So it’s only 4 days till I write my Corporate Tax final and quite possibly my last final of my “storied” career in undergrad.  I realize that I’ve been ‘deathly afraid’ of this final because it could potentially mark the end of something that I’ve been so used to for 75% of my life… being in school.  What I’ve learned through these last 36 days up until now is that I’ve been making far too many excuses for not “manning up” and like the Nike slogan.. “Just Do It!”  No overly complicated plans with a 20 step process to success or anything of that sort.  Just simple daily reflection to keep myself in tune with what NEEDS to be done in order for me to move on to the next phase of my life… Graduation and embarking on a career in Professional Accounting.

Reading self-improvement blogs like zenhabits.net,  listening to Tony Robbins CD’s, and going through old journal entries, and most importantly having my support system of friends as well as my girlfriend talking me through it has kept me in check of not falling back into a victim/self-sabotage frame.  I’m grateful for their feedback and

I’ve recently gotten approval for my Letters of Permission to take Accounting Theory and Corporate Taxation at York University in case things don’t work out as a contingency plan, but I realize that might also be subconciously acknowledging that I will be extending my studies for at least a summer.

I’ve simplified my approach to productivity and “Getting Things Done” to just two steps:

• plan my 3 “Must Outcomes” when I wake up and ask myself my morning questions
• Stick to those must outcomes and attach a deadline for each of those.  That’s it.

Anyway, back to studying for Business Combinations… I’ll learn what I can and have fun doing so.

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