What do people do with their old notes?

CFA Level III
#1

Just curious. I was cleaning out my apartment yesterday and contemplating throwing everything out, but decided to keep it for now. I have a storage box for each level and my Level 1 and 2 notes/books are doing a good job collecting dust. What do others do? Maybe I can donate the books to my local library?

For Level 3, I also have electronically all the tests dating back to 2000, several mock exams, and all the CFASF class notes/power points. Am I allowed to share these, or is that a copyright violation? I heard somewhere that you can share copyrighted materials as long as it’s for education, and not for profit, but that may be wrong?

#2

I threw all that crap out. The only thing I kept was the L3 curriculum, which serves as a grim reminder of the entire experience.

#3

I burned all my notes in a raging fire at the cottage, but I’m keeping all the CFAi text books for future reference though.

#4

I still have them. I have flipped through them to remind me of all the work I put in and to scrape a little satisfaction of the fact I don’t have to do it anymore. The L2 and L3 books I will keep for a while. The notes may have to go eventually, but for now I am keeping them.

#5

Schweser notes are recycled. CFAI textbooks are part of my “library” in the office. They are unused, so they seemed too new to throw away…

#6

The day I got my “pass” email I recycled all of my handwritten/printed notes and put my Schweser materials on Ebay. I keep the CFAI books on the shelf in my office. Yesterday I found the folder with some of my typed notes on my work computer and took great pleasure in dragging that folder into the recycling bin.

#7

How much do you get for the Schweser materials from Ebay (typically speaking)? I was thinking of doing the same…

#8

Of course I save them…I spent maybe 100 hours for creating them.

If I were really nasty, I would consider sharing Schweser materials for free in the net, just because they refused to send me the mug :wink:

#9

Not much considering what they cost new, but I think I got $100+ for my L3 Schweser books (just the study guides and practice exams). I might have done a little better if I’d waited until people really started studying but I just wanted them out of my house and out of my life ASAP.

#10

I moved to Singapore after passing so wasn’t lugging any of that stuff with. I still have the mental scars to last forever…