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Hi there! I just finished Unscripted and wow. I’m excited to be here. I’m a mom to two kids aged 4 and 3. I’m in the process of getting my masters in Accounting from a top 10 accounting program. A year ago this was a big shift for me to believe I could go back to school with two small children, or that I was capable at all of going to my dream school. Fast forward with all I’ve learned over the last year, I’m not so sure I made the right decision. Initially my goal was to start my own consulting business. I thought that was the promise land. Today trading time for money is no longer the ultimate goal. I could have gotten the education for a fraction of the cost elsewhere because honestly what good is an expensive degree if I don’t wish to seek employment from anyone who might care about said degree.
Additionally, my husband and I are in the process of starting a website for math education. This is something we’ve talked about for years, but it finally clicked over the summer that we need to actually DO this. He’s in his 14th year as a math teacher in the public school system in NC. We want to make quality personable math education accessible to as many people as possible. I’d much rather be learning how to code my own website right now than learning how to account for stock compensation like a good little future Big 4 employee, which I do NOT aim to be.
We have a lot to learn, but we’re figuring things out as we go. Including whether I finish the masters degree and get my CPA or not. We’re both parts excited and terrified.
I am waking up to the reality that we do not have to be victims to the crappy pay of my husband’s profession nor that I have to spend my children’s childhood working a job out of the house for 50+ hours a week as the primary breadwinnner that I’ve been. Granted this may need to be the case for a time, but it no longer feels like a life long prison sentence. I’m in the process of shedding scripted beliefs. I have unconsciously been living my life with a huge lack mentality, and once my eyes began to open, I have felt parched for further enlightenment.
I’m anxious to start the feedback loop until we hear an echo!
Additionally, my husband and I are in the process of starting a website for math education. This is something we’ve talked about for years, but it finally clicked over the summer that we need to actually DO this. He’s in his 14th year as a math teacher in the public school system in NC. We want to make quality personable math education accessible to as many people as possible. I’d much rather be learning how to code my own website right now than learning how to account for stock compensation like a good little future Big 4 employee, which I do NOT aim to be.
We have a lot to learn, but we’re figuring things out as we go. Including whether I finish the masters degree and get my CPA or not. We’re both parts excited and terrified.
I am waking up to the reality that we do not have to be victims to the crappy pay of my husband’s profession nor that I have to spend my children’s childhood working a job out of the house for 50+ hours a week as the primary breadwinnner that I’ve been. Granted this may need to be the case for a time, but it no longer feels like a life long prison sentence. I’m in the process of shedding scripted beliefs. I have unconsciously been living my life with a huge lack mentality, and once my eyes began to open, I have felt parched for further enlightenment.
I’m anxious to start the feedback loop until we hear an echo!
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