Tired of ca course. help needed!

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I chose to pursue CA as I my financial position wasn't that great and this course was one among the least expensive to complete and I was good in studies as well, securing 92% in 10th. Cleared CPT and IPCC easily as I prepared honestly and the thought of failure never came to my mind. But, everything went downhill once I joined articleship. I lost interest in work and studies. Took coaching for the namesake wherein I was never paying attention to the classes. Gave my first attempt of CA final half heartedly with very less preparation. Gave my 2nd attempt of CA final for 1st group again with half of my preparation capacity and failed to clear the aggregate score by 14 marks. Took up a job and my third CA final attempt was a waste of money and time. Post third attempt, left that job and again migrated to Bangalore for another job with an intention of quitting CA. But I got so depressed with the job that I decided that I would clear CA final somehow. Now, again I am thinking practically and I find it impossible to clear the final exams. I have completed 80% syllabus of group 1 in all these 3 attempts while I have hardly touched group 2 subjects. I am fearing Taxation and ISCA. I rarely know anything about group 2 subjects and don't find interesting at all. I want to quit but people are emotionally forcing me to not quit. My parents are tired of my fickle mind and are pitying me. I can't concentrate on studying for even half an hour at a stretch. My fickle mind continuously shifts between doing a job and studies whereas I could never concentrate on either job or studies. My bad financial position is only adding to my woes. Should I call it a quit and start my life afresh by completely concentrating on some job and maybe start preparing for MBA CAT? Please help.

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You should fix your stress level & health first. Take up regular running. It clears up one's mind. And ability to focus also improves drastically.
I have been running and exercising regularly since past 4 months and have lost 13 kgs as well. I took some anti-depressants as well. Now, I can say that I am relatively stress free. But I feel I have lagged and it is difficult to clear group 2 as I have to start studies afresh for it, even if I clear my group 1 exams.
That sounds great, congratulations! :-)

Only you can decide what is best for you. Do you imagine yourself in the future as a CA? Do you imagine yourself as a business manager? What excites you? That's the answer.

You don't find group 2 subjects interesting. So why go for something that does not interest you?

Don't take failure too seriously. Failure is a part of life. It is like a bad tasting medicine that's all. Failure comes often.

Lagged too is normal, it is to be taken seriously of course, but not so seriously that it forces you to take anti depressants. Medicines of this type are best avoided. Discontinue it as soon as possible. Face your stress & uncomfortable emotions without medicines. Increase physical exercise if required. Physical exercise is the best anti depressant. See Google.

Did you know Bill Gates failed in college & never passed? So many other such examples. Such people took their failure seriously, but not too seriously. You have to find a balance within.

I think you should decide what you want to do & should not be forced to do something you don't want to. If you don't enjoy what you are doing you won't do well in it.
Thanks a lot! And after reading online I had already discontinued taking anti-depressants within 2 weeks of starting it.


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