I didn't choose the tax life
The tax life chose me.
Well, I guess that's not entirely true. That said, my circuitous career path all started with me enjoying the process of completing my own 1040s. There was something special about the way things just kind of fell into place on the tax return.
Yeah, there's something wrong with me.
I clinched my first bookkeeping job when I told my interviewers that I loved doing my tax return. I got the interview itself by putting my little bits of commercial photography on my resume*.
That set me on the path to become a bookkeeper. I finally decided to go back to school when I hit my upper limit at my next job. Left there just before graduation° and on to my first job in tax.
It's stressful this time of year - duh. But I can't even watch sports on tv without thinking about the tax implications of where they play the game, and so on. Every time I get stressed and start thinking, hey, why don't I go to clown school and make balloon animals for a living, the tax picture resurfaces and BAM, I'm thinking of why it's a bad idea from a tax perspective (self employment tax, the school wouldn't be deductible for me, ♡ keeping up with travel mileage, depreciation and so on). Thus confirming that I'm in the right profession.
That's not to say I don't want to be a published author. I do. I also want to teach down the road. But the majority of my working life from now until retirement will be doing accounting-type stuff. I like it. I'm good at it. And people who don't like it are willing to pay to have me do it. So life is good.
I'm not, however, all that great at writing. ¤ I want to try. I want my novel to help people. I want my novel to mean something to someone. Even if that someone is just me. But I feel like I have to keep putting it on paper for it to matter to anyone. Tax season has me discouraged but.... career comes first. Because that's what this is... a career.
And now that my lunch break is over, gotta get back to it.
Don't hug your CPA unless they go for the hug first,
C.D.
*Always Google the people and company you're submitting a resume for - it can make you stand out just enough to get the interview so you can charm them into hiring you.
° Not by choice, boss couldn't handle that I was turning down his advances and was being referred to an attorney.
♡ Just saying that in my personal situation, clown school isn't tax deductible. Seek the advice of your own CPA or tax professional before making the decision to change careers.
¤ Nooo! CD, you're awesome! I can totally hear you, faithful reader(s).~
~ Yeah, as of right now, there's one person that has read all of my blog posts. One person that checks to see if I've written anything. And I'm pretty sure he wants to see mah boobs.... Not that I blame him. They're pretty phenomenal.
Well, I guess that's not entirely true. That said, my circuitous career path all started with me enjoying the process of completing my own 1040s. There was something special about the way things just kind of fell into place on the tax return.
Yeah, there's something wrong with me.
I clinched my first bookkeeping job when I told my interviewers that I loved doing my tax return. I got the interview itself by putting my little bits of commercial photography on my resume*.
That set me on the path to become a bookkeeper. I finally decided to go back to school when I hit my upper limit at my next job. Left there just before graduation° and on to my first job in tax.
It's stressful this time of year - duh. But I can't even watch sports on tv without thinking about the tax implications of where they play the game, and so on. Every time I get stressed and start thinking, hey, why don't I go to clown school and make balloon animals for a living, the tax picture resurfaces and BAM, I'm thinking of why it's a bad idea from a tax perspective (self employment tax, the school wouldn't be deductible for me, ♡ keeping up with travel mileage, depreciation and so on). Thus confirming that I'm in the right profession.
That's not to say I don't want to be a published author. I do. I also want to teach down the road. But the majority of my working life from now until retirement will be doing accounting-type stuff. I like it. I'm good at it. And people who don't like it are willing to pay to have me do it. So life is good.
I'm not, however, all that great at writing. ¤ I want to try. I want my novel to help people. I want my novel to mean something to someone. Even if that someone is just me. But I feel like I have to keep putting it on paper for it to matter to anyone. Tax season has me discouraged but.... career comes first. Because that's what this is... a career.
And now that my lunch break is over, gotta get back to it.
Don't hug your CPA unless they go for the hug first,
C.D.
*Always Google the people and company you're submitting a resume for - it can make you stand out just enough to get the interview so you can charm them into hiring you.
° Not by choice, boss couldn't handle that I was turning down his advances and was being referred to an attorney.
♡ Just saying that in my personal situation, clown school isn't tax deductible. Seek the advice of your own CPA or tax professional before making the decision to change careers.
¤ Nooo! CD, you're awesome! I can totally hear you, faithful reader(s).~
~ Yeah, as of right now, there's one person that has read all of my blog posts. One person that checks to see if I've written anything. And I'm pretty sure he wants to see mah boobs.... Not that I blame him. They're pretty phenomenal.
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