It’s May 1st, number crunchers, and for those of us in countries with an April 30th tax deadline – we made it! Another fun-filled tax season in the books. I hope you made it through this tax season intact, and if you had a rager of a tax party last…
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Want to Overcome Overwhelm? Your Hobby is the Key!
Yup – if you’re facing overwhelm, do one more thing. Make it a hobby, preferably something you really love. Something that can get you into “flow”, or something you’re really proud of, or something that has meaning to you. Something that you’d do for free. Keep it low-stakes and low-pressure. …
How to Beat Busy Season Burnout (…or Not)
Holy smokes, what just happened? Come back to early January with me. We’d just come off the holidays, and my work-life balance was feeling on-point. I wrote about it. My husband and I are both public accountants, so we were gearing up for the impending “Busy Season” (that’s February through…
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Work-Life Balance: How to Find What Really Works for You
Feeling perpetually tired and overwhelmed? You may need to reclaim your work-life balance. I’ve been there. My day-to-day felt like a life-sized game of whack-a-mole. I was reacting as things arose, addressing them mostly on auto-pilot because I didn’t have the bandwidth to do anything more. I needed a rest!…
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A Deep(er) Dive into Authenticity in the Workplace
It’s no secret that workplace culture is shifting in a major way, and as I’ve been exploring authenticity throughout the first half of this year, I couldn’t help but expand it to the employee experience once again. Here are some perspectives that might help you feel more authentic at work.
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Why I’m Happily Back in the Office (and the Drawbacks of WFH)
We cubicle bumblebees love to idealize work-from-home arrangements. The reclamation of commute time, the quiet space, the sweatpants… But there's a certain joy that's come from returning to the office after three years!
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Reclaiming My Creative Space (and Reprioritizing My Life)
I was struck by inspiration one evening, just as I was setting up my home office to return to work after a creatively expansive year-long maternity leave. It came in the form of this quote: Put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write,…
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Happy May 1st, Accountants!
A very happy Accountants’ Holiday to you, Canadian number crunchers! We made it another year! I hope all my accountant friends are enjoying the day off (or at least recovering peacefully from their respective tax parties). If you know a public accountant (or you are one), you know we all…
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How to Work From Home (After Building Your Career In-Office)
I was absolutely a work-from-home advocate pre-pandemic. As it happened, we were actually very close to completing a work-from-home proposal at my office when the pandemic struck! How about that for coincidental timing. With the matter settled, I said goodbye to my “creative cubicle” and set up my little home…
Am I Working for Free on February 29th? One Accountant’s Perspective
Woohoo, a bonus day! Or is that just to our employers? Deviating from my usual content, I thought it’d be fitting to hop on today and talk about this question, because I think there’s more to it than meets the eye and it might be worth discussing! So, allow me…
