Reassessment - 2

January 2, 2008

I’m at a place in life, in which I find myself from time to time. An urgency to do something different, try something new, make a major change in life.

I’ve been in the accounting field since 1989, when I began an Associate’s degree in Business Administration at Dalton College. That was nearly 20 years ago. I didn’t begin any sort of accounting work, though, until I’d been at Aladdin Mills for 2 years and got into Accounts Payable. Let's see, I took Phil Vaughn’s place in “general accounting” in 1993; I remember that vividly because I was planning my wedding, learning a new job, and training 2 new people in AP all at the same time.

I was in AP for a year before that…so I began work in Accounting in May of 1992. I did clerical accounting up thru July 1998; I was with Fleming Companies here in OKC when I began pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at UCO in 1997, a year after Nathan was born. I started professional accounting at Grant Thornton as a Tax Associate, in January 2000, and became certified in August 2003. So – I did clerical accounting work for 6 years. I got a lot of good experience and had good jobs, but I knew I was capable of so much more, and was WORTH more. Money, that is.

I’ve been in professional accounting now for 8 years, over 4 of that as a CPA. And it is time for a change.

I have ideas for books, or stories. First, I’ve always admired the “Little House” series, and have thought about writing something similar, maybe about a child growing up in Oklahoma going on hikes, on camping trips, to museums, on vacations….from his or her point of view (not mine).

Maybe I ought to write about how I could move from Accountant to Writer. "Anatomy of a Writing Career"? Maybe it should be more like “Conception of a Writing Career” or something relating to the pre-birth stage, because it’s not actually hatched yet.

Here's an idea -- “Anatomy of an Accounting Career”! I was an accountant at age 10 and didn’t even know it. I’d count out my dimes, quarters, and dollar bills from my piggy bank, and add up on paper how many of each I had. I’d multiply them out and then reconcile my calculated number with my counted number. I'm still doing that, but now am getting paid for it!