Accountants forget that there are so many paths for your career other than going into public and working 60+ hours a week.

Accountants forget that there are so many paths for your career other than going into public and working 60+ hours a week. It's okay to not want this. And we have all been told accounting is the language of business. We are super employable, but it is true, both within the business realm and outside of it. I talk about this all the time, but accountants are so traditionally minded. So your college professors, your boss, all of your mentors in the field will likely encourage you to do what the majority of people do because that's just the stereotype for how people think. I think that's why I'm so unique because I'm someone who's backpacked a lot of the world and completely changed my perspective on both my life values and what I want to do with my career. So I am telling you that life is so short. And if your number one priority is not making a shit ton of money, like you just want to make a decent living, I strongly encourage you to research other things that might make you a lot more happy. And I think a lot of people avoid doing this just because it is so overwhelming. There's so many possibilities. So I want to kind of roadmap what I would do to start figuring things out as someone who's still in the process of doing that. I'm getting there. Okay, number one, I would start dipping your toes into different fields. This can be doing micro-learning online. I know that sounds really boring, but also just talking to people, seeing what different career options might look like and if you would like them or not. And again, think big. This is not just have to be in business. My example is because I love traveling. I've been to cities all over the world that are very walkable. And I realized how important that is for society. And it's something I became really passionate about. To me, that translates into urban planning. Accounting, urban planning, two completely different things. But they connect because again, accounting is the language of business. And we are in a capitalist society, one, but you need business in every fucking field. Once you figure out what you're interested in, you can identify the stepping stone. To me, that would be getting a masters in urban planning, which yes, is time and money. But if that's what I really want to do, I think that's so worth it. I have 40 years left in the workforce. I don't want to be miserable for it. Lastly, you can find the connector. In urban planning, you need to budget for these public projects, to make public transit more efficient, expand your parks. My accounting experience is very applicable there. As it will be applicable to pretty much everything. As I discussed before. I can fire off a few ideas that have inspired you. Marketing. Some people think that sounds a lot more fun and creative if you have that type of brain. In marketing, you need to understand again, the budget for the different projects that you're going to complete. Side note, everything in business will have a much easier stepping stone because it's a lot more related. Maybe you love food and you want to be a chef. I don't know. You can start your own restaurant. We have the best major for starting your own business. 50% of businesses fail, but 50% of people do not have an accounting degree. I don't have time to list out all the different options. You need to evaluate yourself and what you actually care about. But please don't waste your life doing something that you find absolutely no meaning in. And that's not a way to live. And I know that's very contradictory to what the average person in this field will tell you. But I feel like it needs to be discussed more.