A study plan now? 2 months and a week before the exams? Are you crazy?!
No. I’ve always had these plans in my head, writing it down helps clarify them for me.
Anyway, onto the plan.
The Plan
It’s simple.
- 簿財 this year
- 相続 and 消費 next year
- 法人 in the final year
That’s assuming I pass all the exams as planned. The more realistic alternative is that I fail this year’s 簿財 exams, and end up doing 簿財相 next year, and 消法 the final year.
The minutiae is that the results are only announced 4 months after the exams in December. In the meantime, all examinees are left in limbo but 4 months is valuable study time. So I plan to start studying 相続 in August and only pick up the 消費 classes in December after it’s been confirmed that I’ve passed.
That’s it. That’s the plan.
If everything works out, I’ll be a pre-qualified tax accountant in 2029.
But this isn’t really what I wanted to talk about.
Reigniting motivation
Ever since last September, when I started pondering about what to do with the rest of my life and the faint thought of becoming a CPA CPTA somehow willed itself into existence, I’ve been struggling with motivation. I wasn’t sure how much to dedicate myself to this quest. I still want to turn Millefeuille into an actual thing. I also had various other ideas I wanted to work on, home improvements and chores that I’ve been putting off, health, life in general.
While I wanted to pass the exams, I didn’t feel the urge to. I continued studying because learning was fun but I had a lot of interruptions and somewhere at the back of mind, there was the feeling that it’s not a big deal if I don’t pass.
But last week, in the middle of watching the mahouka movie, I suddenly got the urge. After the movie ended, I spent an hour at the lounge writing into my iPad mini. Some of those writings turned into this post while others turned into Github issues and tasks but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I’ve got the urge back.
It wasn’t the movie or any one thing or other. (Beautiful movie BTW. Terrible story but amazing visuals.) I think it’s just all the events and thoughts and experiences that began accumulating from last September until suddenly it just forced its way into my mind.
I have 2 months and a week until the exams.
I will spend 90% of my time studying for them (leaving the remaining 10% for Life™).
And I will ace those exams.