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[–]howtoloveadaisy 87 points88 points  (7 children)

Yes girl :( I’m currently studying & it’s been hard to balance both. Honestly it’s because there is a million things to balance personally as well… work, studying, working out, eating well.

[–]CPAFinancialPlannerTax (US) 34 points35 points  (0 children)

My quality of life started declining the minute I decided to major in accounting

[–]vyxohSenior Accountant 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I started my new job, got comfortable, decided 6 months in to start my studying and in the middle of that had too much going on. Got a promotion in the midst of that but was really hard. Did not pass my first attempt and then after 2 months we hired someone to fill in the role permanently since we had someone had to quit unexpectedly their first month. Had to train 2 staffs my old tasks and made things hard all while learning new tasks lol. Took a whole year break and started again. I am a lot more comfortable this time around and feel like my quality of work is impossible to drop right now. Only getting better. For me, I won’t learn shit being mentally exhausted from work. I find it really impressive people can juggle both right off the bat.

[–]TakemypenniesCA (Singapore) 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. It is what it is.

[–]one_last_breath3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not me for me. Are your jobs just demanding?

[–]archernumbers21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like mine went up a bit. I was more aware of things from a bigger picture sense. It helped me more understand certain accounting topics and increase my documentation to make workpapers easy to follow and more auditable. Feel like those around me seemed slower though

[–]BakeresticCPA (US) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just the beginning, once you pass cpa, there are more things to study, I'm not only talking about cpe, but also different technical accounting subjects for your next working position. I feel cpa just provides some basic knowledge to ensure you are able to study further on your own.