after applying for jobs today, yes, real jobs, I realized yes, I could go and change career directions become a massage therapist or pastry chef and start all over or I could take the bull by the horns and just go get my master's degree in accounting, have a degree that backs up my experience and probably learn a few things along the way and get a degree that allows me to make the kind of money that someone with my experience should be making. I've been feeling lately like my clients take advantage of me and maybe that partly my fault because I am a very mellow easy going nice person and I don't have the degree to backup my experience. I am smart, I know that but it would be nice to say hey, I know this stuff and you didn't just hire some that has no experience or you didn't just hire a bookkeeper, you hired an accountant and you should be paying $125.00/hour for the services but since my company is all about saving you money, I only charge 65.00/hour and I have the degree to backup what I'm charging. Lately, I do the work and then they don't want to pay for it, like I haven't earned it. I've been very lack in giving verbal estimates and no more. Now, everything is going to be signed off in advance and no more getting away of not paying me. Its time to be more assertive and not underestimate my abilities. My horoscope for yesterday said: "You probably like to think of yourself as primarily a curious intellectual, JULIE. However, recent expansion in the fields of career and finance has brought out talents for dealing with business and money that you didn't know you had. This has been a time not only of success and good fortune, but also of learning more about yourself. Don't fall back on old fears and underestimate yourself. You're capable of accomplishing more than you'd ever have guessed." And its so right, I underestimate my strengths, my ability to accomplish more. So today I apply for college, I'm going back to school to get my Master of Science in Accountancy degree. Its all online and in 15 months I will have my master's degree. I applied for financial aid and got it, it completely covers my tutition and then some.
In the meantime, I'm looking for work because my clients are cutting my hours and while they tell me to hang in there with them and I'm not abandoning them completely, I do need to make sure I'm ok and that I can survive without them if it comes to that. And while its sad to think my business might fail, it might be a good thing to have some time off and benefits that come with a regular job. I don't want my business to fail but maybe I just put it on the backburner for a little while until I can find clients that don't take advantage of their consultants. Tommorrow another day and I start school in one week.
ok, so I'm extremely excited about my future and starting school again.
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