I’ll post more on this topic later and outline my plans for 2010. However, I am going to take this one moment to sort of smell the roses about what I have accomplished this year as regards my primary mission of earning my CPA.
This blog is full of posts about what series of events transpired to bring me to where I am today – which consists of both positive and negative points. However, the situation was that I entered 2009 unemployed with the objective of utilizing this opportunity to get the CPA certificate under my belt. The ominous task of re enrolling in school to then endure 30 credit hours of classes, several of them being grad level accounting courses, preparing for the difficult and lengthy CPA exam study process and ultimately passing it seemed a tough brick to swallow a year ago. However, through no fault of my own, I ended up without a job in a bleak economy which brought to light the ability to push “Pause” for a little bit and get this whole process completed before pushing “Play” again. I would have had to juggle multiple pins doing this any other way. However, the tunnel vision inherent in this approach was worth the opportunity cost of trying to do it another way.
Fast forward nearly 12 months, I have completed ALL classes required by the state for CPA certification and have scored A’s in every last one of them. Yes, I attained the Dean’s List for every semester this year.
Furthermore, I have triumphed over 3 of the toughest sections of the Uniform CPA Examination with scores of 97,97, and 90.
At this point, I am closing out calendar year 2009 in full sprint trying to cover as much ground as I can towards the goal of preparing for this last exam section (AUD) the first week of Feb.
After that, I will have reached my goal and will have done it in a way that will bring me pride in my performance. I didn’t just barely earn the credential – I made it my bitch, figuratively speaking.
I’m not one to celebrate until the fat lady sings, but I can assure you even now that the last section will come in with a similar score to these other three. I’ve learned enough about how this test works and how to prepare at this point, that I will work to ensure the result is on par.
I’ve attained some other great goals during the year, but I will save discussion of these points for a later post. I’ve got great things scheduled for 2010 and can’t wait to get started.
But, one more test remains for now….