canadiananalyst

What you need is a solid dose of hardcore studying. Commit yourselves to spending one SOLID weekend of doing absolutely nothing but cramming for this exam. Set a very difficult goal for what you want to accomplish that weekend and study like it's late May.

I've found that the effort you put in builds on itself and helps push you through. The amount of knowledge you'll gain from a solid weekend of studying will provide additional motivation (like the encouragement you get from getting stronger as you workout).

Get a bunch of people in here to commit to that same goal for a kickoff weekend and stick to it while posting occasional updates and questions, etc. We did something like this in 2009 and it worked really well. I would bump the post if I could find it. I think everyone on AF that was studying for the '09 exam built upon that and pushed each other.