the next generation. Not WHILE or AFTER. Don't you want to have time for your children when they're alive!? And the answer is of course. So I put in some ear plugs, wrote about my experience. Now I'm going to get my booty to work. <-- interesting process. I'll aim to repeat it in the future. It's 3:09 PM.
WORKED! okay, did an AO :)
3:34 PM
Let's now, MILK what WORKS!
I just repeated the above, but I will make one adjustment instead of 30 minutes, I'll double my time and do an hour (for the sake of GROWTH!)
Just studied for 1 hour and 30 minutes
Yaaaay GROWTH ACHIEVED!
also I'm really understanding the format of these cases. I think it'll be a lot easier once I start doing them again. I can definitely see myself finishing the day 2 case today. Although I didn't do a PERRRRRFECT job just yet. Also it's quite tricky... There's a trick to everything :P
I'm going to Bike, walk, jog, and run to the store and grab some berries for my brain and then come back. I'm under the impression that the better fitness/cardiovascular system you have, the better your brain will work! So When I come back, I'll take a shower, and then study for a long time. In this time, I want to see my day 2 case get completed and complete my last day 3 case as well. This is going to be epic lol :P Here's the mounting evidence per livestrong <-- I'm not so sure they're a super credible source, but they're a source non-theless, and they don't seem like they put out weak information (no pun intended)
So, I just got back from a Bike/walk/jog/run from the store. I bought:
- blueberries (2 pac - no pun intended); since i made friends with one of the employees, he gave me the freshest blueberries!!! YES! Kevin!!! You tha man!!!
- strawberries
- tomatoes
- sage
- walnuts
before I took a shower, I played a game of street fighter 3 alpha while i jumped on a trampoline naked lol... I verified some valuable lessons in the process: 1 - it's hard to focus on two things at once. Performance is enhanced when you're 120% into whatever you're doing. 2 - EXPERIENCE is king. Even if you know the correct techniques, it's hard to execute when you don't have sufficient experience. 3 - Since experience is king, the amount of time you study per day I would guess is a key success factor in the game of studying for the CFE! 4 - you gotta use all your best resources, integrate them as needed and demonstrate your learnings! That basically means doing your best in a nut shell lol
It felt nice to get some exercise... :) Then i took a nice shower after... I'm feeling mega fresh... Now I'm eating some of the fruit i bought while I watch some anime.
Alright after I eat and watch this anime, I'm gonna go study and I'll keep track of how long I do it. I'm going to aim for something high, since I'm pumping my body with antioxidants and got exercise in. also a ton of what I'm eating is brain food and plain healthy!
"In any age, a man who focuses on one thing and works hard for it always gets the girls."
I want to finish the day 2 case for this week ASAP. I'm still waiting on an e-mail from cpa regarding an extension... for a silly error i made. Not a big deal if they don't give me the extension. None of this determines whether I will stay in the program, it's just useful for feedback... UPDATE: Got the e-mail back, they said they wouldn't be giving me feedback because I didn't have extenuating circumstances (I'm guessing for example: death in the family, very sick, something like that).
ANYWAYS, i have some music. I'll listen to it while I brush my teeth <--- I didn't brush my teeth last night for the first time in a long time. I basically brush my teeth every day... And WOW, I felt disgusting lol. Even though I have very clean teeth. I just felt gross, so I won't be doing that anymore.
Time is now 5:45 AM! Peace cya later! Sometimes I tend not to fill this out because I feel as though it Jinx's me or maybe I get to into it i dunno. These "sometimes" I go straight to studying case material rather than write out okay I started at this time. I need to improve and FAST considering Day 1 is on Sept. 21, Day 2 is on Sept. 22, and Day 3 is on Sept.23 And it is already the 12th. meaning only 9, 10 and 11 days away respectively for days 1, 2, and 3.. That's less than 2 weeks. In other words, very soon.
10:45 AM
I actually did a lot of work previously so it shouldn't be too hard.
2:11 PM - I am finding it hard to actually get myself to do work! I'll review my motivations. Done. I'm not sure if that helped. So I thought about what I usually do:
Reward myself with something I love:
Eating some really good food
- (for food i just ate: two pieces of whole grain rye bread + a perfectly ripe avacado) I washed it down with some water my teeth don't feel dirty at all. The bread is pretty clean and avacado btw is GREAT for your brain also it washes off my teeth with water easily I guess.
- I'm watching Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple at the moment. But any good anime would do.
And then in return for the reward, I plan on doing some work. After I ate good food, and watched good anime. I didn't wanna do work, because I played a quick game of Agar.io... Ranked very high with a random partner.
Then I lied down on my bed and thought about the CFE (feel free to laugh, but I imagined as if it were alive and giving me advice in the voice of the late Rodney Dangerfield). It told me the following: You gotta GET STRONG BEFORE you're surrounded by the next generation. Not WHILE or AFTER. Don't you want to have time for your children when they're alive!? And the answer is of course. So I put in some ear plugs, wrote about my experience. Now I'm going to get my booty to work. <-- interesting process. I'll aim to repeat it in the future. It's 3:09 PM.
WORKED! okay, did an AO :)
3:34 PM
Let's now, MILK what WORKS!
I just repeated the above, but I will make one adjustment instead of 30 minutes, I'll double my time and do an hour (for the sake of GROWTH!)
Just studied for 1 hour and 30 minutes
Yaaaay GROWTH ACHIEVED!
also I'm really understanding the format of these cases. I think it'll be a lot easier once I start doing them again. I can definitely see myself finishing the day 2 case today. Although I didn't do a PERRRRRFECT job just yet. Also it's quite tricky... There's a trick to everything :P
I'm going to Bike, walk, jog, and run to the store and grab some berries for my brain and then come back. I'm under the impression that the better fitness/cardiovascular system you have, the better your brain will work! So When I come back, I'll take a shower, and then study for a long time. In this time, I want to see my day 2 case get completed and complete my last day 3 case as well. This is going to be epic lol :P Here's the mounting evidence per livestrong <-- I'm not so sure they're a super credible source, but they're a source non-theless, and they don't seem like they put out weak information (no pun intended)
So, I just got back from a Bike/walk/jog/run from the store. I bought:
- blueberries (2 pac - no pun intended); since i made friends with one of the employees, he gave me the freshest blueberries!!! YES! Kevin!!! You tha man!!!
- strawberries
- tomatoes
- sage
- walnuts
before I took a shower, I played a game of street fighter 3 alpha while i jumped on a trampoline naked lol... I verified some valuable lessons in the process: 1 - it's hard to focus on two things at once. Performance is enhanced when you're 120% into whatever you're doing. 2 - EXPERIENCE is king. Even if you know the correct techniques, it's hard to execute when you don't have sufficient experience. 3 - Since experience is king, the amount of time you study per day I would guess is a key success factor in the game of studying for the CFE! 4 - you gotta use all your best resources, integrate them as needed and demonstrate your learnings! That basically means doing your best in a nut shell lol
It felt nice to get some exercise... :) Then i took a nice shower after... I'm feeling mega fresh... Now I'm eating some of the fruit i bought while I watch some anime.
Alright after I eat and watch this anime, I'm gonna go study and I'll keep track of how long I do it. I'm going to aim for something high, since I'm pumping my body with antioxidants and got exercise in. also a ton of what I'm eating is brain food and plain healthy!
"In any age, a man who focuses on one thing and works hard for it always gets the girls."
Sunday 11 September 2016
September 11, 2016
A man's true colors are shown in the time between life and death.
Let's just get NEAR that point of death to ensure hard training occurs.
"The most important thing in a fight is your spirit. Being afraid of an attack, unable to punch, or being extremely scared..Your fear is your greatest weakness now. That respectful nature of yours has obviously inhibited your improvement. Since it is rare, train your courage."
"Every river has a flow. The more scared you are of water, the more water will seem to drown you. You just have to relax and flow with the water."
Just got back from the airport...
So far today I've studied for 2 hours..
the time is now 4:32 PM (I'm sucking on a piece of dark chocolate at the moment and it's soooo good!!!! 85% no alkoli processing)
I got my dad to test me with a few cue cards as we drove home.
So I'd like to study from 5 to 12 that would give me 7 hours. That would also probably drive me a tad nuts... Which is exactly what I want (as i said above - let's get near the point of death... by that i just mean point of exhaustion because... I don't wanna die lol)
Okay, if i can last more than 7 hours by all means I will go for it. But I think it'll be plenty!!!
The more experience I'm raking in, the more techniques I'm acquiring.. Really helps to see another person's case writing. especially when they're clever!
I didn't last for 7 hours this day DAMNIT!!!!! I fell asleep. It's okay I got a case done. I'm not entirely upset. OKaaaay moving on.
Let's just get NEAR that point of death to ensure hard training occurs.
"The most important thing in a fight is your spirit. Being afraid of an attack, unable to punch, or being extremely scared..Your fear is your greatest weakness now. That respectful nature of yours has obviously inhibited your improvement. Since it is rare, train your courage."
"Every river has a flow. The more scared you are of water, the more water will seem to drown you. You just have to relax and flow with the water."
Just got back from the airport...
So far today I've studied for 2 hours..
the time is now 4:32 PM (I'm sucking on a piece of dark chocolate at the moment and it's soooo good!!!! 85% no alkoli processing)
I got my dad to test me with a few cue cards as we drove home.
So I'd like to study from 5 to 12 that would give me 7 hours. That would also probably drive me a tad nuts... Which is exactly what I want (as i said above - let's get near the point of death... by that i just mean point of exhaustion because... I don't wanna die lol)
Okay, if i can last more than 7 hours by all means I will go for it. But I think it'll be plenty!!!
The more experience I'm raking in, the more techniques I'm acquiring.. Really helps to see another person's case writing. especially when they're clever!
I didn't last for 7 hours this day DAMNIT!!!!! I fell asleep. It's okay I got a case done. I'm not entirely upset. OKaaaay moving on.
Saturday 10 September 2016
September 10, 2016
My problem is: When I'm in the middle of a case, and I finish maybe a third of it. I stop because I'm happy I accomplished a significant part of the case. However there's a lot left over.
Discussion:
During the actual CFE, you'll only be given a certain amount of time to complete a case. There likely won't be time to take a break, it's expected that you work continuously. You are allowed to bring snacks that don't distract other students. But I personally, HATE studying with food in my teeth.
Conclusion:
I'm just going to aim to study continuously. And if I get hungry, I'll overlook it. I generally eat healthy. I'm in fairly great shape. My body functions well. So there isn't any harm in fasting while I study. LOL Clearly, I get hungry while I study..
Note: I think my stomach feels sick... But again, I need to look past my petty problems and go full throttle towards the big picture. ttyl blog peeps! I'm doing it for the future and the world.
GAHHH! I was about to hand in the wrong case LOL :( NOOOOO such a newb mistake. But yeah, I was about to do it. So instead of handing it in, I wrote an e-mail to CPA asking for an extension. I think since I was within the deadline for next week's case I should be fine... But dude!!!! And also I was looking at the solution so much! I mean I learned a bit, but I wasn't very happy with my performance...
I've been trying to push myself to go beyond by doing next week's stuff this week. But in the process, I ruined this week's stuff due. -_-... I think the lesson I learnt is: You gotta respect the order they give assignments to you.... First finish whatever they asked for. THEN, do the next thing they asked for you... Don't try and multi-task. It's not a good look.
Now, I'm going to go eat oatmeal and watch anime. I'll take a nap and then after I'm done I'll wake up and try to finish as much as I possibly can on the week 6 day 3 case. Don't sweat the small stuff, just motivation to win and WORK!
Check out these good quotes from one of my fav. shows (Kenichi):
"'What do you think is the most important thing about fighting?'
Strength? Techniques?
No. It's COURAGE. Without courage, you won't be able to stay calm and find your opponent's openings! Without courage, your strength will be held back! Without courage, your technique will never work! If you have none, then you have to train yourself! Practice is the key to everything." The master goes on to say "shigure, push him to the edge" I definitely think there is value in pushing yourself to the edge otherwise you'll never know your limits.
I find that when I'm doing a case, I'm not pushing myself enough...
BUT, I believe if I practice pushing myself, I'll be able to handle a day 3 case. It's crazy. But I think I can do it. I personally find these cases a bit tricky because you really have to manage your time along with what you're willing to tackle.
Wow. What a great day so far!!!!!!!!!!! So it's now 4 PM. I stopped studying at 3 PM. I started studying at 10 AM... Last night, I finished a case, and then I ate: cooked tomatoes (since you can absorb lycopene better when you do that), I shredded some carrots on it, and then put it on top of my homemade hummus, and then i ate it with low fat, whole grain bread (I'm not talking the fluffy full of crap bread, but the very simple whole grain hard bread that's smaller in size, more expensive) quite honestly, I think it's healthier. Then I prayed last night. Not the same way a religious person would. I have my own set of values. And In college, I used to pray to those values when I was in a really tough spot in terms of passing classes. I found that whenever I did this, the following day was just a lot easier!!! I would be able to study for like 9 hours a day consistently for a week or so... That's pretty much what I need right now... Although I think you have to be INSANELY fast when you write these cases. Especially on day 3, when you have to do 3-4 cases.
I'm going to aim to pass day 1 for sure, considering the fact that day 1 is dependent on capstone 1. I really really do not want to take capstone 1 today. It would be very confusing. As a backup plan, I will aim to assure a pass for day 1 and do my best on day 2 and 3. but I really want that pass for day 1...
So i just finished eating a really great breakfast/lunch: I had broccoli + hummus (I try to stick to crucerferous foods because they're anti cancer and good for the brain), then I had some fruits: grapefruit, banana, and... Nectarine (it was on the tip of my tongue).
Now I'm going to floss and brush and then take a nap for however long my body wants... I think 2 hours would be sufficient. Alright talk to you later blog! Keeping that focus strong. Oh man, the new Berserk is such a cool show!!!!! Damn.
Discussion:
During the actual CFE, you'll only be given a certain amount of time to complete a case. There likely won't be time to take a break, it's expected that you work continuously. You are allowed to bring snacks that don't distract other students. But I personally, HATE studying with food in my teeth.
Conclusion:
I'm just going to aim to study continuously. And if I get hungry, I'll overlook it. I generally eat healthy. I'm in fairly great shape. My body functions well. So there isn't any harm in fasting while I study. LOL Clearly, I get hungry while I study..
Note: I think my stomach feels sick... But again, I need to look past my petty problems and go full throttle towards the big picture. ttyl blog peeps! I'm doing it for the future and the world.
GAHHH! I was about to hand in the wrong case LOL :( NOOOOO such a newb mistake. But yeah, I was about to do it. So instead of handing it in, I wrote an e-mail to CPA asking for an extension. I think since I was within the deadline for next week's case I should be fine... But dude!!!! And also I was looking at the solution so much! I mean I learned a bit, but I wasn't very happy with my performance...
I've been trying to push myself to go beyond by doing next week's stuff this week. But in the process, I ruined this week's stuff due. -_-... I think the lesson I learnt is: You gotta respect the order they give assignments to you.... First finish whatever they asked for. THEN, do the next thing they asked for you... Don't try and multi-task. It's not a good look.
Now, I'm going to go eat oatmeal and watch anime. I'll take a nap and then after I'm done I'll wake up and try to finish as much as I possibly can on the week 6 day 3 case. Don't sweat the small stuff, just motivation to win and WORK!
Check out these good quotes from one of my fav. shows (Kenichi):
"'What do you think is the most important thing about fighting?'
Strength? Techniques?
No. It's COURAGE. Without courage, you won't be able to stay calm and find your opponent's openings! Without courage, your strength will be held back! Without courage, your technique will never work! If you have none, then you have to train yourself! Practice is the key to everything." The master goes on to say "shigure, push him to the edge" I definitely think there is value in pushing yourself to the edge otherwise you'll never know your limits.
I find that when I'm doing a case, I'm not pushing myself enough...
BUT, I believe if I practice pushing myself, I'll be able to handle a day 3 case. It's crazy. But I think I can do it. I personally find these cases a bit tricky because you really have to manage your time along with what you're willing to tackle.
Wow. What a great day so far!!!!!!!!!!! So it's now 4 PM. I stopped studying at 3 PM. I started studying at 10 AM... Last night, I finished a case, and then I ate: cooked tomatoes (since you can absorb lycopene better when you do that), I shredded some carrots on it, and then put it on top of my homemade hummus, and then i ate it with low fat, whole grain bread (I'm not talking the fluffy full of crap bread, but the very simple whole grain hard bread that's smaller in size, more expensive) quite honestly, I think it's healthier. Then I prayed last night. Not the same way a religious person would. I have my own set of values. And In college, I used to pray to those values when I was in a really tough spot in terms of passing classes. I found that whenever I did this, the following day was just a lot easier!!! I would be able to study for like 9 hours a day consistently for a week or so... That's pretty much what I need right now... Although I think you have to be INSANELY fast when you write these cases. Especially on day 3, when you have to do 3-4 cases.
I'm going to aim to pass day 1 for sure, considering the fact that day 1 is dependent on capstone 1. I really really do not want to take capstone 1 today. It would be very confusing. As a backup plan, I will aim to assure a pass for day 1 and do my best on day 2 and 3. but I really want that pass for day 1...
So i just finished eating a really great breakfast/lunch: I had broccoli + hummus (I try to stick to crucerferous foods because they're anti cancer and good for the brain), then I had some fruits: grapefruit, banana, and... Nectarine (it was on the tip of my tongue).
Now I'm going to floss and brush and then take a nap for however long my body wants... I think 2 hours would be sufficient. Alright talk to you later blog! Keeping that focus strong. Oh man, the new Berserk is such a cool show!!!!! Damn.
Friday 9 September 2016
September 9, 2016
Time is runnin' out!
I am milking what works! (generally that's doing work, taking a nap, doing work, taking a nap)
creating best practices for whatever goal you have is important.
Considering the fact that goals often include other mini-goals / objectives / tasks. That can mean numerous different systems of best practices.
oh yeah. My eyes were opened yesterday.
This is it man. It is time to man up. No more acting like a little kid anymore. You get one chance at acing this so make it count! Also, do it for your future. LT happiness is important. If you have any seemingly unnecessary emotions while you do this (e.g. feeling lonely) CAST THEM ASIDE, because if they're holding you back, they're holding you back from your future. A future full of life! I guess that being said, the answer to your short-term crap problems are in the future if you just overlook them in the present... that's deep LOL!!
I'm gonna brush my teeth soon, since I'm starting to sneeze. also I'm wearing shorts so that might be the cause.
time is now: 6:39 AM... I wish I had a show to watch... a good show! Oh yeah :) I do have one! Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. APA-PAPAPAPAPA! I'll eat some blueberries and strawberries, then floss and rinse while I watch that.
From Kenichi:
"Once you are able to do something through practice 100 times, you will be able to wield the strength of ten, when you face a real fight"
"If you're a man, you have to say 'the strongest in the world!' Life isn't about what can and can't be done. It's about doing it or not doing it."
"So have you shaken off your petty anxieties?"
Couldn't have said it better myself :) take the first punch, don't wait for the offensive (in other words, don't wait for yourself to be given work, jump into it and get into a flow state!
Next study session is dedicated to anguish (i.e. severe mental or physical pain or suffering.). A basic principle in teaching ones self or others is putting them through a constant state of anguish.
I am milking what works! (generally that's doing work, taking a nap, doing work, taking a nap)
creating best practices for whatever goal you have is important.
Considering the fact that goals often include other mini-goals / objectives / tasks. That can mean numerous different systems of best practices.
oh yeah. My eyes were opened yesterday.
This is it man. It is time to man up. No more acting like a little kid anymore. You get one chance at acing this so make it count! Also, do it for your future. LT happiness is important. If you have any seemingly unnecessary emotions while you do this (e.g. feeling lonely) CAST THEM ASIDE, because if they're holding you back, they're holding you back from your future. A future full of life! I guess that being said, the answer to your short-term crap problems are in the future if you just overlook them in the present... that's deep LOL!!
I'm gonna brush my teeth soon, since I'm starting to sneeze. also I'm wearing shorts so that might be the cause.
time is now: 6:39 AM... I wish I had a show to watch... a good show! Oh yeah :) I do have one! Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. APA-PAPAPAPAPA! I'll eat some blueberries and strawberries, then floss and rinse while I watch that.
From Kenichi:
"Once you are able to do something through practice 100 times, you will be able to wield the strength of ten, when you face a real fight"
"If you're a man, you have to say 'the strongest in the world!' Life isn't about what can and can't be done. It's about doing it or not doing it."
"So have you shaken off your petty anxieties?"
Couldn't have said it better myself :) take the first punch, don't wait for the offensive (in other words, don't wait for yourself to be given work, jump into it and get into a flow state!
Next study session is dedicated to anguish (i.e. severe mental or physical pain or suffering.). A basic principle in teaching ones self or others is putting them through a constant state of anguish.
Thursday 8 September 2016
September 8. 2016
I'm pretty sure I reached a new plateau.
As cliche as this sounds, but at this point: THE ANSWER IS WITHIN YOU. Don't look for other people to help you.
If you've ever risen to the occasion for a big test, then those same skills will aid you. Think of an even better skill! Use that big brain in as many way as you possibly can for diversification power!!!
As cliche as this sounds, but at this point: THE ANSWER IS WITHIN YOU. Don't look for other people to help you.
If you've ever risen to the occasion for a big test, then those same skills will aid you. Think of an even better skill! Use that big brain in as many way as you possibly can for diversification power!!!
Home Remedies To Relieve Frontal Lobe Headaches:
Massage
cure sinusitis
cure low blood sugar and dehydration
Drink a caffeinated drink (e.g. coffee)
Take a nap
I'm cool with massage, and if I could cure my sinusitis (I would) however I can't, I'm not SUPER fond of eating while I study, but I could totally see that working, and I am fond of naps. Super short nap seemed to have worked for me. But maybe I can turn that into both a massage and short nap at my table when I'm writing the CFE. We'll see.
Recommendation for myself: massage & nap at table until headache is gone.
7:45 AM - just finished eating a super healthy meal cooked*(egg + tomatoe) + avacado + cauliflower + carrots + canola oil + mustard + pepper, Now I will go downstairs to rock at least two AOs.OKAY, TEARS in effect 24/7. Technique, gained from Experience, Application of this, and you'll reign Supreme.
just played slither.io, came in 4th place at 20,000 points. Why? Gained experience, learnt techniques and applied them = reigned supreme.
Just need to study CFE material, gain experience, learn techniques, and apply them = reign supreme!
Wednesday 7 September 2016
September 7, 2016
Just finished a case! Yaaaay.
Now I just need to finish 3 other cases in the next 24 hours LOL!
oh man...
Yeah, well listen. I need to get sh!t done.
I won't be giving up.
Everytime I study, I will aim for my vision of what I believe is at least competent! In otherwords, I won't be trying and trying doing the same thing over and over. I'm going to know what I want and make the necessary adjustments to achieve my vision!
Time to finish this Day 2 Case.
Time is now: 10:44 PM <-- Time says: "And we don't stop"
Now I just need to finish 3 other cases in the next 24 hours LOL!
oh man...
Yeah, well listen. I need to get sh!t done.
I won't be giving up.
Everytime I study, I will aim for my vision of what I believe is at least competent! In otherwords, I won't be trying and trying doing the same thing over and over. I'm going to know what I want and make the necessary adjustments to achieve my vision!
Time to finish this Day 2 Case.
Time is now: 10:44 PM <-- Time says: "And we don't stop"
Tuesday 6 September 2016
September 6, 2016
Slept most of today. I'm going to brush my teeth.
Time is now 7:55 PM
Let's see how much of the day I can use to study!!!! I'll keep track and post back. I'll do the exact same thing tomorrow...
Honestly, in my head it seems like: ooooh so much work to do, this is daunting!
But no, I can't think of it like that. I need to think of it like this!: Hey this is an opportunity to learn new material, gain new skills, increase my competence in order to pass the CFE and live an overall better life!!!!
:) I'm going to aim to look at it like the latter. Also going to take a quick look at my motivations before I study. I need to stop thinking so short-term about how I feel right now. Fact is, I'm doing this for the future.. FAR into the future. which could affect generations after me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time is now 7:55 PM
Let's see how much of the day I can use to study!!!! I'll keep track and post back. I'll do the exact same thing tomorrow...
Honestly, in my head it seems like: ooooh so much work to do, this is daunting!
But no, I can't think of it like that. I need to think of it like this!: Hey this is an opportunity to learn new material, gain new skills, increase my competence in order to pass the CFE and live an overall better life!!!!
:) I'm going to aim to look at it like the latter. Also going to take a quick look at my motivations before I study. I need to stop thinking so short-term about how I feel right now. Fact is, I'm doing this for the future.. FAR into the future. which could affect generations after me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 5, 2016
Did VERY LITTLE work this day. Most of it was me trying to find motivation. Was feeling very lack luster. But I ended up having a great day nevertheless. Just not in terms of studying.
Sunday 4 September 2016
September 4, 2016
Going to go brush my teeth and then start studying...
In generallll, whenever you fail, it's because you didn't follow best practices. And vice-versa (for succeed).
Something to think about! ;)
Pulling an all nighter. that means straight work, giving 120%, going to give up my sleep <-- This did not work LOL I got distracted with a girl and then fell asleep soon afterwards...
Yikes!
Here's a song from an album, one of the few CD's I've ever purchased in my entire life.
Today I purchased some food I rarely buy, I'm hoping it has a similar perceived high value as the CD I once bought (17 years old song and still getting my bang for my buck lol). I hope this food gives me a long-term bang for my buck as well.
I purchased:
- 2 packs blueberries (for the brain) ... they were like 3.75 each... PRICY for the amount I got.
- strawberries (for the brain)
- whole grain + low GI content bread
- hand picked tomatoes
- Sage (for the brain)
- a pack of wheat germ (for the brain)
- sunflower seeds (for the body as well as the brain)
- pumpkin seeds (for the brain)
- steel cut groat oats (for the body)
- carrots (for the body)
- that's honestly everything I already had eggs (for choline), broccoli (for the brain), and cauliflower (for both the body and brain)
... Now that I've had a very filing breakfast, I'm gonna get off of here and see what I can do with the day..(I'm going to eat some fish oil before I study though!)
From what I read, blue berries help your brain last longer. So I sometimes get that burnt out feeling. I'm hoping that will be delayed significantly.
I find that, if I still have a good idea of my motivations, I don't need to review 'em. :)
In generallll, whenever you fail, it's because you didn't follow best practices. And vice-versa (for succeed).
Something to think about! ;)
Pulling an all nighter. that means straight work, giving 120%, going to give up my sleep <-- This did not work LOL I got distracted with a girl and then fell asleep soon afterwards...
Yikes!
Here's a song from an album, one of the few CD's I've ever purchased in my entire life.
Today I purchased some food I rarely buy, I'm hoping it has a similar perceived high value as the CD I once bought (17 years old song and still getting my bang for my buck lol). I hope this food gives me a long-term bang for my buck as well.
I purchased:
- 2 packs blueberries (for the brain) ... they were like 3.75 each... PRICY for the amount I got.
- strawberries (for the brain)
- whole grain + low GI content bread
- hand picked tomatoes
- Sage (for the brain)
- a pack of wheat germ (for the brain)
- sunflower seeds (for the body as well as the brain)
- pumpkin seeds (for the brain)
- steel cut groat oats (for the body)
- carrots (for the body)
- that's honestly everything I already had eggs (for choline), broccoli (for the brain), and cauliflower (for both the body and brain)
... Now that I've had a very filing breakfast, I'm gonna get off of here and see what I can do with the day..(I'm going to eat some fish oil before I study though!)
From what I read, blue berries help your brain last longer. So I sometimes get that burnt out feeling. I'm hoping that will be delayed significantly.
I find that, if I still have a good idea of my motivations, I don't need to review 'em. :)
Saturday 3 September 2016
September 3, 2016
With the exam about 2.5 weeks away, I'm starting a super disciplined study schedule. That means long continuous study sessions. The motivation is definitely helping me. Check out my post from July 11, and you'll see what I mean ;) Because I review my motivation, I actually heard the same voice (I'm an auditory learner) in my head telling me what to do. It was kinda interesting. Good ol' brain ;).
Okay I'm actually timing myself right now. Gotta do work when I say I will. ttyl.
Quick comment: so I'm start to try and build best practices for studying for the CFE at this point... Kinda late per se... But not really because I think this is the time where urgency is truly apparent.
I haven't taken any breaks during my 5 hours. Unless you count folding laundry and preparing a meal for later a break... Wasn't really fun though lol I've just been doing work basically. However, you know. You do stuff like fold your laundry and put it away. That's a task you don't have to do for another week. And then preparing a meal. For me, I make hummus and that lasts me a few days, so I'm really accumulating capital here :P Grabbed a water bottle, I haven't found the lid for it... I suppose I can take a few minutes to search for it, but I'm not very hopeful. Found a substitute lid. :) in 20 minutes I should go turn add the salt & baking soda (secret ingredient) to my hummus. And then other than that, I'm just going to continue with this case! Only 2 hours and 30 minutes to go. Let's see how productive I'll be!
There's some time left of the day. Which I'll be using sometime soon...
It's 9:27 PM...
And I just woke up. My eyes looked really tired. So I ended up passing out. I'm also slightly emotionally exhausted from my situation with the ladies... Most of the girls I'd like to see I can't because I know they'll be a distraction... But I made plans to see one soon, and then I literally cancelled the following morning... I'm so tempted *_* But alas, :) I know my responsibilities!!! I'm blessed or cursed with this thing called a conscious. I'm lonely and whatever... But that's not important in hindsight. The future will be full of life depending on whether I pass this thing. And that is one of my motivations..
I'm gonna play some slither.io for a bit. I feel great after drinking/eating chicken soup. I played slither, it was SO laggy. <-- uncontrollable factor... So I started playing Agar.io, I ranked at first place for a while :)
10:23 PM... I'm still kinda sleepy I think a quick nap and then walk is in order!!!!! Maybe a shower too to feel more refreshed as well as some healthy food.
Didn't get much work done today :s ... I had an off day... only 5 hours :D LOL... still anyways :) new day see u there!
Okay I'm actually timing myself right now. Gotta do work when I say I will. ttyl.
Quick comment: so I'm start to try and build best practices for studying for the CFE at this point... Kinda late per se... But not really because I think this is the time where urgency is truly apparent.
I haven't taken any breaks during my 5 hours. Unless you count folding laundry and preparing a meal for later a break... Wasn't really fun though lol I've just been doing work basically. However, you know. You do stuff like fold your laundry and put it away. That's a task you don't have to do for another week. And then preparing a meal. For me, I make hummus and that lasts me a few days, so I'm really accumulating capital here :P Grabbed a water bottle, I haven't found the lid for it... I suppose I can take a few minutes to search for it, but I'm not very hopeful. Found a substitute lid. :) in 20 minutes I should go turn add the salt & baking soda (secret ingredient) to my hummus. And then other than that, I'm just going to continue with this case! Only 2 hours and 30 minutes to go. Let's see how productive I'll be!
There's some time left of the day. Which I'll be using sometime soon...
It's 9:27 PM...
And I just woke up. My eyes looked really tired. So I ended up passing out. I'm also slightly emotionally exhausted from my situation with the ladies... Most of the girls I'd like to see I can't because I know they'll be a distraction... But I made plans to see one soon, and then I literally cancelled the following morning... I'm so tempted *_* But alas, :) I know my responsibilities!!! I'm blessed or cursed with this thing called a conscious. I'm lonely and whatever... But that's not important in hindsight. The future will be full of life depending on whether I pass this thing. And that is one of my motivations..
I'm gonna play some slither.io for a bit. I feel great after drinking/eating chicken soup. I played slither, it was SO laggy. <-- uncontrollable factor... So I started playing Agar.io, I ranked at first place for a while :)
10:23 PM... I'm still kinda sleepy I think a quick nap and then walk is in order!!!!! Maybe a shower too to feel more refreshed as well as some healthy food.
Didn't get much work done today :s ... I had an off day... only 5 hours :D LOL... still anyways :) new day see u there!
Friday 2 September 2016
September 2, 2016
Days almost over, but I'm feeling refreshed so I will be starting next week's case already... Finally a week ahead of schedule. How'd I accomplish that? I did the minimal work required! By minimal I mean whatever would get me a competent on the last case.
I have an amazing piece of advice...
I actually hope whoever reads my blog in the future reads it from NEWEST POST to OLDEST POST. Instead of the vice versa. Why? Because there are things I know now that I wish I knew earlier... Specifically this one piece of advice:
ch-check it:
If you want to be the best, think about what you're doing right now, and ask yourself is that better than the next candidate?
For me that was eye opening. Helped me get on top of my work and made it call me daddy. Too much information? j/k j/k... Ooo interesting, interesting, interesting! I reached out to a fellow CPA candidate on the discussion board CPA provides to us yesterday. And he sent me a case that he did. And I noticed some excellent habits of his that I will be incorporating..
Instead of underlining his titles, he literally just turns on caplocks and voila! instant title! I actually enjoyed it, from the perspective of efficiency <3
He used a lot of bullet points. He did not say pros once, he kept saying pro: blah, pro: blah, con: blah, con: blah. So I gave him some suggestions with that in mind. If you're gonna keep typing a word, just write it once! No point in being redundant....
That's it for tips for today... I'm off to go finish a day 1 case. Here's what I plan on doing:
read the case...
Read the outline of how we're marked...
type out the minimal ASAP. get that case done! If I can do this in one night, then I'm in a good position. If not. I'm in trouble. Let's do this!
I have an amazing piece of advice...
I actually hope whoever reads my blog in the future reads it from NEWEST POST to OLDEST POST. Instead of the vice versa. Why? Because there are things I know now that I wish I knew earlier... Specifically this one piece of advice:
ch-check it:
If you want to be the best, think about what you're doing right now, and ask yourself is that better than the next candidate?
For me that was eye opening. Helped me get on top of my work and made it call me daddy. Too much information? j/k j/k... Ooo interesting, interesting, interesting! I reached out to a fellow CPA candidate on the discussion board CPA provides to us yesterday. And he sent me a case that he did. And I noticed some excellent habits of his that I will be incorporating..
Instead of underlining his titles, he literally just turns on caplocks and voila! instant title! I actually enjoyed it, from the perspective of efficiency <3
He used a lot of bullet points. He did not say pros once, he kept saying pro: blah, pro: blah, con: blah, con: blah. So I gave him some suggestions with that in mind. If you're gonna keep typing a word, just write it once! No point in being redundant....
That's it for tips for today... I'm off to go finish a day 1 case. Here's what I plan on doing:
read the case...
Read the outline of how we're marked...
type out the minimal ASAP. get that case done! If I can do this in one night, then I'm in a good position. If not. I'm in trouble. Let's do this!
Thursday 1 September 2016
September 1, 2016
We're in September!!!! Month of the CFE!
yesterday was a bit of a write-off because I didn't do any work.
After a long sleep, and waking up at a normal time 8 AM. I'm rocking a day 3 case. Ttyl, still rocking it.
11:00 AM - just finished 1 required completely, 2 left to go
I'm going to take a break and then complete the next 2 in series. Prophecy of Success!
Okay I passed out from 6:00 to 7:00 I finished all the understanding for the next 1, but it was SO long. I couldn't do 2. But I think I did double of what I did the first time. So I am proud of my improvement...
If you wanna be the best, you gotta 1) recognize that there are people of your caliber fighting against you. That means they're smart, veryyyy good looking, and they also want to be number 1. Be weary of this. It means you gotta be on top of your game like crazy!!!
8:27... I'll get back to work at 8:45 PM... I will finish this case no matter what during the next study session...
yesterday was a bit of a write-off because I didn't do any work.
After a long sleep, and waking up at a normal time 8 AM. I'm rocking a day 3 case. Ttyl, still rocking it.
11:00 AM - just finished 1 required completely, 2 left to go
I'm going to take a break and then complete the next 2 in series. Prophecy of Success!
Okay I passed out from 6:00 to 7:00 I finished all the understanding for the next 1, but it was SO long. I couldn't do 2. But I think I did double of what I did the first time. So I am proud of my improvement...
If you wanna be the best, you gotta 1) recognize that there are people of your caliber fighting against you. That means they're smart, veryyyy good looking, and they also want to be number 1. Be weary of this. It means you gotta be on top of your game like crazy!!!
8:27... I'll get back to work at 8:45 PM... I will finish this case no matter what during the next study session...
Wednesday 31 August 2016
August 31, 2016
Just handed in my day 2 case a day early. :) cool! But whoaaaa it
took me so long... It took me really long because I tried to learn
everything in the marking guide, and obviously that is not a response
that's written in 4 hours.
With 3 weeks to go, my plan right now is the following:
- get whatever needs to be done at a level of C
- really understand the cases and review my feedback
- write them in the time span alotted for and apply my feedback
Time is now 4:53 AM... My sleep pattern is still kinda crazy.. But I have a feeling I will rise to the occassion. No biggie.
5:25 AM - was surfing youtube looking for some entertaining clips. Nothing. All I found was people doing nothing to little. So now I put on my favorite video game sound track and I'm going to play slither.io haha :)
In slither.io, if you don't follow best practices you lose almost immediately!.... hmmm... I need to come up with a list of my best practices for studying for the CFE.
Something I like to do when I play slither... lol I dunno if this helps... It probably does because it shows how focused I am... I usually title my name: CFE gold medalist hahahaha... Fake it till you make it! My understanding is that, this ia really tough exam. The odd person will find it easy... But in my opinion, it will be tough! I personally don't take terms very lightly. For example, when I say: that guy is weak. Or that guy is strong. I mean it. I hope I do as well as I did in slither though. I placed first hahaha ... I rank in first a lot with a lot of practice :) Or I rank high... Hey there's another life lesson that can be inferred from a video game...: practice a lot and you'll rank high. :)
it is now: 6:01 AM... I'll probably pass out around 9 or 10... Which leaves me 4 hours to play with. And by play, I mean start the next case!!!! I don't really want to.... riiiight? Wrong. I'm motivated!!! Love listening to music. Fires me up! I actually like to dedicate my efforts to songs. Most of the examples I have of me doing this are on facebook, which I have deactivated. Thank you, thank you *bows* No, thank you! You're too kind. LOL anyways, ciaO!
motivation
Nobody told you, that you've face the truth alone
But you got the power to begin
Let yourself wonder that your spirit find a way
And reach for the power from within
Yeah
You got no reason to let people keep you down
Stand up and fight for what you are
Cause your biggest challenge
Is the one that lies within yourself
Know what you're fighting for
[Chorus]
Hold on to the vision in your eyes
Keep the fire burning bright
Got to make them realize
Only with this power can you rise
Hold on to that vision in your eyes
Never surrender to the clouds inside your mind
Never retreat from who you are, no
Love is a magic that you carry on in on, in on, in on
Know what you're fighting for
[Chorus]
Hold on to the vision in your eyes
Keep the fire burning bright
Got to make them realize
Only with this power can you rise
Hold on to that vision in your eyes
8 PM
"Hydrogenated Oils:
health risks of hydrogenated oils
Hydrogenated oils are chemically altered fats-these oils are high heat treated and processed to change them from a liquid state to a solid state.
Hydrogen is added to these oils to make them solid.
Examples include margarine, benecol, earth balance, “better than butter” and Crisco.
These chemically altered oils should be avoided.
THIS explains how hydrogenated oils are created and how they affect the body.
“Let’s take hydrogenated oils and see what this substance really is and why it’s so incredibly bad for you. Hydrogenated oils are oils that are often healthy in their natural state, but are quickly turned into poisons through the manufacturing and processing they undergo. They take these naturally healthy oils such as palm, kernel, soybean, corn oil or coconut oil and they heat it anywhere from five hundred to one thousand degrees under several atmospheres of pressure.
They then inject a catalyst into the oil for several hours. The catalyst is typically a metal such a nickel, platinum or even aluminum. As this bubbles up into the oil the molecular structure changes and increases in density and rearranges it’s molecules so that instead of a liquid at room temperature we now have either semi-solid or solid oil. This creates either partially hydrogenated or fullyhydrogenated oils.
The molecules in this new product are now closer to cellulose or plastic than to oil. In fact hydrogenated oil is only one molecule away from being plastic. When you eat anything containing this material, just as the oil is now thicker and more viscous (dense), so too does your blood become thicker and more viscous right along with it. The heart now has to work so much harder to pump blood throughout the system. This is one of the major ways that consuming hydrogenated oils contributes to high blood pressure.”
Read More: http://www.naturalnews.com/024694_oil_food_oils.html#ixzz2OPsEaGwE
- See more at: http://primalblissnutrition.com/2013/03/dont-be-afraid-of-saturated-fats/#sthash.Gi8cuHFy.dpuf"
Gold!
"Plenty, according to Jeffrey Aron, MD, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. "Emerging data strongly suggests that cancer and dementia are made worse by trans fats," he told me. "Putting trans fats into your body is like dropping fine grains of sand into a Swiss watch. Eventually, the system shuts down." Yikes. My body may run more like a Timex than a Rolex, but I still want to keep it ticking for as long as possible."
More gold!
//
Okay, today has been a write off. I was depressed because I have no girlfriend... :( boohoo! Also I know I can get one... Which is good. But I mean it's basically a tease. Because I can get one, but I know I shouldn't. I don't have the time, or money to spend with a girlfriend... so kinda sucks... I should be grateful for what I have though. I'm fairly good looking. My body is relatively amazing. I can spin in the air, fly in the air doing flips, I'm smart enough to get this far. So I have a lot going for me :) I suppose I was love sick... Oh man..
check this out...
So the whole morning I had a runny nose, IT WOULD NOT STOP... I kept spitting phlegm, I know, I know, Gross. Then I had took some chicken my house keeper made, and put it in a bowl, filled it with water, warmed it up and ate it while I watched a show, and BAM! Good bye runny nose, I haven't heard from it since!!! Crap, I think it's coming back :S... I might have a bit of chicken soup and then I'll get to studying... I feel bad about talking to this girl I talk to online...
PINCH YOURSELF WHEN YOU FIND THAT YOU'RE ACTING INCONGRUENT WITH YOUR PLAN. My plan is to use my awake time to work, and not to do non-work activities. Time is now 12:20 AM. I would love to work until 12:20 PM, so that's what I'll try to do. CFE will last up until 1-2 PM depending on the day so work until 2 PM. And you're golden.
With 3 weeks to go, my plan right now is the following:
- get whatever needs to be done at a level of C
- really understand the cases and review my feedback
- write them in the time span alotted for and apply my feedback
Time is now 4:53 AM... My sleep pattern is still kinda crazy.. But I have a feeling I will rise to the occassion. No biggie.
5:25 AM - was surfing youtube looking for some entertaining clips. Nothing. All I found was people doing nothing to little. So now I put on my favorite video game sound track and I'm going to play slither.io haha :)
In slither.io, if you don't follow best practices you lose almost immediately!.... hmmm... I need to come up with a list of my best practices for studying for the CFE.
Something I like to do when I play slither... lol I dunno if this helps... It probably does because it shows how focused I am... I usually title my name: CFE gold medalist hahahaha... Fake it till you make it! My understanding is that, this ia really tough exam. The odd person will find it easy... But in my opinion, it will be tough! I personally don't take terms very lightly. For example, when I say: that guy is weak. Or that guy is strong. I mean it. I hope I do as well as I did in slither though. I placed first hahaha ... I rank in first a lot with a lot of practice :) Or I rank high... Hey there's another life lesson that can be inferred from a video game...: practice a lot and you'll rank high. :)
it is now: 6:01 AM... I'll probably pass out around 9 or 10... Which leaves me 4 hours to play with. And by play, I mean start the next case!!!! I don't really want to.... riiiight? Wrong. I'm motivated!!! Love listening to music. Fires me up! I actually like to dedicate my efforts to songs. Most of the examples I have of me doing this are on facebook, which I have deactivated. Thank you, thank you *bows* No, thank you! You're too kind. LOL anyways, ciaO!
motivation
Nobody told you, that you've face the truth alone
But you got the power to begin
Let yourself wonder that your spirit find a way
And reach for the power from within
Yeah
You got no reason to let people keep you down
Stand up and fight for what you are
Cause your biggest challenge
Is the one that lies within yourself
Know what you're fighting for
[Chorus]
Hold on to the vision in your eyes
Keep the fire burning bright
Got to make them realize
Only with this power can you rise
Hold on to that vision in your eyes
Never surrender to the clouds inside your mind
Never retreat from who you are, no
Love is a magic that you carry on in on, in on, in on
Know what you're fighting for
[Chorus]
Hold on to the vision in your eyes
Keep the fire burning bright
Got to make them realize
Only with this power can you rise
Hold on to that vision in your eyes
8 PM
"Hydrogenated Oils:
health risks of hydrogenated oils
Hydrogenated oils are chemically altered fats-these oils are high heat treated and processed to change them from a liquid state to a solid state.
Hydrogen is added to these oils to make them solid.
Examples include margarine, benecol, earth balance, “better than butter” and Crisco.
These chemically altered oils should be avoided.
THIS explains how hydrogenated oils are created and how they affect the body.
“Let’s take hydrogenated oils and see what this substance really is and why it’s so incredibly bad for you. Hydrogenated oils are oils that are often healthy in their natural state, but are quickly turned into poisons through the manufacturing and processing they undergo. They take these naturally healthy oils such as palm, kernel, soybean, corn oil or coconut oil and they heat it anywhere from five hundred to one thousand degrees under several atmospheres of pressure.
They then inject a catalyst into the oil for several hours. The catalyst is typically a metal such a nickel, platinum or even aluminum. As this bubbles up into the oil the molecular structure changes and increases in density and rearranges it’s molecules so that instead of a liquid at room temperature we now have either semi-solid or solid oil. This creates either partially hydrogenated or fullyhydrogenated oils.
The molecules in this new product are now closer to cellulose or plastic than to oil. In fact hydrogenated oil is only one molecule away from being plastic. When you eat anything containing this material, just as the oil is now thicker and more viscous (dense), so too does your blood become thicker and more viscous right along with it. The heart now has to work so much harder to pump blood throughout the system. This is one of the major ways that consuming hydrogenated oils contributes to high blood pressure.”
Read More: http://www.naturalnews.com/024694_oil_food_oils.html#ixzz2OPsEaGwE
- See more at: http://primalblissnutrition.com/2013/03/dont-be-afraid-of-saturated-fats/#sthash.Gi8cuHFy.dpuf"
Gold!
"Plenty, according to Jeffrey Aron, MD, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. "Emerging data strongly suggests that cancer and dementia are made worse by trans fats," he told me. "Putting trans fats into your body is like dropping fine grains of sand into a Swiss watch. Eventually, the system shuts down." Yikes. My body may run more like a Timex than a Rolex, but I still want to keep it ticking for as long as possible."
More gold!
//
Okay, today has been a write off. I was depressed because I have no girlfriend... :( boohoo! Also I know I can get one... Which is good. But I mean it's basically a tease. Because I can get one, but I know I shouldn't. I don't have the time, or money to spend with a girlfriend... so kinda sucks... I should be grateful for what I have though. I'm fairly good looking. My body is relatively amazing. I can spin in the air, fly in the air doing flips, I'm smart enough to get this far. So I have a lot going for me :) I suppose I was love sick... Oh man..
check this out...
So the whole morning I had a runny nose, IT WOULD NOT STOP... I kept spitting phlegm, I know, I know, Gross. Then I had took some chicken my house keeper made, and put it in a bowl, filled it with water, warmed it up and ate it while I watched a show, and BAM! Good bye runny nose, I haven't heard from it since!!! Crap, I think it's coming back :S... I might have a bit of chicken soup and then I'll get to studying... I feel bad about talking to this girl I talk to online...
PINCH YOURSELF WHEN YOU FIND THAT YOU'RE ACTING INCONGRUENT WITH YOUR PLAN. My plan is to use my awake time to work, and not to do non-work activities. Time is now 12:20 AM. I would love to work until 12:20 PM, so that's what I'll try to do. CFE will last up until 1-2 PM depending on the day so work until 2 PM. And you're golden.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
August 30, 2016
Time is just flying by!
My brother-in-law is sleeping on a couch in the middle of the room outside my room, so I exit my room to go to the kitchen on my floor. And as I'm opening the kitchen door he starts rustling in the bed sheet I threw on him the other night. And I was just like hello, it's just me. And then he went back to snoring... Really though... He shouldn't be sleeping in the middle of the room. It's not a bed room. :/ So I refuse to feel bad about waking him up... Not my fault man!!! Although I am a night owl... Hey, not everyone's in the same situation. Just like not everyone takes assurance, albeit MOST people take assurance (i'm one of them).
Anyyyyways... I feel like I'm working a bit better... I don't think I'm working good enough, but I'm working better...
There are 2 qualities that I find that is needed to study well
1) the ability to work continuously
2) the ability to work efficiently.
If you have those two qualities, everyone needs stand back while you blow these cases away *WHOOOSH!*
1) I'm lacking in 1
2) I'm fairly strong in 2
Recommendations for myself:
1) Some alternative solutions:
- Think "it's not a big deal"
- Almost finish (by that I mean, personally when I finish studying a certain section, I stop. So just almost finish. and I won't stop!)
- Think "sacrifice for gold" - If you're somewhat competitive and you like to rank high among your peers then aim for the highest rank possible!
- do take a break but make it less often
2) work as efficiently as possible! (improvements here will be made... BUT I MUST MAKE THEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER I FINISH THE CASE I"M CURRENTLY WORKING ON)
SUCCESS IS NOT FOR FREE. IT COSTS SOMETHING!:
- check out the notes I made in the comment of that video to quickly absorb the main points.
<-- To me, this is inspiring. Whoever this dude is who gives these speeches is awesome. Some teenager shows that he's practiced day in and out to get better and better each time. He didn't just GET his goal. He got it by aiming for it every time. And eventually he got close. <-- This video is amazing!!!!!!! The narrator says a lot of valueable stuff. I highly recommend it to any candidates writing the CFE. It makes you think and act critically.
Additional Motivation
If you don't want to watch it, here's the best part in my opinion: 1:50 to 2:14:
Rocky basically says: nothing hits harder than life, it's not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward!
Also I noticed a 12 year old comment saying: he listens to this before every workout. I'm going to read and listen to it before every study session.
9:12 AM - debriefing
YOU"VE GOT TO BELIEVE!
Working smart and not hard really pays off!!! By that I mean,,, for example, when you do a case, you don't have to give all the points possible to achieve a mark of competent. I like to think that out of all the possible points let's say there are 12, you should give 1 more than half to assure yourself of a C. :) Theoretically, to me, this is correct. However, I should look back on all the feedback I got to see if this is true. Now that I think of it, while yes, THAT is true. You really have to do a perfect job on all the points you hit. So even if you do more than half, you may only be awarded half or less than half (because of the quality of points. That being said. It's basically essentially that you go back and check the quality of your points as well as filling in additionally points! :)
My brother-in-law is sleeping on a couch in the middle of the room outside my room, so I exit my room to go to the kitchen on my floor. And as I'm opening the kitchen door he starts rustling in the bed sheet I threw on him the other night. And I was just like hello, it's just me. And then he went back to snoring... Really though... He shouldn't be sleeping in the middle of the room. It's not a bed room. :/ So I refuse to feel bad about waking him up... Not my fault man!!! Although I am a night owl... Hey, not everyone's in the same situation. Just like not everyone takes assurance, albeit MOST people take assurance (i'm one of them).
Anyyyyways... I feel like I'm working a bit better... I don't think I'm working good enough, but I'm working better...
There are 2 qualities that I find that is needed to study well
1) the ability to work continuously
2) the ability to work efficiently.
If you have those two qualities, everyone needs stand back while you blow these cases away *WHOOOSH!*
1) I'm lacking in 1
2) I'm fairly strong in 2
Recommendations for myself:
1) Some alternative solutions:
- Think "it's not a big deal"
- Almost finish (by that I mean, personally when I finish studying a certain section, I stop. So just almost finish. and I won't stop!)
- Think "sacrifice for gold" - If you're somewhat competitive and you like to rank high among your peers then aim for the highest rank possible!
- do take a break but make it less often
2) work as efficiently as possible! (improvements here will be made... BUT I MUST MAKE THEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER I FINISH THE CASE I"M CURRENTLY WORKING ON)
SUCCESS IS NOT FOR FREE. IT COSTS SOMETHING!:
- check out the notes I made in the comment of that video to quickly absorb the main points.
<-- To me, this is inspiring. Whoever this dude is who gives these speeches is awesome. Some teenager shows that he's practiced day in and out to get better and better each time. He didn't just GET his goal. He got it by aiming for it every time. And eventually he got close. <-- This video is amazing!!!!!!! The narrator says a lot of valueable stuff. I highly recommend it to any candidates writing the CFE. It makes you think and act critically.
Additional Motivation
If you don't want to watch it, here's the best part in my opinion: 1:50 to 2:14:
Rocky basically says: nothing hits harder than life, it's not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward!
Also I noticed a 12 year old comment saying: he listens to this before every workout. I'm going to read and listen to it before every study session.
9:12 AM - debriefing
YOU"VE GOT TO BELIEVE!
Working smart and not hard really pays off!!! By that I mean,,, for example, when you do a case, you don't have to give all the points possible to achieve a mark of competent. I like to think that out of all the possible points let's say there are 12, you should give 1 more than half to assure yourself of a C. :) Theoretically, to me, this is correct. However, I should look back on all the feedback I got to see if this is true. Now that I think of it, while yes, THAT is true. You really have to do a perfect job on all the points you hit. So even if you do more than half, you may only be awarded half or less than half (because of the quality of points. That being said. It's basically essentially that you go back and check the quality of your points as well as filling in additionally points! :)
Monday 29 August 2016
August 29, 2016
2:25 AM - stopped studying... I'll go back soon... Honestly, I'm not sure if I can finish by 8 AM... I really need to learn what I am doing and how to navigate the handbooks available to me during the exam. I refuse to rush through this, at the same time... I refuse to just stop and give up... It is a lot. I am getting through it... :) so I'm happy. I'm gonna go for a walk while I eat a granola bar and remind myself of motivations... Yes, they push me!!!
3:50 AM - started studying
6:00 AM - stopped studying
Damn! I'm going to start skipping stuff to learn because these cases are LONG! Even the case itself is long... I will go back and learn more, because that's just good practice. But to at least get the hang of things of how I will normally be approaching a case, I should focus on that first :)
2 days in a row, my goal has been unsuccessful, damnit!
Success goes to those who try and try again...
My thoughts:
You gotta work hard now, so that tomorrow is a brighter day. And by work hard I mean blood, sweat and tears...
7:14 AM - It's time to make history.
7:31 AM - Let the battle continue! I got back my results for the mock exam for day 2 and 3. While the results were not full competent (obviously because I didn't get to hit all the AOs and was so nervous that they would outright say I failed, I didn't! In fact some sections even said CD ;)) Alas... I'm feeling incredibly passionate about my mission to pass this thing. And I know exactly why. Back to studying now!
8:10 AM - stopped studying. Lied down. Recognized this is exactly when I fall asleep due to my biological rhythm. DENIED. I am fierce!!!!!!! I got up, ate a nature valley bar. And pretty soon, I will be studying some more. Sleep is great for your memory no doubt. But there's a lot I need to study and I can't study while I'm asleep.
Taking a break now...
I think I ended up studying till 9 AM or around there.
I went to sleep around then and woke up at 6 PM :S okay... so I need to go to bed at regular times lol... It's not HOrrrible considering that is 9 hours of sleep... It's just that there's a lot of knowledge to absorb and so little time to absorb it!
I have a new goal!: EFFICIENCY... Being efficient with my time will give me what I want! I.e. the ability to 1) absorb the knowledge I need 2) finish cases on time. I need to be efficient at both absorbing knowledge as well as typing it out into the software used to write exams.... That's pretty much all I had to say... OH... I could barely wake up... I was so insanely tired from trying to stay up past my biological clock's bed time. I'm gonna try to go to sleep normally now. I just have to come to terms with the fact that these days are limited, and I need to be as efficient as I possibly can! I've noticed my new efficiency attitude is working. I'm more hungry for knowledge in certain little time spans and I'm taking in more information where I can. Hopefully I can build more healthy habits... The exam is not too far away so I really have to kick some serious butt. Just gotta brush my teeth and then I'll be ready to start studying again..
Time is now 10 PM
last 24 hours ago I got approximately: 7 hours of work done... I'll aim to get that much done in a row. Just trying to do what I did before. That's it. Nothing super special, super incredibly amazing. Just match what I did yesterday. Bye. ttyl. Oh but if I can beat it, I will lol!
Sunday 28 August 2016
August 28, 2016
My aim is to finish by 8 AM...
It's 2:26 AM right now... I'm hoping I'll finish by 8 or around 8.. I gotta admit..It's quite difficult. These day 2 cases get the best of me!
But I'm hoping with the right amount of practice and maybe a change in technique, you will hear me saying: I enjoy this! It's definitely interesting! But when there is confounding information (i.e. information that is confusing since it doesn't agree with other parts of the information) it's not so fun :( lol... no worries WHEN this sort of thing happens on the actual test. You need to assume and move on. And before the test you need to ASK questions. Which I will do :) in the near future lol.
Start time: 5:21 AM
End time: 6:00 AM
taking a ___ break.
I studied a lot during the day but I didn't really keep track of it. All that's left is the auditing portion of the Day 2 case :)... Jeez, so long! But i truly do feel as though I am learning!!!
7:59 PM: I ate 5 fruits about an hour ago, and then had to go to the bathroom (lol TMI) but I swear it detoxified me! Damn <3 love smoothies.
I generally keep a blank piece of paper by my side for anything I have questions for when I'm going through a case. This way I can batch all my questions and then ask them over the cpa discussion board.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/regular-exercise-changes-brain-improve-memory-thinking-skills-201404097110
I'm going to exercise a bit! Since exercise helps with the brain ;) And then I'll finish off this day 2 :)
After exercising: I realized today that i have a way to get better at writing cases via exercising...
so personally, I'm a breakdancing champ... I have been since i was 14. I have won a few competitions, danced for the toronto blue jays, practiced with the best in the world. IN SUMMARY: I'm passionate about fitness. HOWEVER, this is where success breeds success, I always say: I'm a powermove in the mind, body, and soul. That means I"M NOT just a great athlete, I'm also a great thinker, I'm also a very compassionate person. This very motto of mine, is going to push me to excel. Because if I can excel with my body, I don't see a reason why I shouldn't be able to excel with my mind, IN FACT, I will push myself no matter WHAT! If I'm not done the Day 2 case by tomorrow morning, feel free to label me as someone who cannot excel using their brain. Bare in mind, the brain is technically the body, so if I can improve with my body, I can improve my brain.
So how does this apply to the reader? Take anything you're good at. Maybe you're good reading books. Maybe you're good at video game. Maybe you're great at sewing. I don't know! But ask yourself this: Are you a one trick monkey? Are you an idiot? The answer is most likely: no. So, do you think it's fair to say if you can excel in one area in your life, why shouldn't you be able to excel at studying? I think that's not only fair. It's awesome too!
So, I know I won't like it... I know it'll be tough. But I have something to prove. My mind is strong! Not only my breakdancing muscles. Ttyl... And I'm making the commitment to do something! You should too (assuming anyone reads this thing lol)...
10:53 PM - time to study! :) Let's put our NOGGIN to the test!
roughly 3.5 hours done
It's 2:26 AM right now... I'm hoping I'll finish by 8 or around 8.. I gotta admit..It's quite difficult. These day 2 cases get the best of me!
But I'm hoping with the right amount of practice and maybe a change in technique, you will hear me saying: I enjoy this! It's definitely interesting! But when there is confounding information (i.e. information that is confusing since it doesn't agree with other parts of the information) it's not so fun :( lol... no worries WHEN this sort of thing happens on the actual test. You need to assume and move on. And before the test you need to ASK questions. Which I will do :) in the near future lol.
Start time: 5:21 AM
End time: 6:00 AM
taking a ___ break.
I studied a lot during the day but I didn't really keep track of it. All that's left is the auditing portion of the Day 2 case :)... Jeez, so long! But i truly do feel as though I am learning!!!
7:59 PM: I ate 5 fruits about an hour ago, and then had to go to the bathroom (lol TMI) but I swear it detoxified me! Damn <3 love smoothies.
I generally keep a blank piece of paper by my side for anything I have questions for when I'm going through a case. This way I can batch all my questions and then ask them over the cpa discussion board.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/regular-exercise-changes-brain-improve-memory-thinking-skills-201404097110
I'm going to exercise a bit! Since exercise helps with the brain ;) And then I'll finish off this day 2 :)
After exercising: I realized today that i have a way to get better at writing cases via exercising...
so personally, I'm a breakdancing champ... I have been since i was 14. I have won a few competitions, danced for the toronto blue jays, practiced with the best in the world. IN SUMMARY: I'm passionate about fitness. HOWEVER, this is where success breeds success, I always say: I'm a powermove in the mind, body, and soul. That means I"M NOT just a great athlete, I'm also a great thinker, I'm also a very compassionate person. This very motto of mine, is going to push me to excel. Because if I can excel with my body, I don't see a reason why I shouldn't be able to excel with my mind, IN FACT, I will push myself no matter WHAT! If I'm not done the Day 2 case by tomorrow morning, feel free to label me as someone who cannot excel using their brain. Bare in mind, the brain is technically the body, so if I can improve with my body, I can improve my brain.
So how does this apply to the reader? Take anything you're good at. Maybe you're good reading books. Maybe you're good at video game. Maybe you're great at sewing. I don't know! But ask yourself this: Are you a one trick monkey? Are you an idiot? The answer is most likely: no. So, do you think it's fair to say if you can excel in one area in your life, why shouldn't you be able to excel at studying? I think that's not only fair. It's awesome too!
So, I know I won't like it... I know it'll be tough. But I have something to prove. My mind is strong! Not only my breakdancing muscles. Ttyl... And I'm making the commitment to do something! You should too (assuming anyone reads this thing lol)...
10:53 PM - time to study! :) Let's put our NOGGIN to the test!
roughly 3.5 hours done
Saturday 27 August 2016
August 27, 2016
Feeling refreshed after I showered, and then I danced.
Now I'm going to set a new record (it may not be that good warning) for my longest study session. Quality over quantity anyways right :P ahahaha... Okay..
STARTINGGGGG NOW!: 12:11 AM
damnit! It's only 12:49 AM... This is a great sign though :) because I've actually gotten a lot of work done in 40 minutes! :D... Okay back to work.
Also, personally, I wish I did a better job for the day 2 mock cfe, cuz I couldn't log back into securexam, and as a result I left out like 6 AOs out of the 9 AOs for auditing I did all the AOs for financial reporting though... For day 3 mock cfe i did a GREAT job... However it got worse and worse each case... Nevertheless, I think they will let me continue on with capstone 2... IF THEY DON't, whatever, I have learned a lot so far. And I'm a very understandable person. I believe worse comes to worse you have to redo capstone 2 correct? lemme check the candidate guide. It doesn't really tell me. Dude, these designations are CRAZY! I went through another designation before this (I WON"T SAY WHICH ONE hahaha). But oh man, they are so strict. I remember I handed in an assignment 8 minutes late. I thought it was 3 minutes but I guess there was like a 5 minutes I didn't account for. They kicked me out in a heart beat... However in that scenario, I had 2 other late assignments. For Capstone 2, I haven't had any problems . I also got 100% in Capstone 1... I'm hoping worse comes to worse I get bad feedback. Other than that, I'm going to just do my best, because it won't help anymore if I think about this. Just gotta keep moving forward!
12:57 AM - I wasn't doing work for let's see: 8 minutes! bUT i WAS SITTING DOWN...
Doesn't matter looool NOoooooo :'( okay so my record for today has been 40 minutes of straight work... I'll beat it ;) don't u worry!
Time is now 2:55 AM - starting to study again
3:28 AM - stopped studying
3:54 AM - started studying again
4:33 AM - stopped studying
Remember, he who eats most, WINS!
2:19 PM - just woke up; slept pretty great! I had ear plugs in my ears so that might've helped.
I reeeeeeeeeeeally want to finis this day 2 case today. I think it will be instrumental to my success! This room is cold I'm gonna go grab a long sleeve shirt... I think I can pull off a few hours of work YOu know right when you wake up.
Just called my friend (a fellow candidate) he said: I was going about studying the wrong way, because I'm looking too much at the resources...
WELL... I called him for some motivation. And that's what I got. I realllllly wanna show him. That I'm ready and what I'm doing is correct!!!
My aim for today is not 1 case but 2 cases!!!! ARGGGGG :D
I will need to:
Finish the entire case I'm currently writing
put it in my own words.
write out the feedback guide of another case
then write the entire case!
then put it in my own words!
I'm feeling beyond motivated. 1 game of slither before I attempt to work... oh yeah... sf3 alpha is so tough: here are some best practices I use to win maximum times: time my attacks, execute moves, use the best moves possible out of the moves available, attack within range.
Wow! I finally found a method to beat this one guy, that I could never consistently beat... But I figured it out! I pressed this button and Ryu (street fighter character) punches like crazy, and all of a sudden BAM! I figured out how to beat him consistently... I tried out this method on other characters, to see if it'd work. Low and behold, I can beat every character consistently by using this super repeat punch (I hold the button down lol)... What relevance does this have with the CFE? Well... It goes to show, Yes: success does go to those who TRY and TRY again. It also shows the importance of having time to experiment. I experimented when I tried out pressing a new button. If you keep doing the same things, you're gonna get the same results. So don't be afraid to make mistakes... I mean... I'm going through this process without a mentor or a peer. And I personally enjoy it more. What else? Yeah, I wanna let this success of mine breed success in the writing cases area of my life... I have to keep trying old things and new things. I found out when I combined the BEST street fighter concept with another BEST street fighter concept, I was able to beat the best people (and I wasn't even cheating!). You can find legitimate ways to use the world to your advantage in order to write the best response possible! It's 10:34 PM and my family/parents are at a wedding.
I know it seems farfetched but I think I can finish this case that's due next week before 8 AM today. way before that hopefully :)... I'm gonna go ciao! Man, I am so happy I beat that damn character!!!!!!!!! I"M AWESOME!!! you don't know how tough he is. Go play street fighter alpha 3 and try to beat charlie without using my technique. He's insanely tough to beat. You know what I kept thinking: It's not possible. It is just not possible to beat this guy every time, without cheating. IT"S JUST NOT! but there were always a spark of hope. Every time I played, I thought how do I beat him consistently. I know it's not possible at this point time. But if there's a way, I'm trying to find it out. Maybe if I use this strategy, or that strategy. I was not afraid to fail. I didn't mind. I enjoyed it. And I just kept at it... Maybe I should change the name of this blog to beatstreetfighteralpha3@blogspot.. KIDDING!!! No.. but seriously everytime, I've been writing cases, I think... It's just not possible. to write an hour long case... in 1 hours time... It's just not... But it is. You just have to find that ray of hope, and keep that inside. Keep trying! Keep trying! Keep trying! DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU"VE FOUND YOUR KEY! your magic pill, so to speak... I know I said I'd leave but...It all ties back into my cross bowmen theory. The theory that if you throw enough arrows at an opponent, they'll die instantly. The implication is that, if you put enough hours into your case writing skills, it'll become easy. And that's the goal we want. We need to create experience, to gain techniques which we'll apply in various areas of our life (specifically case writing for the CFE)... Sorry, if it seems like I'm going off on a tangent. I like to talk to myself, in my own terms, otherwise this would be a really lame blog where I'm just trying to write what will impress the reader. I'll leave professional writing for my cases, and my own video game analogies for my blog writing.
New start time: 10:45 PM
Now I'm going to set a new record (it may not be that good warning) for my longest study session. Quality over quantity anyways right :P ahahaha... Okay..
STARTINGGGGG NOW!: 12:11 AM
damnit! It's only 12:49 AM... This is a great sign though :) because I've actually gotten a lot of work done in 40 minutes! :D... Okay back to work.
Also, personally, I wish I did a better job for the day 2 mock cfe, cuz I couldn't log back into securexam, and as a result I left out like 6 AOs out of the 9 AOs for auditing I did all the AOs for financial reporting though... For day 3 mock cfe i did a GREAT job... However it got worse and worse each case... Nevertheless, I think they will let me continue on with capstone 2... IF THEY DON't, whatever, I have learned a lot so far. And I'm a very understandable person. I believe worse comes to worse you have to redo capstone 2 correct? lemme check the candidate guide. It doesn't really tell me. Dude, these designations are CRAZY! I went through another designation before this (I WON"T SAY WHICH ONE hahaha). But oh man, they are so strict. I remember I handed in an assignment 8 minutes late. I thought it was 3 minutes but I guess there was like a 5 minutes I didn't account for. They kicked me out in a heart beat... However in that scenario, I had 2 other late assignments. For Capstone 2, I haven't had any problems . I also got 100% in Capstone 1... I'm hoping worse comes to worse I get bad feedback. Other than that, I'm going to just do my best, because it won't help anymore if I think about this. Just gotta keep moving forward!
12:57 AM - I wasn't doing work for let's see: 8 minutes! bUT i WAS SITTING DOWN...
Doesn't matter looool NOoooooo :'( okay so my record for today has been 40 minutes of straight work... I'll beat it ;) don't u worry!
Time is now 2:55 AM - starting to study again
3:28 AM - stopped studying
3:54 AM - started studying again
4:33 AM - stopped studying
Remember, he who eats most, WINS!
2:19 PM - just woke up; slept pretty great! I had ear plugs in my ears so that might've helped.
I reeeeeeeeeeeally want to finis this day 2 case today. I think it will be instrumental to my success! This room is cold I'm gonna go grab a long sleeve shirt... I think I can pull off a few hours of work YOu know right when you wake up.
Just called my friend (a fellow candidate) he said: I was going about studying the wrong way, because I'm looking too much at the resources...
WELL... I called him for some motivation. And that's what I got. I realllllly wanna show him. That I'm ready and what I'm doing is correct!!!
My aim for today is not 1 case but 2 cases!!!! ARGGGGG :D
I will need to:
Finish the entire case I'm currently writing
put it in my own words.
write out the feedback guide of another case
then write the entire case!
then put it in my own words!
I'm feeling beyond motivated. 1 game of slither before I attempt to work... oh yeah... sf3 alpha is so tough: here are some best practices I use to win maximum times: time my attacks, execute moves, use the best moves possible out of the moves available, attack within range.
Wow! I finally found a method to beat this one guy, that I could never consistently beat... But I figured it out! I pressed this button and Ryu (street fighter character) punches like crazy, and all of a sudden BAM! I figured out how to beat him consistently... I tried out this method on other characters, to see if it'd work. Low and behold, I can beat every character consistently by using this super repeat punch (I hold the button down lol)... What relevance does this have with the CFE? Well... It goes to show, Yes: success does go to those who TRY and TRY again. It also shows the importance of having time to experiment. I experimented when I tried out pressing a new button. If you keep doing the same things, you're gonna get the same results. So don't be afraid to make mistakes... I mean... I'm going through this process without a mentor or a peer. And I personally enjoy it more. What else? Yeah, I wanna let this success of mine breed success in the writing cases area of my life... I have to keep trying old things and new things. I found out when I combined the BEST street fighter concept with another BEST street fighter concept, I was able to beat the best people (and I wasn't even cheating!). You can find legitimate ways to use the world to your advantage in order to write the best response possible! It's 10:34 PM and my family/parents are at a wedding.
I know it seems farfetched but I think I can finish this case that's due next week before 8 AM today. way before that hopefully :)... I'm gonna go ciao! Man, I am so happy I beat that damn character!!!!!!!!! I"M AWESOME!!! you don't know how tough he is. Go play street fighter alpha 3 and try to beat charlie without using my technique. He's insanely tough to beat. You know what I kept thinking: It's not possible. It is just not possible to beat this guy every time, without cheating. IT"S JUST NOT! but there were always a spark of hope. Every time I played, I thought how do I beat him consistently. I know it's not possible at this point time. But if there's a way, I'm trying to find it out. Maybe if I use this strategy, or that strategy. I was not afraid to fail. I didn't mind. I enjoyed it. And I just kept at it... Maybe I should change the name of this blog to beatstreetfighteralpha3@blogspot.. KIDDING!!! No.. but seriously everytime, I've been writing cases, I think... It's just not possible. to write an hour long case... in 1 hours time... It's just not... But it is. You just have to find that ray of hope, and keep that inside. Keep trying! Keep trying! Keep trying! DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU"VE FOUND YOUR KEY! your magic pill, so to speak... I know I said I'd leave but...It all ties back into my cross bowmen theory. The theory that if you throw enough arrows at an opponent, they'll die instantly. The implication is that, if you put enough hours into your case writing skills, it'll become easy. And that's the goal we want. We need to create experience, to gain techniques which we'll apply in various areas of our life (specifically case writing for the CFE)... Sorry, if it seems like I'm going off on a tangent. I like to talk to myself, in my own terms, otherwise this would be a really lame blog where I'm just trying to write what will impress the reader. I'll leave professional writing for my cases, and my own video game analogies for my blog writing.
New start time: 10:45 PM
Friday 26 August 2016
August 26, 2016
Let me ask you a question.
If you had 624 hours to study, out of how many days of the total number of days would you use to study?
If anyone asked me this my answer would be: 624-130hours (5 hours a day for sleep) = 494-4 hours for grocery shopping each week = 490hours - 26 hours (15 minutes * 4 meals a day*26 days remaining until cfe) = 464 so out of the 624 hours available I would basically spend 74%.
At first thought, I said to myself: 100%! of course! and then I thought... wait this isn't a perfect world. I'd probably die after 3 days without food.
time is now 12:09... Still haven't handed in my day 3 response which i have to do via dropbox.
but I'm glad I asked the question... it's a good question!
Everything remains the same.
All my motivations are lifting me up (whether I like those motivations or not).
Time is running out.
And I'm going to be focused on passing the CFE all up until the day of the exam. Cuz I ain't ready!!!
I think if I were ready in a little less than 2 weeks, then I will assure myself of pass. I'll do my best.
Damnit, I tend to play video games whenever I've accomplished a big piece of the work that is due. I just handed my assignment in at 2:54 and it was due at 2:55... I like being on time.... eh? :P No, but honestly, the work I handed in wasn't really work I did on my own. I used the solution.... ALTHOUGH I did understand everything the solution did, I also came up with my own response in that I didn't include everything that the solution included. Everything was in my own words. But the solution went a long way to help. I'm sure this is the case with most candidates HOWEVER! I reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanna be able to do this stuff from scratch!!! I hate having to use the solution....
ANYWAYS :) staying positive here. I am now technically in week 5 *shivers* Wait! I'm still in Week 4 *phew!* never mind. I have 2 days till it's done... it looks like i handed in the assignment 2 days before it was due... Is that true? Lemme check... GOOD! LOL I thought I was hardly on time. And yet I'm actually early!!! OH THE IRONY of it all...
ANYWAYS... I want to get a 2nd case done this week specifically the next one... and the one after that...
the sooner I get these cases over with the sooner I can use them to study... You guys should be aware that these cases are mandatory... you have to do them or else you get kicked out... well... I think you DEFINITELY get kicked out if you don't do the mock cases but you probably get warnings... actually now that I think about it<-- LOL i do this a lot... You don't get kicked out at all if you don't hand in their weekly submissions... BUT YOU DON"T GET MARKED... It's important to see how a case gets marked by a marker... Otherwise, you're somewhat screwed. I did DO the case. So I know what I did per se... Just need to kill it...
Okay so next case I'm gonna do is going to be a Day 2 case due 5 days... It's cold outside. Hmmm. Thinking about changing my shirt if it's too cold i'll wear a long sleeve one. Here's what I have left to hand in:
- Day 2 case (in 5 days)
- Day 3 case (in 8 days)
- Day 1 case (in 12 days)
- Day 3 case (in 15 days)
- Day 2 case (in 20 days)
- Day 3 case (in 22 days)
- CFE day 1 (in 26 days)
- CFE day 2 (in 27 days)
- CFE day 3 (in 28 days)
oh boy... scary stuff. Hmmmm.... Yeah... definitely need to get this shit done. And fast.
I'm going to take a walk... Ideally, of course, you know how I roll blogger. I'm pulling an all nighter because I am a night owl and I work it like dat. yeeeeeauh hahaha. okay. Gonna play a bit of a game before I do that... NO! i won't play a game... I will take this VERY seriously.. I'm going to put my stuff away... and then I"ll come back to it later. *Clean up time!* Btw, you guys have got to see my set up, it is pretty valuable, I must say.
Time is now: 3:31 AM. as a break, I'm going to bike to a near by school, shoot some hoops... And then I'll come back and give this day 2 case a punch in the face. It's apparently 20 degrees celcius outside lol... crazy. 94% humidity <-- I'd have to agree, it's been sticky lately. And then what? and now i go! LoL Last note, I was kind of upset I didn't get to do this case twice... Actually it both upset me and scared me. I need to be read for this CFE... Or else I'm in trouble... GRRRR! I've got more wrinkles on my face because I've literally been growling when I'm near the end of my studying to stay awake and just for instinctual drive in general.
4:50 AM... Just finished editing this video. LOL so what ended up happening was. I felt like dancing. So I danced a teeny bit in the middle of the intersection... There's no where to dance at 4:50 AM in my neighborhood with good floor! The intersection floor was horrible but it was cool scenery nonetheless. After I finished dancing I went back to my bike which the camera was sitting on and just started changing the music, then a cop comes by (they always come after me because I'm a night owl + I'm a tad crazy if you haven't noticed LOL) and says hey do you live in the area? And I'm like yes. And then he asks what are you doing up so late. Just biking and taking a break. And then he smiled and he was like cool! have a great night! And I was just like you too! And that was that... It's been worse those when I was younger I had a cop call back up LOL!!! Just because I'm so suspicious (okay THAT time I was wearing a ski-mask IT WAS COLD WINTER I ain't that crazy. That cop was just dumb, when back up arrived they made fun of him.) Soooo what else... ummm OH MAN! I went to the school to play basketball, I used to play there when I was a kid and I read some fire department sign, so I"m like okay I'll use the other entrance. And it's nearly pitch black. Somewhat scary, and then BAM! I went flying off my bike (I tend to do this bi-annually. Landed on my hands because it's what I do lol and then my glasses fell of my head so I looked around to look for them, while i cleaned my hands with the dewy grass. After I found my glasses, I thought it was best to go home just because I didn't want any cops telling me I'm not allowed to basketball at a school I don't go to at 4 AM... Meh!
Now it's 5:13 AM right now... I'm going to start on the next day 2 case... LET'S DO THIS!
Okay it's now 8:56 PM (I woke up a few hours ago) LOL check this out: teen dies playing video game for 40 hours straight now check this out! This woman from Singapore has the guiness book world record for sitting against a wall for 12 hours straight... Mad respect!!!!
Now I HAVE A CHALLENGE: Let's set the longest guiness book world record time for sitting in a chair and doing your homework!
Start time: 9:12 PM
5 minutes in and I cut my hair and took a shower and got dressed again. I kept itching my head cuz my hair was pretty darn long.
10:24 PM new start time.
11:00 PM new end time --- so that' 36 minutes... Good start :) Took a break played a bit of a game, and now I'm gonna lie down for a bit and then go at it again! I said I'd do that but instead I breakdanced, now I'm going to study :) felt good to exercise.
11:50
If you had 624 hours to study, out of how many days of the total number of days would you use to study?
If anyone asked me this my answer would be: 624-130hours (5 hours a day for sleep) = 494-4 hours for grocery shopping each week = 490hours - 26 hours (15 minutes * 4 meals a day*26 days remaining until cfe) = 464 so out of the 624 hours available I would basically spend 74%.
At first thought, I said to myself: 100%! of course! and then I thought... wait this isn't a perfect world. I'd probably die after 3 days without food.
time is now 12:09... Still haven't handed in my day 3 response which i have to do via dropbox.
but I'm glad I asked the question... it's a good question!
Everything remains the same.
All my motivations are lifting me up (whether I like those motivations or not).
Time is running out.
And I'm going to be focused on passing the CFE all up until the day of the exam. Cuz I ain't ready!!!
I think if I were ready in a little less than 2 weeks, then I will assure myself of pass. I'll do my best.
Damnit, I tend to play video games whenever I've accomplished a big piece of the work that is due. I just handed my assignment in at 2:54 and it was due at 2:55... I like being on time.... eh? :P No, but honestly, the work I handed in wasn't really work I did on my own. I used the solution.... ALTHOUGH I did understand everything the solution did, I also came up with my own response in that I didn't include everything that the solution included. Everything was in my own words. But the solution went a long way to help. I'm sure this is the case with most candidates HOWEVER! I reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanna be able to do this stuff from scratch!!! I hate having to use the solution....
ANYWAYS :) staying positive here. I am now technically in week 5 *shivers* Wait! I'm still in Week 4 *phew!* never mind. I have 2 days till it's done... it looks like i handed in the assignment 2 days before it was due... Is that true? Lemme check... GOOD! LOL I thought I was hardly on time. And yet I'm actually early!!! OH THE IRONY of it all...
ANYWAYS... I want to get a 2nd case done this week specifically the next one... and the one after that...
the sooner I get these cases over with the sooner I can use them to study... You guys should be aware that these cases are mandatory... you have to do them or else you get kicked out... well... I think you DEFINITELY get kicked out if you don't do the mock cases but you probably get warnings... actually now that I think about it<-- LOL i do this a lot... You don't get kicked out at all if you don't hand in their weekly submissions... BUT YOU DON"T GET MARKED... It's important to see how a case gets marked by a marker... Otherwise, you're somewhat screwed. I did DO the case. So I know what I did per se... Just need to kill it...
Okay so next case I'm gonna do is going to be a Day 2 case due 5 days... It's cold outside. Hmmm. Thinking about changing my shirt if it's too cold i'll wear a long sleeve one. Here's what I have left to hand in:
- Day 2 case (in 5 days)
- Day 3 case (in 8 days)
- Day 1 case (in 12 days)
- Day 3 case (in 15 days)
- Day 2 case (in 20 days)
- Day 3 case (in 22 days)
- CFE day 1 (in 26 days)
- CFE day 2 (in 27 days)
- CFE day 3 (in 28 days)
oh boy... scary stuff. Hmmmm.... Yeah... definitely need to get this shit done. And fast.
I'm going to take a walk... Ideally, of course, you know how I roll blogger. I'm pulling an all nighter because I am a night owl and I work it like dat. yeeeeeauh hahaha. okay. Gonna play a bit of a game before I do that... NO! i won't play a game... I will take this VERY seriously.. I'm going to put my stuff away... and then I"ll come back to it later. *Clean up time!* Btw, you guys have got to see my set up, it is pretty valuable, I must say.
Time is now: 3:31 AM. as a break, I'm going to bike to a near by school, shoot some hoops... And then I'll come back and give this day 2 case a punch in the face. It's apparently 20 degrees celcius outside lol... crazy. 94% humidity <-- I'd have to agree, it's been sticky lately. And then what? and now i go! LoL Last note, I was kind of upset I didn't get to do this case twice... Actually it both upset me and scared me. I need to be read for this CFE... Or else I'm in trouble... GRRRR! I've got more wrinkles on my face because I've literally been growling when I'm near the end of my studying to stay awake and just for instinctual drive in general.
4:50 AM... Just finished editing this video. LOL so what ended up happening was. I felt like dancing. So I danced a teeny bit in the middle of the intersection... There's no where to dance at 4:50 AM in my neighborhood with good floor! The intersection floor was horrible but it was cool scenery nonetheless. After I finished dancing I went back to my bike which the camera was sitting on and just started changing the music, then a cop comes by (they always come after me because I'm a night owl + I'm a tad crazy if you haven't noticed LOL) and says hey do you live in the area? And I'm like yes. And then he asks what are you doing up so late. Just biking and taking a break. And then he smiled and he was like cool! have a great night! And I was just like you too! And that was that... It's been worse those when I was younger I had a cop call back up LOL!!! Just because I'm so suspicious (okay THAT time I was wearing a ski-mask IT WAS COLD WINTER I ain't that crazy. That cop was just dumb, when back up arrived they made fun of him.) Soooo what else... ummm OH MAN! I went to the school to play basketball, I used to play there when I was a kid and I read some fire department sign, so I"m like okay I'll use the other entrance. And it's nearly pitch black. Somewhat scary, and then BAM! I went flying off my bike (I tend to do this bi-annually. Landed on my hands because it's what I do lol and then my glasses fell of my head so I looked around to look for them, while i cleaned my hands with the dewy grass. After I found my glasses, I thought it was best to go home just because I didn't want any cops telling me I'm not allowed to basketball at a school I don't go to at 4 AM... Meh!
Now it's 5:13 AM right now... I'm going to start on the next day 2 case... LET'S DO THIS!
Okay it's now 8:56 PM (I woke up a few hours ago) LOL check this out: teen dies playing video game for 40 hours straight now check this out! This woman from Singapore has the guiness book world record for sitting against a wall for 12 hours straight... Mad respect!!!!
Now I HAVE A CHALLENGE: Let's set the longest guiness book world record time for sitting in a chair and doing your homework!
Start time: 9:12 PM
5 minutes in and I cut my hair and took a shower and got dressed again. I kept itching my head cuz my hair was pretty darn long.
10:24 PM new start time.
11:00 PM new end time --- so that' 36 minutes... Good start :) Took a break played a bit of a game, and now I'm gonna lie down for a bit and then go at it again! I said I'd do that but instead I breakdanced, now I'm going to study :) felt good to exercise.
11:50
Thursday 25 August 2016
August 25, 2016
CFE's less than a month away. Time is a motivating factor.
Mind, body, and soul needs to be put in this.
I usually go on walks and remind myself of my motivations to keep plowing through!
My future children's happiness is a motivating factor for me as well. My theory is that behaviour can predict your future children's behaviour. For example, I agree with the theory that drug addiction is heriditary.
There may be hundreds and thousands of people relying on the work of an accountant, especially when you're helping to produce financial statements for other to rely on (e.g. the public looking at an annual statement).
Going to go study now. I'll let u know how that goes. Ttyl blogger!
new start time: 1:38 AM
took a break to do laundry, eat some food, and watch one of my favorite animes... Here's some useful motivational quotes from the anime I watched:
- Resist temptations (implicit)
- those who work harder today, have a life tomorrow (explicit)
- there are two types of people: those who use, and those who are used. (explicit)
- we are creatures of habit (implict)
I ended up stopping around 9 AM!
Then I went to bed and woke up around 4? I forget. Either way I didn't do much work. I was feeling sick so I was focused on healthy eating and I cleaned my room! I thought my friend might come over. But i gave him a warning that I was sick. He was like "Oh man, my immune system is weak I better not come" And I think it was a win-win. He needed some help with photoshop and/or video editing. But he's smart, he actually knows how to do it. Then again it's not like super tough or anything
ANYYYYWAYS...
The time is now: 9:42 PM
I have to hand in an assignment by 2:44 AM
I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeally reeeeeeeeeeeeally hoping I can work until 9 AM again :). I'm glad I put so many hours in. And I'm sure it helped me with my knowledge... If I can finish the next day 2 case or day 3 case... Then I"ll be a happy camper. If I finish multiple cases I'll be super happy... The plan is to finish these cases and then study them like crazy so that I can do well.
Last thing I wanna mention is that: I am focused on passing the CFE. (lack of mental focus is a breeding ground for defeat and vice versa a surplus of mental focus is a breeding ground for success).
Mind, body, and soul needs to be put in this.
I usually go on walks and remind myself of my motivations to keep plowing through!
My future children's happiness is a motivating factor for me as well. My theory is that behaviour can predict your future children's behaviour. For example, I agree with the theory that drug addiction is heriditary.
There may be hundreds and thousands of people relying on the work of an accountant, especially when you're helping to produce financial statements for other to rely on (e.g. the public looking at an annual statement).
Going to go study now. I'll let u know how that goes. Ttyl blogger!
new start time: 1:38 AM
took a break to do laundry, eat some food, and watch one of my favorite animes... Here's some useful motivational quotes from the anime I watched:
- Resist temptations (implicit)
- those who work harder today, have a life tomorrow (explicit)
- there are two types of people: those who use, and those who are used. (explicit)
- we are creatures of habit (implict)
I ended up stopping around 9 AM!
Then I went to bed and woke up around 4? I forget. Either way I didn't do much work. I was feeling sick so I was focused on healthy eating and I cleaned my room! I thought my friend might come over. But i gave him a warning that I was sick. He was like "Oh man, my immune system is weak I better not come" And I think it was a win-win. He needed some help with photoshop and/or video editing. But he's smart, he actually knows how to do it. Then again it's not like super tough or anything
ANYYYYWAYS...
The time is now: 9:42 PM
I have to hand in an assignment by 2:44 AM
I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeally reeeeeeeeeeeeally hoping I can work until 9 AM again :). I'm glad I put so many hours in. And I'm sure it helped me with my knowledge... If I can finish the next day 2 case or day 3 case... Then I"ll be a happy camper. If I finish multiple cases I'll be super happy... The plan is to finish these cases and then study them like crazy so that I can do well.
Last thing I wanna mention is that: I am focused on passing the CFE. (lack of mental focus is a breeding ground for defeat and vice versa a surplus of mental focus is a breeding ground for success).
Wednesday 24 August 2016
August 24, 2016
I just watched a bit of Berserk... it's one of my favorite animes... But it's for a mature audience... Like very mature... For me, when I went to College for my bachelors degree, I always thought of lack of focus in a similar way to the last ending scene in Berserk. From an overall perspective, this has to do with negative reinforcement (specifically the type that increases behaviour to avoid a bad outcome). That anime is extremely graphic. I was actually not going to post this post, but I mean. Unfortunately, similar things do happen in real life: murder, rape, decapitation, psychological trauma. These are all horrible things. And if you're not strong in one way or another, it can unfortunately affect your life. All of these horrible things happen everywhere.
One thing I inferred from watching it (and many other anime) is the following:
In the game of life, you will have various opponents, As long as you are strong in the best practices of defeating that opponent, you will win. If you are weak in the best practices of defeating opponents, you will lose. Winning feels great. It gives you a sense of control. It causes a pervasive sense of happiness in you, and then others around you. Contrarily, losing also gives you a sense of cognitive dissonance, which can be pervasive first in you, and then other around you. So win, life-damnit, win.
Time is now: 3:00 AM
Starting to study: 6:30 AM
Stopped studying around: 9 AM
slept 7 hours
woke up at 4 PM
it's 9:27 PM right now and I've been studying since I woke up pretty much.
I was just in the middle of writing a case and I wanted to tell you about a theory I have.
I call it cross bowmen theory.
I created it from a game I used to play as a kid called Age of Empires. Basically what I would do is build up an army of guys who use cross bows. generally what would happen was I would have 20-50 guys with cross bows. and they would fire away all at once to any enemy that would come nearby ... instant death for the enemy and instant win for me.
How does this relate to school? The way you use your moments in life is similar to how you arrange your army. If you create a ton of cross bowmen, you will be unstoppable in that game. Conquering any enemy in your way... The same concept applies to the CFE in my opinion. If you come at it with 5 million moments, you will crush it. But if you come at it with less than that, it will crush you. This integrates with my last post as well. That guy was explaining that you have to come at your goals with your heart, body and soul. Why? because there's power in numbers.
Another concept I had was from my breakdancing. I'm a good breakdancer. Pretty one of the best in Canada. However, if you put me up against 100 of the best globally. I will most definitely fail against every single one of them... I look at the CFE competition like my competition in breakdancing. There are a ton of guys out there who will probably cream me when it comes to writing a case. BUTT and that's a big butt, if you train with this idea in mind, you will likely train a lot harder than usual. And that is what I'm doing right now. Imagine what your best is... Now multiply that by 10. That's your competition. I get that from my breakdancing. There's like 5 guys off the top of my head in Canada who are better than me. But I know if I trained harder, I could beat them, or at least be as good as them. Same with the CFE, I can give it my best and say after a case :) wow. I'm really glad that case is over. I finished it. I'm so glad I handed it in on time... YAaaaaay. No. not good enough. nowhere near good enough. I'm taking my sample of what I know competition to be (i.e. they're generally 10 times better) now extrapolate into the realm of CFE. I need to get 10 times better than what I think is my best performance. Then I can compete myself. Ensuring a pass, and maybe even a medal.
One thing I inferred from watching it (and many other anime) is the following:
In the game of life, you will have various opponents, As long as you are strong in the best practices of defeating that opponent, you will win. If you are weak in the best practices of defeating opponents, you will lose. Winning feels great. It gives you a sense of control. It causes a pervasive sense of happiness in you, and then others around you. Contrarily, losing also gives you a sense of cognitive dissonance, which can be pervasive first in you, and then other around you. So win, life-damnit, win.
Time is now: 3:00 AM
Starting to study: 6:30 AM
Stopped studying around: 9 AM
slept 7 hours
woke up at 4 PM
it's 9:27 PM right now and I've been studying since I woke up pretty much.
I was just in the middle of writing a case and I wanted to tell you about a theory I have.
I call it cross bowmen theory.
I created it from a game I used to play as a kid called Age of Empires. Basically what I would do is build up an army of guys who use cross bows. generally what would happen was I would have 20-50 guys with cross bows. and they would fire away all at once to any enemy that would come nearby ... instant death for the enemy and instant win for me.
How does this relate to school? The way you use your moments in life is similar to how you arrange your army. If you create a ton of cross bowmen, you will be unstoppable in that game. Conquering any enemy in your way... The same concept applies to the CFE in my opinion. If you come at it with 5 million moments, you will crush it. But if you come at it with less than that, it will crush you. This integrates with my last post as well. That guy was explaining that you have to come at your goals with your heart, body and soul. Why? because there's power in numbers.
Another concept I had was from my breakdancing. I'm a good breakdancer. Pretty one of the best in Canada. However, if you put me up against 100 of the best globally. I will most definitely fail against every single one of them... I look at the CFE competition like my competition in breakdancing. There are a ton of guys out there who will probably cream me when it comes to writing a case. BUTT and that's a big butt, if you train with this idea in mind, you will likely train a lot harder than usual. And that is what I'm doing right now. Imagine what your best is... Now multiply that by 10. That's your competition. I get that from my breakdancing. There's like 5 guys off the top of my head in Canada who are better than me. But I know if I trained harder, I could beat them, or at least be as good as them. Same with the CFE, I can give it my best and say after a case :) wow. I'm really glad that case is over. I finished it. I'm so glad I handed it in on time... YAaaaaay. No. not good enough. nowhere near good enough. I'm taking my sample of what I know competition to be (i.e. they're generally 10 times better) now extrapolate into the realm of CFE. I need to get 10 times better than what I think is my best performance. Then I can compete myself. Ensuring a pass, and maybe even a medal.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
August 23, 2016
Like Steve Ballmer said the following:
"my dad said 'If you're gonna do a job, do a job. And if you're not gonna do a job, don't do a job. And that is the key of everything' No, seriously, the notion is that if you're really gonna do something then GIVE it your Heart, body, and soul. And do it. And really care. And have the kind of brain that forces you, where you're always thinking about it, and worrying about it, and caring about it, and nuturing it, and tending to it, and growing it, and just WOOOOOOOOOOH You either be all in, or be all out. There are disadvantages to this kind of personality, I will tell you.. It's not all a bed of roses. But if you want to start something particularly, the notion that says if you're in, get in, be all in, be accountabilty in, if you're going to be 1 of the 13% (in the room) of the folks that peter was talking about that's doing start up, i gaurantee you,that unless you're all in, and not in for 6 months, let's see how it goes, or a year, no start ups do well that quickly. You gotaa be in you gotta stay in and you gotta take a long-term view. you gotta be as hardcore as anything if you're gonna be successful. I would say that's the best piece of advice... it's kind of simply put by my dad, but I've interpreted it kinda like religious writings, it's got much in the way of interpretation by me at this stage. Uhh, I would say that's probably the best piece of advice I ever got. The worst piece of advice is very simple. I had a bunch of people when I was at Stanford business school tell me not to drop out to join Microsoft, and that cosmically would be the worst advice I ever got in my life."
Spent the last 3 hours installing some software for a good friend of mine. He's going to come by and use it. And I'm going to be out of his way, studying my ass off. Anything else??? hmmm... Yeah...
4 AM - I'm gonna have some cereal + cartoon, then sleep.
4 PM - checked social media
5 PM - get rid of social media. (deactivating my facebook <-- i waste time on it.)
hmmmmmmmmm anything else? yes I need to eat... I'm feeling sick still a bit... whatever MIND OVER MATTER. gonna try and eat some healthy food.
5:37 - Ate some super healthy fruit smoothie. I added blue grapes which basically have a ton of vitamin c and have the texture of blue berries (they might have the same properties which would be GREAT because blue berries are definitely a super food in my opinion).
Now I'm gonna floss and watch some of my old favorite cartoon: Ned's Newt.
Oh man! I'm so happy!!! I'm so organized with all the study material for Capstone 2... :) Everything is within a seconds reach. Gotta e-mail a friend who sent me a bday card. And then finally I can have a long study session. I think it's important that if you're feeling sick, you need to wait till you get well to study, otherwise you're going to have 10 less effective study sessions.
What would you rather have. 1 day to get feel great and 9 days to study while you feel fine
or
10 days where you feel less than optimal..
I would much have the former, since with the former, emphasizes effectiveness, over time... Time is REALLY important. But quality is almost always better than quantity. especially when you consider that CPA's standards are quite high!
I'm happy to say, I went through the modules before (unlike some candidates who get to skip the modules). Because I went through the modules. I'm aware that I'm not gonna have enough time to go through all the cases. UNLESS, I totally bust my balls and reeeeeeeeeeally work my ass off.
I can do that. I can work my ass off.
So the plan now is:
Finish all the cases first.
Learn all the cases second.
keep learning until I can do them within the a lotted time limits.
Now obviously this may take a lot of time... But I think I can do it in a months time... :)
The plan: eat bread and hummus and try to reach 24 hours in terms of study time... :)
STarting now (10:02 PM)!
"my dad said 'If you're gonna do a job, do a job. And if you're not gonna do a job, don't do a job. And that is the key of everything' No, seriously, the notion is that if you're really gonna do something then GIVE it your Heart, body, and soul. And do it. And really care. And have the kind of brain that forces you, where you're always thinking about it, and worrying about it, and caring about it, and nuturing it, and tending to it, and growing it, and just WOOOOOOOOOOH You either be all in, or be all out. There are disadvantages to this kind of personality, I will tell you.. It's not all a bed of roses. But if you want to start something particularly, the notion that says if you're in, get in, be all in, be accountabilty in, if you're going to be 1 of the 13% (in the room) of the folks that peter was talking about that's doing start up, i gaurantee you,that unless you're all in, and not in for 6 months, let's see how it goes, or a year, no start ups do well that quickly. You gotaa be in you gotta stay in and you gotta take a long-term view. you gotta be as hardcore as anything if you're gonna be successful. I would say that's the best piece of advice... it's kind of simply put by my dad, but I've interpreted it kinda like religious writings, it's got much in the way of interpretation by me at this stage. Uhh, I would say that's probably the best piece of advice I ever got. The worst piece of advice is very simple. I had a bunch of people when I was at Stanford business school tell me not to drop out to join Microsoft, and that cosmically would be the worst advice I ever got in my life."
Spent the last 3 hours installing some software for a good friend of mine. He's going to come by and use it. And I'm going to be out of his way, studying my ass off. Anything else??? hmmm... Yeah...
4 AM - I'm gonna have some cereal + cartoon, then sleep.
4 PM - checked social media
5 PM - get rid of social media. (deactivating my facebook <-- i waste time on it.)
hmmmmmmmmm anything else? yes I need to eat... I'm feeling sick still a bit... whatever MIND OVER MATTER. gonna try and eat some healthy food.
5:37 - Ate some super healthy fruit smoothie. I added blue grapes which basically have a ton of vitamin c and have the texture of blue berries (they might have the same properties which would be GREAT because blue berries are definitely a super food in my opinion).
Now I'm gonna floss and watch some of my old favorite cartoon: Ned's Newt.
Oh man! I'm so happy!!! I'm so organized with all the study material for Capstone 2... :) Everything is within a seconds reach. Gotta e-mail a friend who sent me a bday card. And then finally I can have a long study session. I think it's important that if you're feeling sick, you need to wait till you get well to study, otherwise you're going to have 10 less effective study sessions.
What would you rather have. 1 day to get feel great and 9 days to study while you feel fine
or
10 days where you feel less than optimal..
I would much have the former, since with the former, emphasizes effectiveness, over time... Time is REALLY important. But quality is almost always better than quantity. especially when you consider that CPA's standards are quite high!
I'm happy to say, I went through the modules before (unlike some candidates who get to skip the modules). Because I went through the modules. I'm aware that I'm not gonna have enough time to go through all the cases. UNLESS, I totally bust my balls and reeeeeeeeeeally work my ass off.
I can do that. I can work my ass off.
So the plan now is:
Finish all the cases first.
Learn all the cases second.
keep learning until I can do them within the a lotted time limits.
Now obviously this may take a lot of time... But I think I can do it in a months time... :)
The plan: eat bread and hummus and try to reach 24 hours in terms of study time... :)
STarting now (10:02 PM)!
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