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Carry on being an Accountant

6th Jul 2017
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Recently, I’ve been thinking and thinking and thinking of all the different things I could do instead of being an accountant. I like writing, blogging, I could teach yoga. I considered training to be a coach, doing a social media course – I like twitter and Facebook so hard can that be?! Actually, the list could go on but I have decided right now (for as long as it lasts) that I do want to carry on being an accountant.

I might not be the best or the biggest but I know I can do it and most of the time I feel good doing it.  There are times when I lose interest and get bored and the speed with which things change makes me feel out of my depth on a regular basis but I guess these things happen with whatever I do.  I think when I was counting up the cost of working for myself was one of the things that was putting me off.  There’s insurance, money laundering fees, ACCA fees, ATT fees, practicing certificate and then all the accounting software that I use. I keep thinking by next year I will check and see if I can find something cheaper or better but I’ve not got there yet.

I’m still going to carry on writing and blogging but as a hobby and not spend loads of time thinking of ways of generating oncome from it.  There was what sounded like an ideal job for a tax editor that came up – writing and tax! It sounded too good to be true and unfortunately it didn’t work out.

I think for me working for myself, by myself is the hardest part. Not that I thought it would be a problem as I am naturally quiet and happy to motivate myself most of the time.  I definitely don’t miss the office politics especially when my husband comes home talking about all the problems at his work or the problems my mum talks about with her staff. However, I do miss talking to people or just having some chat in the background while I work.

I haven’t thought of all the ins and outs of coming to this decision and I now need to work on making sure that I am a good accountant and I know what I am talking about. I need to get up to date on all the changes that are happening and how it will affect any clients that I already have before I take on anymore work. With the summer holidays coming up I have no idea how I am going to entertain the girls for 6 weeks and work, so I think that will be my main priority for the next two months – just keeping on top of everything without losing the plot.

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By FirstTab
06th Jul 2017 12:38

"I’m still going to carry on writing and blogging but as a hobby and not spend loads of time thinking of ways of generating oncome from it."

Finally Lilac 1, I was waiting for you to come to this conclusion. You would earn far more using your ACCA.

Job - They will be others. It is not easy to find competent and trustworthy people.

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By A mum and an accountant
07th Jul 2017 10:44

I think I needed to go through this to get here though!

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By ClaireShort
06th Jul 2017 19:47

Like you I'm "looking forward" to the summer holidays and the kids not being at nursery, keep those plates spinning!!

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By A mum and an accountant
07th Jul 2017 10:47

I've not planned anything this holiday apart from a holiday abroad for a just over a week. Anything I normally plan, I end up having to cancel. I'm going with the flow and see how it works out this year.

Good luck to you too!

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