Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Tax Season Makes Me Feel Like Punching Numbers.

The sky is clear. It looks as if it's warm and nice out but once you open the window a bitter cold hits you right in the face. It's like a shockwave. I haven't written for a while. I believe the ladt time was when I was getting on the plane to Montreal, which was delightful. I got to speak French and translate for my friend whom I met with, despite her forceful words about how she really needed to do it on her own. I arrived back home warmed by the stay in Canada, in home, my prior home. 

Now I'm just wasting aways the days of work until I have another vacation upon me. That's what work really is for me, just the time spent between vacations meant to fill the void. Not going to lie, I don't get much fufillment out of my job. It's just a job, something to bring in the dough to pay bills and allow me to survive in this world. However, what I find even more surprising are the amounts of people who are shocked when I tell them my career does not meet my lifes fufillment. The irony in this is that most of the people I meet like this are accountants, CPAs, dental hygenists, physical education teachers, people in careers that would otherwise be not thought chosen for enjoyment but out of necessity. I mean, really, who ever says they actaully want to grow up to be a CPA? 

Answer: No one. 

5 comments:

Eve said...

I think I said that said that same exact phrase while playing Life with John the other day. He gave up being a doctor to become an accountant, and I said "Really? Who actually chooses to be a CPA?"

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Gin said...

John would choose to be a CPA over a doctor.

Let me guess what was your career path? Salesperson? or Athlete? maybe Artist? you know one of those jobs that didn't really require the college degree you paid for, but you still went to college?

Eve said...

Ha.

It was the salesperson . . . with the $90,000 salary (go figure) . . . and about 12 kids (again, go figure).