Out of curiosity, what did you do with your CPA review books and materials when you passed the CPA exam? Did you gift them to someone else, sell them, or have a bonfire?! 😅

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Sent them back to hell (I burned them)

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Gave them to a colleague to encourage her to study and pass :)

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This is the most wholesome answer I see here by far! 😊

Took them to the range and shot them. Then added them to the fire pit one night.

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Sold my books right when I got them and only used online materials

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Would’ve gave em away but the books keep getting updated. They’re just laying under my bed lol

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burned them in a fireplace

Gift.

Sold one, threw the others away!

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Set them on fire

Saved them in case the internet goes down

Camp fire

I use them as my monitor stand for my WFH setup.

I was doing this before I passed #oops

Recycled mine

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