Vlog: Starting my accounting firm :)

  When the world is quiet, notifications are silent, and making tea is the most complicated task. Just you, your thoughts, and the work you’ve been building day after day. This was one of those moments. Quietly, in the background, something incredible has been unfolding. Video by video. Reflection by reflection. And this moment seemed to hold all of it. February 2nd is my official onboarding day into the Lifestyle Business Academy . I haven’t even officially started yet. And yet: I’ve already been given a few opportunities to engage. The first one was simple on paper: Write your introductory post. But anyone who’s ever stepped into a room filled with builders, creators, and entrepreneurs knows: that first post matters. It’s the beginning of potential lifelong business friendships. A legendary first impression. A quiet “this is who I am” offered to people who might one day walk alongside you. The exact moment I saw it, I knew. I had to record. Because this is the moment. And here’s ...

  Sometimes the most meaningful wins don’t arrive as numbers or milestones: they arrive as a moment. If this story feels familiar, it’s because it traces back to that very first feedback form I ever received: the one that arrived during torrential rain, flood warnings, and a highway closure separating my family while my dad was recovering in a specialized heart hospital. That feedback mattered deeply to me then. And now it came back around in the most unexpected way. During a live Zoom session, the same person I respect immensely took a moment to say, publicly: “Someone here (hint, hint) is my bookkeeper.” That was it. That was the sentence. I’m not usually a big chatter during webinars, but I couldn’t help myself: huge smiles, both in the chat and right there on camera. One of those moments where your heart just knows: this is why I’m doing this. The emails followed shortly after. Same day. And soon after that: my very first five-star Google review . Not because I asked. Not becau...

Today I’m writing this from my coworking office, sitting at a shared table with someone who started as a coworker and is slowly becoming a trusted coworker :) If you’ve ever worked in a coworking or body-doubling space, you’ll know the rhythm. You start slow. You sit down. Laptops open. Keyboards click. Maybe the occasional phone call. A nod. A few words here and there. I think we’ve sat beside each other quietly like this for about three months. And then today, we talked. More than usual. At some point she looked at me and said, “Wait… you’re an accountant? I thought you were doing this social networking / YouTube / blog kind of thing?” I laughed. “Yes,” I said. “That’s some of what I do.” And then, calmly and professionally, I repeated the sentence that sits at the heart of my work: Accounting, with an education-first approach. Webinars. Content. Conversations. And yes… YouTube included. (Not exactly standard on an accountant’s CV 😄) From there, the conversation unfolded...