05.19.2009
I have made quite a bit of progress on my goals this past week, especially considering the traumatic idleness caused by having my wisdom teeth removed. Today is day twelve of coping with huge holes in my mouth, and I’m still in pain and reluctant to eat solid foods (especially meat, which I am irrationally afraid will become lodged in my empty sockets and cause an infection leading to my inevitable death). Despite these hindrances, I have made excellent progress in cooking, reading, organizing, volunteering, and studying for the CPA exam.
- Cooking — I have prepared three new recipes: lemon raspberry muffins, egg drop soup, and deviled eggs. I admit the last two were pretty simple, but recipes are recipes.
- Reading — I am at least 25% through three different books and twelve chapters into Matthew.
- Organizing — I attacked our bedroom over the weekend, mercilessly ridding myself of all my unneeded possessions. Between myself and Kevin, we have two boxes of clothes to be taken into a consignment shop and six garbage bags ready for Goodwill! I also spent a morning last week sorting through hair products, makeup, cleaning supplies, and other items in our bathroom vanity, after which I was able to throw away a whole bag of unused and unusable objects. The greatest joy comes from neither giving nor receiving, but throwing things away.
- Volunteering — I have put in 5.5 of the 75 hours I hope to accomplish this summer. Two of the hours come from preparing for and teaching the Kaio Kids lesson for my church, and the remaining time was spent performing bookkeeping for Aspire.
- Studying for the CPA exam — For those of you who don’t know, passing the CPA exam is an important accomplishment in an accountant’s career. The examination comprises four sections totaling 14.5 hours and covering everything I learned in college plus quite a bit more. My plan is to study for each section individually, taking them about a month apart. The first section I am studying for is Regulation (REG), which covers taxation and business law. REG is the second shortest section at only three hours and I am already strong in tax, so I thought it would be a good start. Between today and yesterday I have spent eight hours studying–a good chunk of time, but I still have so far to go before I will be ready for this section!
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