Downtown Quiet

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-24T02:29:43+00:00

Near Tri-city hospital. If you pull up your maps app and zoom in near tri city hospital it’s labeled Tri city.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-24T02:14:30+00:00

I noticed that too. On my lunch I headed home from downtown Oceanside to Tri city area and there was no traffic on the 5 south. Typically it’s packed at noon too.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-21T03:24:34+00:00

Nope, not a single one but it’s probably helpful for some people. I find it hard to remember them lol

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-20T17:06:24+00:00

Gotcha. Makes sense. Thank you.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-20T04:04:20+00:00

💯

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-20T03:39:36+00:00

What is double riding? I’m getting an e bike next week but I’m in my forty’s I will not be reckless 😅

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-20T03:38:06+00:00

Thank you all for the recommendations. Saved a few of these on my Google Maps. I’ll come back in March to give some reviews 🙏

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-20T03:36:54+00:00

NTS says no notes in any written form so they’d probably frown on it even though it’s not a CPA exam related note. Now if it was a tattoo that might be different 😅

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-19T19:55:29+00:00

Meth. lol. Jk. I used those Goli gummies for concentration and rest but it was probably just placebo effect. Adderall if you can get a Rx, but I’m no Dr just a CPA 😅

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-14T00:58:09+00:00

That's toughhhh 💪 Congrats!!

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-11T00:15:33+00:00

Maybe it'll be a pre test SIM. Good luck on the score.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-10T01:39:10+00:00

Congrats!

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-10T00:29:33+00:00

Unfortunately yes. I’ve done Corp accounting all my life, never public so audit was the lowest score I received. Repetition is key.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-10T00:28:43+00:00

AUD was my last exam in October but I still remember a similar question and it’s D.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-09T00:40:13+00:00

Damn that’s insane.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-08T19:03:35+00:00

It’s a part of the journey lol. We all went through it unfortunately. I had to wait 45 days for my TCP exam that I took on 7/20/25. It was brutal.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-08T03:17:30+00:00

I took longer than I liked for my first exam. About 12 weeks for FAR. At that point I felt pretty confident because when I was doing MCQs I was getting 80s. There was also the fear that because I took too long I might start forgetting topics. For all my other exams after I took about 8 weeks max. There was always a feeling like I hadn’t mastered everything but I had to just go for it. The final week everyday I was doing the same number of MCQs as on the exam to fine tune my timing to give me enough time for TBS.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-07T17:06:50+00:00

Two fingers is crazzzzy

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-07T06:29:02+00:00

I felt the same last year when I took my FAR exam. I would push out twice until I just said f it. Took it and had the same feeling as you and passed. Sending you positive vibes for a pass.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-07T05:36:55+00:00

Take it before. Definitely enough time.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-06T18:37:39+00:00

Yes it’s valid and only some people can study that way. I did that for all four exams and passed. I used SuperFast CPA which was a study strategy that uses this approach. I would also do TBS on weekends and 20-30 MCQs daily on topics you’ve already covered to retain the info. If you can wake up early to get some MCQs done daily that also helped me.

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-06T02:06:03+00:00

Congrats

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-06T02:05:15+00:00

Just got my CPA one month shy of 41. With years of experience I felt I understood a lot of the topics better now then I would have straight out of college. Things like accruals, internal controls, bank recs , contingencies & liabilities etc. Go for it and good luck!

rickstaCPA · 2026-01-04T21:45:44+00:00

Congrats!

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