Title: Making a Study Plan Are you a busy person with a family? You have a job? Do you also do other jobs (or run clubs)? I do all these things: - I have a big family - I work 40-50 hrs a week - Volunteer and join other clubs (Project Management Institute and Toastmasters) When I embarked on studying for the CISSP back in December 2022, I initially thought: I don’t have enough time to put into studying for this. Then I thought: Well wait a minute, just like anything, this can be planned. ## Study Plans I set out to create two simple study plans (2 phases): 1 year study plan, 2 month study plan 1st Study Plan (Dec 2022 - Dec 2023), 1 Year - 1 Pomodoro daily (25 minutes focused sessions), 4-5 days a week - 2x-3x Week: 25 Mock questions - 1 full 4 hour mock exam at my local library (once a month) - Study Materials: - FRSecure - ISC2 CISSP Official Study Guide - ISC2 CISSP Official iOS App - CISSP Exam Cram Full Course (Pete Zerger – YouTube) - https://youtu.be/_nyZhYnCNLA 2nd Study Plan (Feb 2024 - March 2024), 1.5 Months - 4 Pomodoros Daily (2 hours focused sessions), 6 days a week - 5x-7x: 25 Mock questions - 1 full 4 hour mock exam at my local library (once a week, every weekend) - New Study Materials - Destination CISSP - ChatGPT: I used it to quiz me and looked up explanations - ISC2 CISSP Official iOS App: Asked me only new questions - WannaPractice: Brand new questions bank - Thor (Udemy) - CISSP Exam Cram Full Course (Pete Zerger – YouTube) - I paid a lot more attention - Anki: Create flash cards on subjects I was weak at I did 2 attempts (I purchased the peace of mind). When I was going in my first attempt, my mentality was, “Don’t sweat it, you have a 2nd attempt. Think of this as a mock exam.” I wasn’t too stressed if I failed, but more importantly my mentality was that I would get a sense and feeling of the test. I thought I did great the first attempt. I really wanted to pass on the first attempt, but didn’t. I took it at a lessons learned, took a whole week and some for a break.

Exam Memorisation technique I came across on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/cissp/comments/156q0l1/heres_my_collection_of_the_memorization/

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