I am thinking of taking a few professional exams this year, and I am deliberating about whether I should be improving my study by buying certain equipment. For example I argue with myself that I can’t read a pdf in my bed since I can’t bring my laptop, so I need to buy an Ipad. Or that I couldn’t open two documents and take notes at the same time since I don’t have enough screen, so I need to buy a bigger monitor. But a bigger monitor needs a more powerful PC (since it needs to be 4k, because you know, it is hard to read if it is only 1080p), so I might need to buy a new desktop PC…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the list goes on. However I have been through this road before, especially when I was working and planning to take an exam in 2020. In the end, I didn’t even take the exam, but I did ‘waste’ money setting up equipment for it. In comparison, in 2022, while doing my Masters, I managed to write a thesis and passed the IRSE module A exams, by just using my current laptop without any fancy hardware or gadgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like to think that the less equipment I have, the less distraction I’ll have. I just need to square my shoulder and move on forward. So, let’s do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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