There are no words.........

[mcb39]

to describe what yesterday was like.  Today I want to hide under the desk.  What is wrong with people?

[BTS]

Today may be worse !!!!  But hey.... its the last day !!  You can take a few weeks off then hit the extensions !!!!  Get the booze ready for the after season party !!!!  

[Randall]

I usually only work a half day today.  Take tomorrow off.  Back on Thursday but I probably won't get much done.  Fridays off the rest of the year.  Semi-retired the rest of the year.  

[Catherine]

2 hours ago, mcb39 said:

Today I want to hide under the desk.

It can indeed be an excellent place to hide. 

[Catherine]

From a CPE talk I gave back in 2023; (staged) me under my desk after fully reviewing the disaster I had inadvertently accepted as a new client. You may find amusement in this, @mcb39.

[Patti in Upstate NY]

4 hours ago, Catherine said:

From a CPE talk I gave back in 2023; (staged) me under my desk after fully reviewing the disaster I had inadvertently accepted as a new client. You may find amusement in this, @mcb39.

This is me but with a bottle of Chardonnay and wearing my flannel pants and I'm never coming out.  

[mcb39]

Yesterday was the worst day of my career.  Patti said that nobody liked her; I don't even like myself.  I finished last night at 10 PM with two pages of extensions filed; swollen feet, an aching back and exhaustion.  I am trying to get things done this morning that have been neglected for months.  Let's get some of these bills paid, etc.  Turns out that most of them were already paid.  Must have done it in my sleep.  I prepared a deposit which will sit here until someone goes to the bank for me.  My assistant showed up all grumpy after I almost had to shove her out the door last night.  She will never know how close she came to being fired.  You see why I don't like myself today.

[Max W]

Look on the positive sign.  It's over, until Oct. which is never as busy as Apr.  I screwed up royaly and now have to report the bad news to a client with an LLC.

Forgot to plug in the LLC income to the SE page.  It's going to add about $12K to his tax bill.

[jklcpa]

When I read posts like some here in this topic and others, and I think back to the workload I endured in my earlier career, I worry about some of you and about us as a profession overall. I haven't made nearly the amount I could have for whatever talents I have, but I have made a concerted effort for a healthier work-life balance and am happier because of those choices.  This work can be extremely rewarding, but I believe that it shouldn't be at the expense of our health and well-being.

I wish you all well, hope that you recover quickly, and are able to enjoy some quality time away from the office.  I also hope to see you here in the off-season as we continue to work at a less hectic pace.

[Lee B]

i totally agree. I can remember working 11 hour days and drinking lots of coffee.

I have been gradually cutting back the last decade and now I just work mornings

[mcbreck]

11 minutes ago, jklcpa said:

When I read posts like some here in this topic and others, and I think back to the workload I endured in my earlier career, I worry about some of you and about us as a profession overall. I haven't made nearly the amount I could have for whatever talents I have, but I have made a concerted effort for a healthier work-life balance and am happier because of those choices.  This work can be extremely rewarding, but I believe that it shouldn't be at the expense of our health and well-being.

I wish you all well, hope that you recover quickly, and are able to enjoy some quality time away from the office.  I also hope to see you here in the off-season as we continue to work at a less hectic pace.

100% agree with this.

[Patti in Upstate NY]

2 hours ago, jklcpa said:

When I read posts like some here in this topic and others, and I think back to the workload I endured in my earlier career, I worry about some of you and about us as a profession overall. I haven't made nearly the amount I could have for whatever talents I have, but I have made a concerted effort for a healthier work-life balance and am happier because of those choices.  This work can be extremely rewarding, but I believe that it shouldn't be at the expense of our health and well-being.

I wish you all well, hope that you recover quickly, and are able to enjoy some quality time away from the office.  I also hope to see you here in the off-season as we continue to work at a less hectic pace.

You are speaking directly to me.  As a warning. And I thank you because I needed to be reminded.

I've been doing taxes since 1986 or 1987.   On my own since I think 1990?    I have brain fog right now but it's close.

Many, many of my clients are about to be "fired."   It's best for all of us.   

After almost 40 years?  Time to put myself first.  

 

 

[FDNY]

Absolutely agree too.  No job is worth sacrificing your health.  I’ve learned to pace myself, only because my time the last two years have been tied up with caregiving at home, having a 101 y/o mother 232 miles away that I need to relieve my brother every month, who is ready to shoot himself.   So finding a balance to safeguard my health was imperative.  I found that balance and never felt better.  I hope everyone here can do the same.  Congratulate yourselves, you made it!  

[Lee B]

Yes you have to take care of yourself so that you can help other people.

[mcb39]

I certainly get the message and intend to do some changing.  Hopefully my assistant will be on her own next year and take a good portion of my load with her.  If I didn't really love this work and my clients, it wouldn't be so hard to let go, but I know that I have to.  Thanks for all of the encouragement.  I just noticed that the last return I filed today did not include a 1099-G that was not in her folder.  I am fixing it and calling it a day.