Yeah…not going to lie, but I think I might have epically failed at updating this Journal every single day as I promised at the first of the year. I have no real excuse outside of the whole life has been busy in and out of the CPA field.

Seriously, I’m not evening kidding about the previous paragraph. Outside of a coworker being terminated near the first of the year and inheriting all her work, I’ve been pretty busy this tax year with a ton of new client work. Additionally, thanks to a significant raise, I had to work twice as hard just to keep up appearances for a new raise this year.

Outside of work, it has been pretty hectic on all fronts. From an investment standpoint, most of the stocks I’ve been getting into have tanked. Fortunately, I’m cashing out any dividends and capital gains I can get my hands on, especially on mutual funds as those have surprisingly gone up. From an art perspective, I’ve been doing some more flat commissions that have surprisingly picked up thanks to my fans out there. Seriously, thank you so much. From a real life perspective, I’ve been volunteering more in my community from the soup kitchen to the theater to the Pokemon Go Discord Channel to home improvements and so much more. Still haven’t found the lucky girl yet, but there is always next year. In fact, next year, I plan on moving to a superb closer to family and friends.

But for now, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.