Linda Lee's Page

After reading all these inspirational posts, I'm realizing our journey through the CPA process is similar to the accrual method. Our efforts and energy are expensed as it's used along the way, and while we may not collect our big payout receivable for a while, we can still recognize our expanding knowledge and increase in confidence with each completed study session as revenue to be collected. We are all like a small business, investing in ourselves and doing what it takes to keep the…

Six months ago, I made a difficult decision in leaving my former place of employment - one that had provided stability, and kindly reimbursed me for my continuing education despite accounting not being my primary responsibility there. However, there were too many office politics and the management style did not sit well with me ethically or emotionally, and just ended up being an added stress to my already heavy school load at nights. I dug deep and promised myself that I…

Ten years ago, I finished my BS in Neurobiology and Physiology after being told by my advisor that it was too late to switch my major to business. For years, an inside voice kept nagging away at me, telling me to pursue my dreams, to satisfy my curiosity, but I lacked the confidence and did not know where to start.

In 2009, I finally listened to that stubborn voice, after being thrown into a job which involved bookkeeping unbeknownst to me, and started with…