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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Post-Busy Season Life Update
It has been a hot minute since I last wrote a blog post. You see, I had big dreams and goals on what I would do with my blog since I started it back in December 2017. I had designed my page, written a few posts and even had an editorial calendar for future posts. Well, life hit me hard. More specifically, work hit me really hard. I have already somewhat talked about my job and the crazy hours we worked, but even I couldn’t have imagined how long our busy season would last this year. I wrote a post a few months ago about how to survive busy season.…
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7 Ways to Survive Busy Season
Busy season is finally here! And although mine technically started last week, my thoughts on it remain the same: overwhelming, daunting and exhausting. For those who didn’t know, I went to The University of Texas in Austin for my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting and now work as an auditor for one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Houston As accountants, we each are given the gift of having a “busy season”. Mine usually lasts from January to May, which is longer than most. In auditing, our busy season is all about making sure that the 10-Ks those companies put out are legit. To me, this time of…
