“The good life” requires some semblance of balance between work, play, service, family, friends, hobbies, health, travel, personal development, and eating at In-N-Out. We all know this.
However, it’s not always easy to
1 – Understand our own priorities
and
2 – Spend our time and efforts according to those priorities.
Fortunately, my good friends, I have it all figured out*. And so, without further ado, I give you . . . [drum roll crescendo and gong sound] . . . Continue reading The good life
Hiring Private Detective:
It is 5:03 a.m. and I have been in the B-Hive all night/morning. All I can think about is how I am pretty sure my professors come together and purposely put all my exams around the same time. Whether they discuss it over a poker game or they have some underground lair, I am not sure, but one of these days I will catch them in the act of conspiring against me.
I had an exam Monday, a five-page paper due Tuesday, two exams today (Thursday) and next week is not looking much better. Exam on Monday, another on Tuesday and to cap it off, a case and a paper due on Friday at the same time that I am trying to get ready for this Mr. McCombs pageant thing I signed up for. I know I am not alone and that there are students all across this campus going through similar situations, and believe me, I sympathize with you. Continue reading Wanted: Sherlock Homes wannabe
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In March of 2006, just before I graduated from BYU with an undergraduate degree in comparative literature, my wife, Janssen, and I began discussing the idea of moving away from Utah. We hadn’t seriously considered it before then since the job offers I had been getting were in Utah, my family all lived in Utah, and we were only 5 1/2 hours from Janssen’s family in Las Vegas.
But it became very clear to me during our conversation that we were both up for an adventure, and that we should start looking outside Utah for job opportunities.
Hello potential MPAs, actual MPAs, and others around the UT community,
Welcome to my MPA blog! My name is Natalie Jacobs, and I am in my first year of the Master in Professional Accounting program at the McCombs School. I am doing the integrated approach, so it is also my third year of undergrad here at UT. I’m really excited to be writing for this blog, and I’m going to try and update as often as I have interesting things to say, so please check back frequently!
Dear Future Self,
Don’t worry. Even though I’ve been slammed with homework and interviews for quite some time now and have barely had time to keep up with my one show (Heroes), I’m going to continue pushing through to the end to provide you with a great foundation of accounting knowledge, good grades, and, if all goes well, a job. I’m very invested in your career, as you know. And I don’t mind that you’re enjoying the fruits of MY labor. Because, hey! You’re a great guy. And you deserve it.
Sincerely,
Present Self
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Dear Audit Mid-Term Exam II,
I didn’t know any one test could cover so many lists. I’m really impressed! Way to go.
Sincerely,
Audit student who woke up quite early this morning to review several pages of lists about internal controls