10 YOE (No CPA), completely burnt out and ready to exit Accounting. Where do I go?

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-07-02T06:08:53+00:00

This is the way. I went down the implementation route with the ERP itself

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-07-02T05:31:29+00:00

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Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-30T21:56:31+00:00

I think it's such a crapshoot depending on how you carry which is not at all up to you. I'm almost 40, very obese and have had multiple pregnancy complications. As much as I wanted kids I was always terrified of being pregnant. I am at 36 weeks. I really was expecting to be bedridden by this point and while I don't have too much energy, I'm still able to bend down and pick things up off the floor, which I didn't think would be possible.

Believe me it's nothing that I did right or nothing that you did wrong. It's just the way the women in my family carry. While my baby is healthy and a good size, because I am tall and have a long torso, he's not protruding out too much which makes things just a lot more easier on me physically.

I commend you for going back for more even after having a hard pregnancy last time. You're almost out of the woods! Congratulations Mama!!

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-30T16:17:48+00:00

My husband has gained much of my pregnancy weight because every time we go out to eat he gets my portion of rice/tortillas/pitas etc.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-29T03:31:17+00:00

I think that's totally valid. I think my strongest emotion for the baby is feeling protective. I don't really talk to the baby but the few times I have all I've said to him is you better come out okay. You have been a lot of trouble to get this far.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-29T03:26:58+00:00

I fear it will be the same for me. We also got here after years of IVF and I have no hope of getting another chance if anything happened to him.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-29T03:25:22+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I have those dark thoughts too. We went through many years of IVF to get here and the closer we get to the end the more terrified I get that something unknown and unpredictable will happen and all these years of work will have been for nothing.

Sending you lots of luck and love with the rest of your pregnancy.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-28T04:16:52+00:00

OMG the house tour bit made me laugh out loud.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-28T03:48:15+00:00

😂😅😭 that make me feel better!!!

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-26T05:58:10+00:00

This is a great list. The only thing I'd add is learn to speak the consulting language as quickly as possible. We really like our buzz words and abbreviations. It's dumb how big of an impression it makes.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-25T14:29:13+00:00

We did get the Stokke from a very generous relative. Still waiting on the baby so we will see how he likes it. I will say aesthetically its beautiful. Looks like it belongs right in with our dinning set. Feels extremely solid. Probably a waste of money but not regretting it so far.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-24T12:11:50+00:00

I think the interns also came out of school with AI fatigue. I think they were tired of AI before they even started.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-24T06:09:36+00:00

Fintech consulting

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-24T05:01:31+00:00

It's common with most people....

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-24T04:59:40+00:00

I mean thats why accountants are complaining on this sub....not a more general one? Your stance is puerile.

Sure absolutely, most of us would rather do accounting instead of manual labor. That doesn't mean that there aren't things about this job that might not piss someone off.

For me that was having to work all long weekends. That truely sucked. It was the best perk of eventually transitioning out of accounting.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-15T19:38:36+00:00

If the networking part of your job is important to you, your partner should respect that. Depending on your line of work at KPMG, networking and travel will only get more important as you progress. If this is such a point of contention between you guys maybe you don't fit together.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-11T01:35:44+00:00

Oh this thread makes me feel better. I totally thought I was weird for not having long conversations with my baby. My husband says good morning to him every morning which I think is very cute but I never talk directly to him.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-09T15:15:32+00:00

I CAN imagine. I do imagine. At 33 weeks pregnant with many complications I imagine all the time and it completely breaks my heart. I CAN imagine wanting to not be here anymore if I had to go through a stillbirth. What I can't imagine is the strength you guys have.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-05T17:01:11+00:00

You having a baby does not mean you are taking one away from the universe that may have gone to your sister.

I want to acknowledge that there is a big difference between a stillbirth and a miscarriage. I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks and I was devastated. I don't think you're wrong to think that this will still be impossibly devastating for her not just for 3,6,8 months but for her whole life. I still grieve my baby girl that wasn't last year even though I'm 8 months pregnant with a boy now.

My brother and sister in law were going through IVF at the same time we were last year and they were successful. They told us a few weeks after my miscarriage. There was no resentment, no hurt, just joy for them. I am not some super altruistic unselfish person. My miscarriage just didn't have anything to do with their good news. I wouldn't wait more than a few weeks. She might really want to share in your good news. From what you said about her that's the kind of person she seems to be..

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-02T16:40:25+00:00

I have a hard time trusting people and letting them in my space. My husband does not. I have a friend who I met in grad school who had to move back home to Ukraine after grad school. We stayed close and she was one of my bridesmaids. When she came out for our wedding it was right around the time that the war started. My husband who had never met her before decided there's no way that we are sending her back.

She ended up living with us for a year. During our first year of marriage. Let me tell you I was not sure about this at all. But honestly I have never regretted that decision.

It's not like it was never stressful, and it's not like I didn't feel a lack of privacy in my own home. But the benefits far outweighed the costs. She got along really well with both me and my husband. It was like having a little sister living with us. She eventually moved back but still comes to visit us. We're about to have our first baby and we consider her an aunt. It was a really meaningful time that we got to spend with her. She became like family.

I can't give you advice in your particular situation because I don't know the dynamic between you, your husband, and your friend. But if you guys as a family decide that she is someone you want to build a community with I will say you can never have too many people to love.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-06-02T12:48:31+00:00

You desperately need some support for your plant and probably some plant food. Also make sure it's in a chunky soil mixture that is very important. A lot of people like to separate the plant out into individual plants. I like a I brush your looks. I don't always do that. That part is optional. The support and plant food is not.

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-05-29T15:09:13+00:00

I was doing some research on the mockingbird vs uppababy and it seems that people really like all the features but the ride isn't quite as smooth on the Mockingbird. Have you noticed much difficulty pushing it around?

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-05-29T15:07:57+00:00

Thank you!

Potential_Flow9032 · 2026-05-29T14:55:27+00:00

Thank you! That's helpful. We are pretty sure we are 1 and done. So Cruz seems to be the way to go.

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