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    My Top 5 Books of 2021

    In early 2021, my bestie invited me to join her book club. I had just gotten out of my audit busy season and didn’t have (or make) much time to read for pleasure. After joining this group of supportive, strong, and dynamic women (tbh really my new sistas at this point), it sparked my love for reading for fun! They inspired me not only to read more (also not feel bad if I only read one book per month) but to read beyond my previously (and still) loved genres. Last December (pre-book club), I made a list of 10 books I read in 2020. I’m extremely proud to say that…

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    2021 Life Update

    It has been a while since my last blog post (6 months to be specific). Since that time, we’ve lived through six more months of work-from-home and wanted to do a life update. Upon reflection, quite a few things have changed over the past six months and it’s fun to track life events and updates! I’m planning on doing another 101 in 1001 update soon with a (surprisingly) long list of updates. I finished my 4th busy season (5th year of work). I’ve worked at the same public accounting company since I graduated in 2016 and finished my 4th busy season. This would have been my 5th, but I missed…

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    10 Books I Read in 2020

    At the start of the decade, I made a list of 101 things I wanted to do in 1001 days. One of these goals was to read at least 10 books over the next 2.75 years. I’m not a big reader (but huuuuuge book purchaser, holler) so 10 books seemed like a reasonable number for me. At some point during 2020, I decided I wanted to read 10 books throughout 2020 – and look at me now, I did it! One of my favorite hobbies is buying books, if you consider that a hobby. Do I read them? Probably not, but I wanted to change that. My overall plan is…