Lack of Motivation Vent

Question

I'm one exam from FSA (LFM) and I just started studying for it today. I thought I'd be motivated to get this done - home stretch ya know? But I have a newborn and work is stressful and the house needs repairs and studying is just the last thing I want to think about - let alone do. Anyone else? Or am I the only one who is having the lack of motivation for one more exam

Answer 1

I think you're discovering that living life is more important than exam progress. I took four years off after my ASA when my boyfriend died. I realized that I wasted so much of our time together studying when I should have been loving him. I stopped exams, focused on life, accomplished a few bucket list items, and when I came back? The exams were still there waiting for me lol. I just passed my first one :)

Live your life, love your family, and study when you can.

Answer 2

You'll never get time with your newborn back. The exams will always be there. You might want to think about whether it make a difference in your career whether you delay your exam one year. There might be cases where it does, such as if you're looking to change jobs very soon, so there's no one size fits all answer.

Answer 3

I’m going to go the other direction here. I took exams with small children. I was pregnant, nursing, or mom of two toddlers for every freaking exam.

It is easier to study with a newborn than a toddler. It is also easier to study with a newborn than with a small toddler plus a new newborn. Get it done now before your kid has a memory that one parent was always no fun and stuck in the office studying. It’s one more exam. You’ve done so much already and now you’re in the home stretch.

Answer 4

Just passed last exam in October. Really didn't have enough time to study, and I had no motivation, but I forced myself to sit down and do it since I knew that we would have our baby here before the next sitting (baby coming in a week!).
  

  
It's a little different since your baby is already here, but I would say to give it a best effort. Let the non-essential house stuff stay where it is. Take care of baby, of course, but spend the rest of your time just buckling down. Give yourself a shot at passing. Think of how nice July-October would be without worrying about studying at all.
  

  
That said...my baby hasn't come yet so I'm likely talking straight out of my arse :). Good luck!

Answer 5

Oh - this one ruined me, lol. I had two kids over the course of the pandemic and tried to pass this one at the same time. It was a tough one (I still have not passed). Cut yourself some slack, having a newborn is really an adjustment! The motivation is just different with so few exams left and big life changes. Best of luck.

Answer 6

I am turning 28 this year and I am married as well. Left with PA for ASA. I often feel the same given that I have whole FSA requirement left. Not sure how I will do because to me it feels I am very old to keep studying for FSA exams.

Answer 7

You should take a sitting off. The exam will still be there when you’re ready for it.