planning for laser eye surgery: recovery guide
Laser Eye Journey Other Experiences

Planning for Laser Eye Surgery: How to find the best time? Recovery Guide

If you are reading this, I am assuming you have decided to take the exciting yet daunting leap of faith to get laser eye surgery (good luck)! It was not until I had my treatment that I realised there were some strict guidelines I needed to adhere to following laser eye surgery. These guidelines caught …

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ACA General

4 Ways to Shake Off a Bad Exam and the Feeling of Failure

After months of revising having put your heart and soul into doing evvvverything you could to pass an exam, the exam still goes badly. It went so badly that you wish you barely revised at all considering it felt as though it did not make much of a difference anyway. The exam was nothing like …

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Laser Eye Journey Other Experiences

LASEK Laser Eye Surgery Recovery Time: Eye-Opening Truth

As LASIK is the most common procedure, LASEK laser eye surgery recovery experiences are hard to find online. This article is one that is NEEDED on the internet. My LASEK laser eye surgery recovery was one of the most difficult periods in my life. As explained in my previous blog, the surgeon deemed my eyes …

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ACA Advanced Level

ICAEW Case Study Made Easy – How to Pass ACA Case Study

What was my first impression of the ICAEW Case Study? Weird. This exam is completely different to the 14 ACA exams prior which actually have new content to learn. The ICAEW Case Study was completely unknown to me until I came to study for this exam. It was not really an exam that was spoken …

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Laser Eye Journey Other Experiences

The Daunting yet Life-Changing Day of Laser Eye Surgery

The day of laser eye surgery for myself and millions of others is one of the biggest days of our lives. Leading up to my treatment I was trying to read all the blogs and watch all the YouTube videos to find out what to expect on the day. It is a life-changing procedure after …

ICAEW ACA Ethics
ACA General

ICAEW ACA Ethics Learning Programme

The ICAEW ACA Ethics Learning Programme is a key requirement to becoming ACA qualified. Ethics is constantly drummed into you throughout your ACA studies. This is done through examining ethics within each ACA exam and through the Ethics and Professional Scepticism tab of the training file. This is an element of the ACA qualification that …

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Laser Eye Journey Other Experiences

Why I chose Optical Express for Laser Eye Surgery

If you have read my Growing up with Glasses blog, you will know getting laser eye surgery is something I have always considered. My rationale behind getting laser is made very clear in that post. However, I had not always been completely sure if I would actually take the leap to get laser eye surgery. …

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ACA General

How Difficult/Hard REALLY are the ICAEW ACA Exams? With ACA Exam Difficulty Ranking and Proven ICAEW ACA Pass Rates

Before reading, please note that this is an extremely subjective blog. What I find difficult another person may not and vice versa. Find the details of my academic background here if interested (no prior accounting experience). Therefore, this is my personal opinion on how hard the ICAEW ACA exams are. I will also include ICAEW …

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Other Other Experiences

11 Best Ways To Control Spending

My average monthly savings of my disposable income (after bills) since October 2019 is 83.71%. Yes, you read that correctly, 83.71%. My 5 months prior to COVID-19 average savings are 82.30%. Admittedly this is slightly lower as expected due to lockdown but these savings are still huge. In absolute terms, I spend on average just …

aca professional level exams
ACA Professional Level

15 ACA Exams Breakdown – Part 2 ACA Professional Level Exams and Quick Passing Tips

Now you have entered into the ACA Professional Level exams, multiple choice questions are a thing of the past. These exams are a HUGE step up from Certificate exams. To put yourself in the best position for these ACA exams ensure you have grasped the basic understanding from Certificate Level. Much of the content will …