Studying for the CPA exam is more difficult than you might imagine. It becomes more difficult when you are also working at the same time. The struggle is real. This is my personal experience when I finished college and started working as an office worker at this law firm in Texas. The goal is to finish college with the Accounting course and I was successful in finishing my Bachelor of Science in Accounting. The problem started when I finished college and needed to pay for my own apartment. This is where adulthood comes in and you start to realize the responsibility of adulthood. I had no choice but to work, even if I am not a CPA yet. Taking the CPA exam was the original plan after college, but our family ran into a financial problem, so I had to step in and be an adult. I am 24 years old, I live alone and I pay my way of life. Working as an office worker helps a lot in my financial state. However, there is an empty target on my list. And that is being a CPA.

So, I started to think and look at things from different perspectives. Even though my job pays the bill, I still want to be a CPA. I decided to take the CPA exam this year. Hopefully I can finish all four sections in a year or so. I haven’t taken the test since I graduated from college. I had to put it on hold so I could work and pay the bills. Things are crazy than I thought.

Taking the CPA exam is not easy. There are so many requirements to meet, which luckily I was able to meet just in time before the exam. Now, I have 2 months left before my first section exam. I can’t wait to finish this!

The real problem now is studying. It would be a piece of cake if you weren’t working at the same time. I like studying. When I was in college, I liked to study and really focused on my course. I keep things in balance. But now that I am also working, things are really complicated than I thought. It’s definitely not easy multitasking. Time management came into play the role. It is important that you can handle two things at the same time. So after working 8-9 hours a day, I need to get home as early as possible to study. I study for 5-6 hours and then I go to sleep. Same routine for the next 2 months until I finish taking a test and waiting for the score. There will still be 3 sections left. I guess I just have to be patient and focus on this goal. I can do this! Right?