Saturday #2 and all is well
This was sort of a crazy week. There is lots of “new” around here; new copier, new staff, newly filled offices, new organization, new greener philosophy, etc. With all that newness comes conflict and misunderstanding since a few of the priorities bump into each other. The ability to work through these things and land on your feet is a true talent and the office team was able to do just that. Good show!
SO the big issue was tax organizers. Normally these are mailed to our clients about two weeks ago, but production delays (newness!) held things up. On the other hand, 2009 1099 forms were completed this week and are already in the mail, those being about a week ahead of last year’s time line. The upside of all this is that next year we are going to have all of this experience behind us and can avoid delays and move things through in a more efficient manner. Two steps back for five forward!
The challenge now is to look for new clients to fit our recently uprated capacity. That requires time at networking events, calling clients, being out and about. It’s hard (emotionally) to fit that in with young kids at home that want their Daddies and Mommies though. No pain, no gain is easy to live by at the gym, but when little kids are only little for a short time, it sure is difficult to pull away and hang out with cold eyed adults when I could be cuddling with the little ones.
All in all, this should be an interesting tax season. In the past I have done most of this on my own with a trusty assistant at the front desk - I am used to heavy lifting so at the very least I can do that again and pump in the full weeks of long hours, but with luck, skill and fingers crossed I’m hoping this season ends as it started with everyone working and learning and growing.