"Never Give Up"

Hi guys I started my ACCA journey 8 years ago in 2012 and still have 4 papers to complete.
Hopefully after this session it will be only 3 papers left 🙂
I have a high pressure job, a 2and a half year old (I’m the mother) and I will be 40 years old next year.
I have left my country 15 years ago with only a suitcase, and did even house cleaning at some point.
I will not give up until I finish my papers and complete my transformation to an Accounting professional.
I hope my story will help others as well
Good luck to all!

Congrats. So what improvements in your career are you looking forward to the most now?
Just finishing is not nearly enough motivation for me right now.

deftoneseire07 wrote:These are all great stories. Is their a limit to do these exams?? I heard 10 Years but could be wrong

There’s only a limit on Strategic Professional exams and it is 7 years.

Hi,
I really appreciate when other people share their stories, especially when they have twists and turns in them. It helps me to see that life is never a straight line from A to B, most of us go zig zag all.the.time. 🙂

I think you are all really brave and courageous, and should be applauded for not giving up on your dreams and hopes of qualifying. 🙂

I burnt out from my first career at 33 due to overworking and losing people close to me. I took time off, decided to try my hand at something else. I started with AAT and did really well, especially since I was working part-time. I had thought of starting ACCA, but then the world seemed to turn upside down again. I had to leave my home, I lost my employed job twice due to Brexit. My partner and I decided to move to another country. It took time for me to recuperate enough to want to look at ever studying again. But I hated my freelance job so in the beginning of 2019 I started ACCA, hoping to find a place to work that was relevant to my studies. I gave it a year, but at the end of that year I was no closer to finding a job within accountancy. While I tried to keep my motivation up, I just could not. I had not managed to sit an exam, although I booked at least two. I sent hundreds of applications, was in contact with 13 different recruitment firms, but alas, I had had very few, if any, responses. So I gave up.

After spending a year (2020, of all other….) soul-searching etc, I decided that I want to do it. So that’s what I am doing, I have been studying for only a couple of weeks now. But this time I am doing it differently. I know I probably won’t get a job without moving again (we live quite rural and I’m an outsider in this area), but that’s okay. My achievement list no longer starts at the end of my goal list.

My point, even though it is long-winded, is to never ever give up on your dreams and hopes and wishes and wants. But be realistic and manage your expectations, and do give the finger to the expectations of others because it is your life. Take some time to get to know yourself and why you want to do something. Make sure you do things because YOU want to, not someone else. If it is something you want to do, then go and do it. Regardless of what others think.

Really, thanks again for sharing. 🙂
Kim

I registered as an ACCA student in May 2005, and struggled to pass exams at times, took time out for various reasons and never thought I’d qualify.

2 1/2 years ago I moved jobs to be closer to home, and got fresh motivation to pass my ACCA as I wanted to do it for my career.

Since then I have passed 4 exams straight, sitting every 6 months (skipping June 2020 due to COVD) and am now an ACCA affiliate.

It just shows what renewed enthusiasm and focus can do. I’ve self studied at home and have a (current) 4 year old here too.

Never give up on something you want, if you are finding it tough then it will definitely be worth it in the end.

Hi. Just wanted to give you a bit of motivation and hope. I’ve started ACCA when my daughter was 9 months old. It was hard and crazy 3 years since then (I also did the Oxford Brookes degree and had another child in the meantime).
I’m just awaiting results for my last exam.
Don’t lose your hope, it’s really hard, but possible.
Massive thank you to Open Tuition!!
Good luck! You can do it! X

@deftoneseire07 – ACCA regularly changes time limits – this is the latest for completing the final five exams: https://www.accaglobal.com/vn/en/student/getting-started/rules-and-regulations-for-students/time-limits.html

Notwithstanding the rules, students can apply for extensions e.g. for maternity/paternity, extended sick leave, etc.

Can I just say – THANK YOU ALL!

I started my journey in 2015 and I am 4 exams away from completion, and lets say its been a heck of a bumpy ride!

Just recently I’ve felt so alone thinking what am I doing, I clearly can’t do this I may as well just give up and the typical what’s the point.

I have booked in for my first professional paper in June and have got myself into a little pickle over it all and was contemplating not bothering to turn up. After finding this thread I now feel less alone in this situation and more motivated to get up dust myself off and try again.

Thanks again 🙂

focus on one at a time….give it your all…

Ossyref wrote:I registered as an ACCA student in May 2005, and struggled to pass exams at times, took time out for various reasons and never thought I’d qualify.

Ossyref, as i understood you took 2 exams/year, was it very difficult to take 1 exam /3 months, 4/year?

Thanks your words gave me hope and inspiration to try my best.

@thirty – CONGRATULATIONS on having achieved so much already – you’re journey will be an inspiration to many!