LJ Idol S11 Wk9 - Milkshake Duck

[tigrkittn]

After the first few, I stopped telling my family when I had a new job. I was just opening the door to ridicule, and I was getting enough of that from myself.

I had a simple plan for my post-grad life: get a job in my field, be outstanding, receive promotions, live happily ever after. It didn't work out quite that way.

I got the job in my field, but

Comments

[ellison]

This is awesome! Yay math and I'm glad the job worked out too! Good on you for taking a chance. :)

[nikkiii_brown]

My feelings towards math are the same. But there are definitely worse things in life than math! Loved that line. I'm so glad you found your niche and have excelled!

[roina_arwen]

Karma is weird, but I’m glad things finally shifted your way!

[elderwoodpixie]

Great story! I'd love to know how you turned tax prep into a year round job. Did you take any other classes later?

[karmasoup]

I was amused to see the "not math" rule from the very beginning, because I was thinking, "Wait, isn't she in accounting???" But, I totally get this, because I was the same way... I stumbled into accounting by accident through a few years of contracting, after infamously saying on a regularly basis, "accounting is a 4-letter word!" ;-) But, yeah, I love the work, too... isn't it surprising when things you would have sworn could never make you happy somehow defy conventional wisdom, and just DO??? That's how I married my husband! XD

[tigrkittn]

Haha-- my husband too!