The Silent Struggle: Hiding Depression from Clients The Fear of Being Exposed As an accountant, the pressure to maintain a professional image is immense. We’re expected to be reliable, composed, and in control of the numbers we deal with and the businesses we help run. But for someone struggling with depression, this can feel…
The Pursuit of Perfection: An Accountant’s Struggle The Perfectionist Instinct As accountants, we are trained to aim for perfection. We’ve all been there, reconciling to the penny, ensuring everything balances, and making sure that everything is equal. It’s part of the job, and it’s how we maintain the integrity of our work. The fundamental accounting…
The January Gloom: A Taxing Time for Accountants The Aftermath of Christmas January can feel like a never-ending slog for accountants, especially those of us working in self-employment. After the festive buzz of Christmas and the excitement of a fresh new year, January hits like a cold, hard reality. The buzz of the holidays is…
Just Start – It’s All About the Progress The Fear of Starting We’ve all been there, right? That moment where you’re staring at the starting line of a new project, paralyzed by the fear of failure. What if it doesn’t work? What if people judge you? What’s the point anyway? We’ve all got that inner…
I don’t like to get involved in public outpouring of grief when celebrities die. In experience I have seen lots of posts on LinkedIn jumping on the bandwagon of someone’s death in the hope of boosting one’s profile and post reach. There are lots of post types that get my back up, far too many…
So, another year has passed us by and it almost seems as if it has gone faster than the previous years, picking up speed each year until most years pass with a blink of an eye leaving us to reflect and ponder and complain of ‘just where has time gone?’ Time is very much a…
Motivation Having had a conversation today with an individual I came to realise something I had never questioned before, what’s my motivation? I suppose having had a declining spiral of wellbeing over the last few years, I have either forgotten what my motivation was or indeed I had never actually decided what it was, as I…
A look on the positive side I don’t think it is possible to have just one favorite Tommy Cooper joke, as they are all brilliant and each one raises a smile no matter the amount of times I have heard them before. I fondly remember sitting snugged in with my Dad on the single sofa Chair…
The Depths of Depression Trying to explain depression is difficult, some people think it’s a case of just being sad or down, which in itself would indicate a temporary state of emotion. It also has been put to me by my brother that other events of happiness should immediately eradicate and dissolve the depression completely…
Friday 19th December 2020 So as the festive season approaches and the New Year waits in the wings my mood slowly begins the decline into a festive styled depression and anxiety state. As to why this is I am not sure but for as long as I can remember it does have a recurring impact…