During a brief stint at my previous employment, I had needed to find time within my hectic daily schedule to study for the CFA exam. Mind you, this was just level 1. To me, I can certainly see it as a failure, but to others, it could be seen differently. I was working almost 55-70 hours a week and commuting almost 2 hours a day just to get home. I made an investment to rent a nearby office space for a few hours after 6PM to study. My first night was dreadful, just take a look at these paper blind’s that I needed to take off every day.

I really tried and stayed persistent, but perhaps, it just wasn’t enough.