wow, thank you for the reply.
Just to clarify I originally posted a proper question under the heading "Help!!!" but worked it out for myself about an hour later as is always the way...but I couldn't delete the whole thread so I just removed the question and replaced it with an excuse
I am quite stressed with this revision at the moment. I'm sure that I'll cope, but it's just been a very long and tiring few months and I could really do with just going home to sleep in the evenings without feeling guilty about not revising. I'm sure most people feel that way too, I wasn't thinking I was unique!
I'm in the rather strange situation where I am working for a non-Actuarial company. While a few of my colleagues are taking the much easier ACII Insurance exams I decided that I didn't want that as my future, and given my mathematical background asked if I could take the Actuarial exams instead.
What this means is: a) I am the only one in the company doing these exams, b) I only get 2-days study leave per exam instead of the usual 40, and I haven't had any free time to go to a single tuition or supervision.
I thought that I would be able to cope, but am feeling the pressure slightly. When I started I was reasonably new to the company and my time wasn't so busy, but it has just gone into overdrive since then.
I love my job with a passion, and the only way they are going to get me to leave is with a crowbar. I am very good at what I do and the long hours are down to my desire to continue working on current projects and produce work faster than people expect, and also because of my commute to work...as you rightly pointed out.
My day is actually 8am - 8:30pm because I have a 90minute tube journey each way in which I sometimes try to revise but I can't do anything more than read notes. So you can see how I might get a little stressed. I currently grab about 30minutes over lunchtime if I don't work through it and about an hour or two before bed if I am awake enough.
I've tried twice now to move to a location near work, but there is no way I can currently afford it (I work in the City).
I'm only taking two exams this sitting, and I'm sure I'll do fine, but I am currently thinking that if I can find any way to back out of the Actuarial course while saving face with my employers (Who are funding me) then I would. I would probably regret it in years to come, but I just haven't had a decent nights sleep in so long!!
Do you think I should stick with it? Or do you think that I'm not going to be able to cope and should get out now?
Leafy