My mom made me do it. Serious. Initially, I wanted to be an engineer, like to be called, “Engr…so and so”, or “Atty…so and so”, or “Dr…so and so”. I was just a naive 15yrs old HS grad then. Busy helping my mom's mini-store.
But being married, and have 3 adult kids, I love to be addressed as, “Mrs Earla Riopel”. Sure, I miss my very long name, “Maria Earla Raga-as Beltran”. Only keep one of these names when I got married, over 27+ years ago. I know I have a choice to keep my original names, but out of respect to my husband, and my kids, I keep his name.
For sure, I might get away of using my first set of names, since he's a French-Canadian, with generation since 1600s in Canada. Some French women have a choice of keeping their maiden names, even married. They are not just for celebrities you know. Lol.
Anyway, too much going out of topic, at 51, I am finding it easier to be an accountant when you're getting old. You use your mind more, and you have better grasp of your finances, investments & retirement. Not just for me & my husband, but loved ones that aren't so much into finance.
I am finding out, with decent household income, and other source of funds, you can actually raise a family, and accumulate a decent retirement nest egg in later life. A good household budget, you need a little accounting.
We use leveraging a lot in our finances. Borrowing money to make money. To do that, banks are more helpful if someone in a family who loves to do this sort of things. An accountant who likes budgeting. To be able to come up with almost 10k/mo, takes a lot of accounting, by the book. I am thankful, and so as my family, we're doing it, of course, with huge help from steady household income & banks/investments.
Tax savings is my favourite part. It works well knowing accounting and finance. Being married for 27+yrs, and husband being employed all the time, helps a lot. We maximized our tax savings and investments.
Some can make 6 figures and make it easier, but for some, who don't know how to maximize the potential benefits of that extra 25k-30k, related to taxes will lost out, especially during the last 10 years, before retiring from work.
Do I love accounting now? Yes. Do I like my title, “Mrs.”, instead of “Engr…Attorney…Dr”? Yes. Why? Because of it, it's an insurance of a well-funded retirement. Also, I save a lot of accounting/investment fees for life. Lol.
By the way, my apology, if I am mostly off topic. It's just my nature and way of expressing my opinion.
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