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.
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