I had the most tiring, stressful and longest three days of my life!

It started last June 12th, I decided to go to work to aid in the closing of the company's May financial statements. Considering it is a holiday and a Saturday at that, I almost can't believe myself sitting in front of my computer and actually working! I had never been this absorbed ever since I left my last company. But back then, I had no choice but work my ass off. Now I think that I have an option, which is not to extend working hours and pushing myself to the limit.

But last Saturday, I timed in at 9:18 am and left at 9:53 pm. I also did report on the 13th, Sunday from 11:47 am to 7:56 pm. And today, I clocked in at 9:02 and I't still here in the office unwinding by writing this post. That is three days straight of rendering OT! I usually render one OT for a month and now I am over-quota.

I guess my old self is re-surfacing again. I can't say that this is the real me because I am naturally a lazy, laid back kind of person. My old self meaning that I easily get caught up with new and exciting challenges. What's so challenging and exciting about my work? Well, aside from staring at numbers and figures all day long and your vocabulary mainly consists of balance, debits, credits, adjustments, accruals - is that there is an unexplainable feeling of accomplishment. I think whenever I am able to balance something, whether financials or schedules, I am actually reaping four years of serious, difficult and now-you-pass-it-now-you-don't acconting studies.

They say that we, CPAs are a rare breed. I don't want to be stereotyped but that is really true. We are trained to be very meticulous, sometimes even to the last .01 centavos of unbalanced figure. We don't stop until all balances actually balanced. Accounting have so many ironic words. It seems that we oftentimes use the word balance for figures that almost always have discrepancies. An income statement usually presents a net loss, which in my three years of working as accountant, I have yet to work in a company that reported a net income for even a monthly period!

Well, this field is demanding, not physically but mentally. Sometimes I think if I had taken up the right course for me. Would I'd been happier if I only took other course instead of accounting? I know this is not right time to ask myself this question, nor there will be a right time for such. There's no use crying over spilled milk. As what most people would say, I guess I would only "Make the best out of it!" I hope I can and I really, really hope that I AM!