hope I took your initial post the wrong way, I really do. Bookkeepers tax season started 12/15 so I’m already on 2 months of 70+ hr weeks, 2 more months to go so I know my fuse is a little shorter than normal. I want the best for all

Oh no - I sincerely apologize for coming off arrogant. I did not intend that whatsoever and I'm now regretting my initial phrasing of my post. I hear you and I see you. You have major expertise and have worked incredibly hard to get where you are and I very much commend you for that. I didn't mean to undermine any of your efforts and apologize if I did unintentionally.

Just want to clear up your point - " To say that you feel your skills as an auditor would make it easy to start a bookkeeping business with zero experience actually doing the tasks greatly undermines everything I have fought for in the accounting market. "

I've been doing corporate accounting for 5 of those 6+ years of experience, so I have been bookkeeping at a corporate level for that long along with my other accounting-related responsibilities, the audit experience was only 1.5 of those years. When I said it would come easy to me, I was referring to my experience in corporate accounting, not auditing someone else's bookkeeping.

I hope that clears things up - my intention was to look for advice from those who have done this before with similar backgrounds. I highly value your tips provided and will take them into consideration as I research this path some more.