Hope you guys enjoy my new blog post...everyone needs to laugh a bit about this whole process.  Feel free to add your own experiences! :)

10 Things They Don’t Tell You When You Sign Up For The CPA Exam

1. CPA Butt: You will gain weight and/or get out of shape.
2. Start Counting Sheep: You will develop insomnia. Invest in melatonin.
3. The Faster, The Better: You never loved quick fix meals so much.  Do you know how fast those Chipotle workers can make a Burrito Bowl?!  Crazy fast.
4. Is There A Tax Deduction For This?: …because it costs over $1,000 and the best study materials are $4,000 brand-new.  In short, you’re paying a crap-ton of money for months of torture and pain.
5. You’ll Become A 26-Year Old Grandma: Kiss your friends & family and your social life GOOD-BYE.  Staying in on a Friday night to study like-kind exchanges?  Yes, please!
6. Wanna Be My Study Buddy?: Your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/BFF/dog/hamster/laptop will become your new best study buddy (most likely against their will).  Rally the troops people, you’re gonna need to someone to 1) read you questions non-stop, 2) calm you down when you have a panic attack, and 3) force feed you alcohol when you experience #2.
7. College Is For Wienies: You thought you read a lot in college? You didn’t.
8. No Place Is Safe: Any place is at risk for breaking out the latest edition of Becker or Wiley.  This includes but is not limited to: the pool, stores, cars, restaurants, friend’s houses, coffee shops, in bed, waiting in line at McDonald’s, and last but not least, on the elliptical machine.
9. Libraries Are The New Day Care: You will quickly discover that libraries are NOT the quietest place in town.  In fact, libraries are noisier than the local college bar on a Wednesday night.  Why?  Because kids are loud and many of them have not discovered their “quiet voice” yet.
10. Nightmare On Tax Street:  If you do finally coax your overflowing brain into dreamland, it’s not going to be pleasant.  Numbers and problems and mnemonics, OH MY!
    
    Source: Carrie on the Cheap
    (reprinted by CPAnet with permission)