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Built With Grit - A Bookkeeper's Tale bookkeeper Jun 19, 2025

I may not be the smartest person in the room,
but I’ve got grit for days.

I didn’t build my life on easy steps, filled with sunshine and rainbows.
I didn’t have a financial safety net or magical timi...

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Trust Your Gut & QuickBooks - A Bookkeeper's Tale bookkeeper Jun 17, 2025

Eric didn’t think much about his bookkeeping, he never looked at his books but everything started slipping.

He ran a successful landscaping company with 8 employees, 6 trucks, and steady revenue. On ...

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A Budget Is Your Dream In Numbers - A Bookkeeper's Tale bookkeeper bookkeeper near me budgeting business mindset unpopular opinion Jun 06, 2025

Kendra was a business coach with vision boards, notebooks full of ideas, and a deep desire to scale her group coaching program. Every year she set goals. “Six figures this time,” she’d whisper to hers...

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A Tearful Breakdown in Her Car - A Bookkeeper's Tale bookkeeper bookkeeping budgeting business mindset unpopular opinion May 25, 2025

Sasha ran a growing meal prep business. Every week she mentally tallied her expenses: food costs, packaging, team wages. She didn’t have time to track it all in a spreadsheet. She was busy cooking, ma...

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She Owed $8200 She Didn't Have - A Bookkeeper's Tale bookkeeper bookkeeping budgeting business mindset May 23, 2025

Angela thought hiring a bookkeeper was something she’d “do later, when her business got bigger.”
She ran a boutique personal branding studio and kept her invoices and expenses in a tidy Google Drive f...

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“No one can do it like I do.” Is A Big Fat Lie - A Bookkeeper's Tale bookkeeper bookkeeping budgeting business mindset unpopular opinion May 21, 2025

Tina was living her dream - She was a successful interior designer with a wait list of high-end clients. Her work was stunning, her referrals were strong, and her revenue looked great on paper.

But s...

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