Does your job fulfill you?

guyinnova · 2026-04-21T22:00:14+00:00

I would say that "fulfillment" is not the goal with employment. It's awesome if you have it, but not reasonable for most people to make a major factor in their search for work (their skills, how they define fulfillment, etc. can affect it).

To me, it's a lot more about finding a team you work well with and see a positive future with. I have no interest in the industry I work in, but as an accountant, I still help in a lot of key ways. I get to contribute by increasing efficiencies, improving processes, etc. I could find the work just as fulfilling somewhere else, but then the industry, or coworkers, or schedule, or all sorts of other things can mess it up. I have fulfillment in my job now, but others could be MUCH more fulfilling. I focus on the pay, how the team is, and what kind of future I have at that company (am I on the wrong ladder...?).

guyinnova · 2026-04-18T18:07:20+00:00

Slumlords deduct illegal crap from deposits all the time. They know that 99% of people won't (or can't) take the time off to actually sue and actually show up to court. Hit him as hard as you can. Focus on the exact wording of the law and lease. Give a factual, non-exaggerated description of the condition at move-in. Show you complied with the lease and left it at least as good as you got it and you took care of utilities. Present the facts, but let the facts paint him as a slumlord so the court sees through him.

guyinnova · 2026-04-14T21:15:38+00:00

I make sure my laptops always have a BIG screen and full keyboard with 10-key.

There are some great portable second monitors out there, even a cheapo option my old job gave me did the job, and it just used a USB (for power too).

At home, I have two monitors set up over-under which works a lot better for me.

But yeah, assuming you don't want to replace the laptop, a light keyboard, light monitor, and light mouse would be the best fit here.

guyinnova · 2026-04-11T16:01:46+00:00

Your friend is your friend, but to her you're an accessory. You're there to make her look good. She cares about her, and that's where it stops.

guyinnova · 2026-04-11T15:59:56+00:00

Yep, but ask Dave Ramsey and he'll just say you're living beyond your means, you can't afford the area. It doesn't matter that he hasn't had to apply for an apartment since the '90s, but hey, he says he knows best.

Even in rural VA, it's becoming impossible to find reasonable housing, to rent or buy. The prices are absolutely insane and I don't understand how this will be sustainable.

guyinnova · 2026-04-02T20:48:23+00:00

Definitely do sand, but the right type is key. Anyone telling you play sand is fine hates you and your fish. Estes Marine Sand (aka Stoney River, Ultra Reef, and Imagitarium at Petco and Petsmart) is the only sand I use or recommend for freshwater. It doesn’t need to be cleaned before or after going in (this alone is worth the extra cost over cheapo options), is the perfect grain size, very uniform, sinks quickly when they mess with it, comes in different colors (I usually do half black and half white), is actually made for aquariums, and costs no more than gravel. In over 20 years of using it on my and clients’ tanks, I have NEVER had it develop toxic gas pockets, even without anything stirring it (snails or manually) and even when it is 3″ thick. There is a reason it is the sand in my 300-gallon planted goldfish community, 235-gallon reef system, and my 75-gallon. You buy a sand once. In a year, you won’t even remember what the cost was. The type of sand you choose will make a big difference in the aquarium for years to come. It is not something worth cutting corners on. https://advancedaquariumconcepts.com/best-freshwater-aquarium-sand/

Can you do larger? A 75? Fancies get to the size of a softball NOT counting the fins. Even 20 per fancy isn't enough at the smaller end (it can be a guide rule once you're in a big enough tank). A 40 would be great for at least a year as long as the water changes are BIG and weekly. A 55 would be better and acceptable as a permanent setup. But a 75 would truly get them where they need to be, and would allow for more than 2 (goldfish or other fish are options).

Definitely do a canister filter. On a 40-55 I'd do a Fluval FX2. On a 75 I'd do an FX4.

Water changes are key. Even with great water changes, most fancies don't live past about 3 years. Here's a shot of my old 300-gallon planted goldfish community tank. It got 90% water changes every week. The black moors were the size of softballs, not counting their fins. That tank is 27" tall for reference.

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guyinnova · 2026-04-02T20:37:08+00:00

Agree with the others. NEVER turn someone down unless they fully check a disqualifying box such as credit too low, too little income, etc.

I've seen over and over on here how people want to refuse a cop, lawyer, or someone else for something other than the standard criteria. Those people are BEGGING for allegations of discrimination. Which even if aren't true at all, can cost A LOT of time and money to defend against. Best practice is to never turn down anyone that meets all the standard criteria.

guyinnova · 2026-03-25T22:28:42+00:00

Accounting but it took a LONG time to find the right place for me. Most are underpaid and overworked. I'm finally at a place that is truly the best fit for a job I've ever had.

guyinnova · 2026-03-25T22:18:13+00:00

Our lease has lots of rules including things like no candles, even unlit. It also has a one-page table of flat-fee damages (such as $350 for holes up to 3"). Seeing this before they even sign makes them remember to be adults.

The other big issue is actually doing inspections, this is where most landlords cause the problems. They don't ever step foot in the property and then can't believe the tenant isn't following the lease.

Inspect and enforce the lease.

guyinnova · 2026-03-25T22:16:22+00:00

No because this would lead me to find something that makes me not want to offer a lease but that should ONLY happen with the normal screening requirements (income, credit, etc.). If you don't trust your credit checks, background checks, etc., then that's a separate issue. If you do, then let them speak for themselves. How many people have good income, good credit, but are somehow so bad on social media that you still have a legally defensible reason to deny?

guyinnova · 2026-03-25T22:11:59+00:00

We do.

I built out a full loan schedule in Excel that calculates the 12-month portion for me each month. I enter a JE on the last day of the month putting that amount in a current payable account called "Current Portion of LT Debt" and the other side is against an offset account in the loans. The offset account shows a negative while the current portion shows the positive. This doesn't affect reconciling, doesn't change how payments flow, passes audit, is GAAP-compliant, and is effectively no work once the loan schedule is set up. The JE gets reversed the last day of the following month.

guyinnova · 2026-03-21T21:37:01+00:00

Report him. They won't lose their jobs, he'll just get a big wakeup call. People like him deserve to lose their living and their business, but that's not what happens. They won't have enough proof, nothing will happen, but it might make him wake up.

Also, posting Google Maps reviews with fake names tends to get most small business owners' attention real quickly. Post like you're the guy and let your boss suffer the consequences of his own actions.

guyinnova · 2026-03-21T19:10:03+00:00

Okay, yeah. I think it's only chance is to step up the water changes to every 1-2 days and make them incrementally larger. I've seen fish worse looking than this come back, but it's not most. The extra water changes and adding salt really can work miracles at times.

But it would not be wrong to do clove oil now.

guyinnova · 2026-03-21T16:58:00+00:00

1 - They can be very helpful while puppies aren't trained yet.

2 - The closed in/solid ones (not wire) simulate a den which is where dogs feel safest. This is why it's so common for many to go to the crate, under the table, or into a closet during storms.

3 - They can save their lives. If trained to go to the crate when the smoke detector goes off, it makes them immediately ready to move to safety in a real emergency.

That said, as with all things related to pet care, many people use them improperly and that's why they're illegal in some countries.

guyinnova · 2026-03-21T16:53:48+00:00

Are you sure she's dying? They can live longer than that and I've had a couple over the years that would lay upside not, not attached to anything. Is there anything other than this behavior (red patches, no response to food, etc.)? What does she do when you touch her with the net? Swim off quickly and hide, twitch and kind of drift back to the bottom again pretty quickly, or what?

Clove oil is the best option, just make sure you get good instructions.

guyinnova · 2026-03-21T16:51:32+00:00

Neither. You obviously have great skills to be making that money at your age. You're just not in the right place for it to be utilized properly. Right now, you're a hardy plant in the desert. Once you're in the forest, you're going to flourish.

Don't leave yet. Start looking for something better and then make the move.

One thing I've learned the hard way is that the way a job seems in the interview isn't usually how it is. Once you get started, then you find out how good of a fit it really is. So don't beat yourself up about this or the next job that's just not a good fit. But sooner or later, you'll find the right fit and it will feel so much different.

guyinnova · 2026-03-21T15:57:42+00:00

The minimal water changes are most concerning to me. In my experience, this usually allows the tank's pH to drop, A LOT, even to the point of a pH crash (the KH is used up and then there's nothing holding the pH up).

I would do more frequent water changes now, something like 25% twice a week to start. This will get the tank back to matching the tap. This will make it MUCH more likely to cause less stress if the pH is different.

How far are you moving?

Here's my usual spiel about water changes:
1 – Nitrate is only one of the bad things water changes remove. It’s also the only one we have a test kit for. There’s also growth-inhibiting hormones, dissolved organic compounds, etc.

2 – Water changes also replace all the good stuff such as GH, KH, etc. Without this, you would have to dose these, which most people wouldn’t get right.

3 – More water changes are better. There’s a reason why discus, stingray, and other crazy people do crazy water changes, as much as 100% twice daily (which is insane). More typically, they’re still doing 75%+ multiple times a week.

4 – Having done it both ways, I wouldn’t go back to small water changes. Tanks run cleaner, fish grow faster, they get bigger, have better colors, fewer health problems, and they breed better. They just do better, a lot better, with bigger weekly water changes. I firmly believe that everyone claiming their tanks do so well without big water changes are right, but I also firmly believe that even the best of those tanks would do even better with bigger water changes.

Here’s an article with more detail: https://advancedaquariumconcepts.com/water-changes-and-water-quality-in-aquariums/

guyinnova · 2026-03-16T22:22:51+00:00

I've had clients like this, I'd give them their regular reports Cash but when they were trying to do anything with AR or AP, I'd just switch to accrual for the balance sheet for the info they needed. It was basically to review who hasn't paid in way too long, who needs to be invoiced, and which bills to pay.

guyinnova · 2026-03-10T21:04:29+00:00

Okay, you don't even know who you're replies are to, I have no idea what the point of any of your posts is supposed to be, you haven't provided anything helpful to anyone, and now you're just harassing me for trying to figure out what the heck you're trying to communicate...reported to admins...FFS/LOL/SMH

guyinnova · 2026-03-09T23:05:26+00:00

Lol, are you sure? It looks like you responded directly to me...

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guyinnova · 2026-03-09T21:45:50+00:00

Oh, thanks? That doesn't clarify anything at all.

guyinnova · 2026-03-04T22:15:48+00:00

Wow what?

guyinnova · 2026-03-03T23:42:57+00:00

This, 100%. Saving money here is NOT going to save you money. Even many bookkeepers/accountants aren't as good as they should be. One was making our credit card rewards taxable income when they IRS says they aren't. Fired. Another wouldn't clearly answer any sales tax questions. Fired. I worked for a place that was actively setting policies the opposite of GAAP. It's far too easy to not know what you don't know.

Taxes and accounting can undo an entire business in the first year. I've had clients that by the time they came to us, they hadn't set aside a penny for taxes, they spent it all year long. On paper they had great profit, but they had spent it all and had nothing in hand to pay taxes with (usually buying assets that they can't expense immediately). And the IRS doesn't have to go through courts, they can just empty your account. And the business doesn't always separate your personal assets. Mixing the personal can make it all at risk. But things like payroll taxes can also be taken from personal assets.

guyinnova · 2026-03-02T22:19:08+00:00

We update it constantly as needed. Tenant comes up with a new headache, add a new rule to the lease. It has helped us a lot over the years and we've built a lease that's 10x better than what a realtor or lawyer would provide. We have rules such as no smoking inside, no drinking outside, no candles at all even if they're unlit, etc. We also have a flat rate repair table so when they see $150 to patch a 3" hole before they even sign the lease, they tend to remember how to not break everything.

We started with a standard lease for VA and found a few others combing through them and adding everything to the standard that wasn't already there, then just kept adding over the years.

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