Adult education

Nothing interesting, like photography, learning Spanish or basket weaving. Just the same old CFA story again, only this time I can "graduate" for good, if only I can get my act together and study!

It's an odd thing for me to undergo continuing education as an adult. School, as in other things in life, has a tradeoff in terms of time defined pretty clearly in my mind: you lose the freedom of your nights and weekends--at least during exam time--in return for almost unlimited latitude for scheduling during the day. Let's face it, unless you were an engineer or some other set-schedule program, you had your four or five-day weekends with classes essentially optional on the other days. The life as a salaryman, by contrast, affords you the luxury of living life during the free-time periods of most cell phone companies. Well I don't have to exactly spell it out, but trying to study and work at the same time just plain sucks. Not recommended for the faint of heart, or anyone with a penchant for socializing with other human beings.

About the only benefit that I get out of the CFA study period is the extra cash I've got left over from the VIRTUAL HOUSE ARREST I put myself in, although recently, I've been spending my future free cash flow from the comfort of my own bedroom by shopping for various crap on the Internet.





Aah, who am I kidding? Up until April, I actually only study a couple hours a week. ;)