Not Feeling Motivated enough

CFA Level III
#1

Hi Guys,

A recent Level III candidate and I know I may sound stupid to some and that’s absolutley fine but I am kind of not feeling motivated enough to study anymore. I feel like Level II has taken a toll on me in a sense that I feel exhausted and feels like the steam is completely off. I am not feeling the kick, the grit anymore and I do not know why?

Most importantly, in another 3 months i.e. Novemeber 15 I will be taking my FRM part 2 and I feel like puking everytime I open the book of FRMs. And they do need some serious dwelling as well.

These days all I do is browse through the forum (mostly l2,l3, FRM) and kind of hooked onto to it, watch You tube videos of Charterholders and I still feel like I am not able to gather and commit myself to it, not yet that is.

Am I an exception?

Or it is a sense prevailing among other new L3 candidates?

Any suggestion is welcome… I need my motivation back, the same doggedness and grit back.

Please do comment.

Thanks

#2

exactly the same.

however, it’s quite funny that you are out of stream and do not feel motivated, but have alread registered for level III )

#3

level 3 is a pusher, I had zero motivation when I started studying for it in April, kept telling myself “5 more minutes” to keep going… level 2 literally takes out the last drop of blood out of your body and its hard to get back that motivation except if you are into books…I wasn’t

feel greatly relieved to have passed it…can never ever think of going for another program like this…not in this life

#4

I felt the same way a year ago. After the L2 exam could have continued studying as I was in this exam mode. But when I finally registered for L3, I was exhausted and unmotived as you described it. It came back though. I put the books aside until November to regain some power. After this it went much better.

#5

Take some time off… for a month or two don’t think of digging the books now… Felt the same way last year for the 1st month wasn’t motivated at all but remembered myself that i dont want to do it again…

#6

give it a couple months, should be enough time to get back into gear

#7

Take a break, a breather. Do what you like, maybe go to a hill station.

Remind yourself why u r doing it.

Go for it. It’ll be worth it in the end :slight_smile:

All the best

#8

start worrying about level 3 after ur FRM exam , take it one step at a time.

#9

I wouldn’t even think about L3 at this stage lol. Worry about it next year in Feb.

#10

Same here, especially I’m not young + need to take care of kids + projects in work + …

Still struggling to delay a year or so …

#11

Larry are you also taking FRM this Nov.?

Part 2 is nuts and I am just not able to read more than 3 pages/day… I don’t know how to pull myself

And if I do, will have to start for 2015 l3 immediately… And I feel like throwing up everytime I see the books either FRM (can’t think of L3 anyway at this juncture)

…Am I falling in depression or am I reading in too much that is obvious… I am worried about my FRM Part 2

#12

this is normal, virtually everyone i spoke to last year who was doing level 3 struggled with motivation more than with the other levels.

Personally I really had to make myself start and the 1st few months were a bit lazy and a bit of a struggle, I’m glad i started in November so I had a few months to take it easy before really getting into it in January. even then it took awhile to get into the swing of things but in the end I put in more hours and probably worked smarter than at any other level.

just remember that it’s the final hurdle, you’re competing against people who have passed level 2 and a whole bunch of retakers, most are upping their game to get this thing over with.

#13

Dude, you’re suffering classic burnout. It’s far worse for you than most as you’re trying to do FRM at the same time. My advice, forget about L3 until January at the earliest. You need to concentrate on FRM and then give yourself a break. Given you hectic schedue, might even be worth using June 2015 exam as a tester and hit it properly the following year when you don’t have another exam to worry about.

#14

Disconnect yourself for 2 months from CFA-related forums/books/etc… then you’ll feel it kicking backkk

#15

+1. This is a brilliant description, and totally the way I feel right now.

Tried opening the books but it gave me literally the nausetic feeling. All I could manage is the pagecount.

#16

I took one year off after passing L2. Even then didn’t have energy and motivation like L1 time. So, it’s very very normal at L3.

#17

I didnt start the program so I can seize the oppotunity to fail and quit.

How about you?

#18

When i dont feel motivated in doing anything study related i remember the following :

1- If I PASS i will feel happy about myself and that i accomplished something.

2- Make my parents happy and proud, they have sacrificed so much for me and sometimes the only drive for me to work is to see the BIG

#19

When i dont feel motivated in doing anything study related i remember the following :

1- If I PASS i will feel happy about myself and that i accomplished something.

2- Make my parents happy and proud, they have sacrificed so much for me and sometimes the only drive for me to work is to see the BIG smile on their faces after i passed 1 and 2 or any other tough exam.

3- I want to enjoy my life and do other things.

4- Imagine ur Business card with CFA and the other degrees after them ( this is the least important , thus at the end).

But i agree with u , take it easy till mid december and then hit the books.Good luck

#20

Donot write FRM Level 2 this year, postpone it by 1 year. CFA is an exhausting exam and you want to be full steam for CFA L3. After FRM L2 you would be even more burned out and less motivated to study.

BTW, Are you working in Finance ? Not working in Finance and doing these advance certifications is even more stressful.