ACTUARY IN REALITY

Having a good life balance is a challenge for an actuary, and also an actuarial student (who are pursuing actuarial certifications) which I’ve experienced myself. As a student, dealing with lecture classes at weekdays, home works, organizations, projects, and social life are daily activities that we need to face. But when we add preparation of actuarial exams to the schedule it becomes a real challenging task. As we already know, it requires lots and lots of study time to succeed in the exam. We might find it hard to find time to study which will end up to sacrificing social life with friends and family, because when we don’t study we might feel guilty about it.


So, how can we define our own kind of life balance as an actuarial student? After some research and experiences here are some of the strategies:
1. Identify your own kind of ideal life balance. I recognize that we as humans need different amount of time to study, to do our tasks, and we have different priorities. So, do what yo…