A reminder that connection matters more than what’s wrapped. The Season of Good Intentions Every December, we tell ourselves the same story: “This year, I’ll keep it simple.” Yet somehow, between Black Friday sales and office gift exchanges, we find ourselves right back where we started which is stretched too thin, overscheduled, and wondering how joy got penciled in as just another line item. The thing is, it’s not even about spending money. It’s about how easily we equate g

Imposter syndrome is the shadow that appears long before the light does. In accounting, there’s this idea that you’re supposed to know everything all the time. Every rule, every exception, every treatment. And if you don’t have an answer immediately, it can feel like you’re already doing something wrong. But the longer I’ve been in this field, the more I’ve realized that’s not how accounting works. The profession is far too big for any one person to know all of it, and preten

When leadership undervalues accounting, standards erode like a building left untended — what once stood strong begins to crumble under neglect. Standards rarely collapse all at once — they fade as attention fades. When leadership undervalues accounting, the department slowly follows. At first, nothing looks broken: the numbers get reported, deadlines are met, and the surface appears stable. But without questions being asked or decisions relying on the data, the incentive to m