Help! Currently studying to take my first CPA exam! Although this is a personal goal, I feel obligated to pass! I feel so much pressure from family and peers. I feel like everyone is expecting me to pass and not that I’m not capable I just repeatedly keep thinking of it and what if I let them down!
I want to steer my focus back to my studies and think positive but I keep getting overwhelm 1. By all the material 2. Family and friends constantly asking me how is it going!

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All you can do is your best! Be positive about the test and studying and you will have a great outcome. Get back to studying and make sure you take breaks and go for a walk, gym or whatever will relax you and clear your mind. I know you love your family and friends but let them know you need to focus right now and can not be distracted (in the nicest way possible). No worries, you got this!!

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