Re: Study Plan.

My best advice to you is to plan on giving up your social life for the most
part. If you really want this, and you want to be good at this stuff there
is not really enough time to work, date, go out, and study at least not in
my experience. My advice is to pick 1 or 2 days a week to NOT study. Use
those for your date nights, or nights with buddies and / or family. Other
than that, go hard with your studies.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Ronald Johns <rj686b_at_att.com> wrote:

> I booked my date in May for October 2nd so I dropped everything - working
> out, social life, gigging with my band, etc and had a goal of studying 40
> hours a week on top of my 50+ hours a week job. I don't know if I'd
> recommend this because it did put strain on my marriage, family, friends,
> and my health. Even my boss said I was getting a little edgy a month or two
> out so it did impact my work as well. I think there's a way if you plan
> properly to strike a healthy balance. I'm going to shoot for my SP now and
> plan to spread things out a little. My goal will be about 10 hours a week
> for 9 to 10 months. One thing is for sure - consistency is key.
>
> Ron Johns
> CCIE#25612
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Poplawski, James
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:01 PM
> To: 'ccielab_at_groupstudy.com'
> Subject: Study Plan.
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had an itinerary of their study plans. For
> example,
> an outlook calendar that says work 8-5, 5-6 Eat, 6-12 Gorge on TCP/IP Vol
> II,
> etc. With work, working out, dating, commuting, life, just wondering what
> successful IE's have done and what other candidates are doing. Should I
> plan
> on not dating or working out? I know some people have wives, children so I
> can only imagine it's even more complicated. I want my digits, any
> direction?
>
> Any help/advice is appreciated!
> JB Poplawski
>
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