Hi guys. As the title suggested, this is a post to share my experience, and gain further perspective in order to move on. 

My background: 
- a fourth year Finance student. 
- basic English foundation (7.5 IELTS overall). 

My approach to study: 
- Self-learn and self-funded the registration fee (i borrowed from a closed relative and now i am re-paying monthly). 

- i will divided the process to phases, as i changed my method throughout the way. 
1. On June 25: registered for Feb 26 
2. From August 25 to October 25: 
- Read Schewser, took hand note and did LES quiz on Quant, 1/2 FSA. 
- Spent around 7-10hrs/week.
3. Nov 25: off because distracted by jobs and university work. 
4. Dec 25: completed the other 1/2 FSA, using the same method. (10-15hrs/week)
5. Jan 26: switched to watching Let me Explain video + did LES quiz right away. 
covered Equity, FI, Ethics (15+ hrs/week)
6. Last 5 days: smashed LES quizzes on the remaining subjects. LES Question covered by each subject are: PM (50%), Econ (50 - 60%), Corporate Issuer (30-40%), Al.Income (30 - 40%), Der (20 - 30%). 
No note, no lecture. 

Looking back: i was too over-confident on my ability and under-estimate the time needed during last few months, evethough all in all, my studying was around 270hrs. 
 
My take on this: 
- I will quote Naval Ravikant for this: "It's not 10,000 hours. It should have been 10,000 iterations." 
So take the 300 hrs with a grain of salt. And remember it should be 300+ iterations. 

- Stay consistent. Make use of Parkinson Law to accelerate the process better. 

P/s: i am back on re-learn, and re-take as soon as i save up enough money. I want to write this out for me to learn, and to sincerely thanks the other wise Redditor for their insight on the designation, as well as life lesson i gain from this community. 

Pls share any thought/perspective that you have. I welcomed all, no matter what.

Have a great day, guys!


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