Okay so I failed my CFA exam.. now what?

I started pursuing the CFA exams last year to keep myself occupied coz it seemed that my weekends were pretty full of just partying and recovering from partying. Well that's a lie. Maybe some weekends I just sleep a lot and then try to recover from sleeping too much, if that makes any sense.

For those who are not familiar with the acronyms, CFA stands for Chartered Financial Analyst. It is relevant for people like me who is working in the financial market. There are three levels of exams and you are required to have relevant working experience before you can become a charterholder. Which means the institution I work for will have to spend a bit more ink to put the designation on my name card when I qualify.

I took my last exam in June and recently I got my results and I failed. I was sad but I wasn't severly affected by it coz I've had a similar experience with my actuarial papers (google that if u didn't already know what that is. It certainly isn't related to agricultural).

Those who are close to me probably knew I was going through some tough time so close to the exam. But I refuse to put the blame on the incident coz even I knew I was slacking from the beginning.

So what now? Here's my plan. Oh my mentor have been asking for my strategy for passing this exam at the next seating and instead of giving it to him I am writing it here. Maybe he should blogstalk me.

Anyway, here goes.

1) register for the next sitting. I believe that leaving a gap that is too long(in my case if it'd be 2 years if I dont resit for the exam in june next year) would make me lazier and maybe even give up the whole thing.

2) refocus on the reason why I took this thing in the first place. Mmmm initially i just wanted to kill time and I got killed instead. So maybe that wasnt a good reason. I guess now my main motivation is just to make more money.

3)Make my home study friendly. By that I mean, get a desk, set up my study room. Previously I was just studying at the  dining table. Weehee desk shopping. And if I study in a closed room I can keep cats away from bookjacking me (refer to evidence below, not my cat but I definitely adore him).

4) start early.  Yep, this is definitely necessary. I started way too late for the last exam and so I failed to cover everything

5) Get organized. I was losing notes and some of my books because I was so disorganized. This happened when I took the first level as well but I definitely can't half ass the second level.

6) Protect my zen. You read that right. When I first heard Redza Minhat(he's an indie actor who is also a charterholder) said that we need to find our zen when the exam day comes as in don't be too excited or too scared but just chill, I thought okay this guy is just pulling his artsy fartsy act. Turned out when the unfortunate incident happened to me so close to the exam I completely lost my zen, which i didnt know i had before. So this time, I shall guard my zen like it's my firstborn.

So those are my strategies for the next exam. I hope people who are taking the exams or any other exams would share some tips with me.

I shall update you guys next year on my progress with regards to the exam.