So I’ve always known that I was a little nerdy. I love sci-fi novels, cheesy jokes, and numbers…
whether I’m solving a Sudoku puzzle or manipulating numbers on a license plate. I never knew how
nerdy I was until tonight though. During
accounting class, my professor said something that made me remember a childhood
game I used to play and when I looked it up later, guess where I found it…yup…at
coolmath-games.com/lemonade/ (You should try it out)! I asked my accounting friends if they had
played it and all they could do was stare at me in disbelief. I guess my love for that game should have
told me, long ago, that I had a business mindset. For the past few months now, every expense I incur
or every bit of revenue that comes in, I place that into the income statement
that is constantly in my head. So, I
thought it appropriate to continue this post as an income statement, tracking
the good events as “revenues” and the not so good events as “expenses”.
ERICA PALMER
Income Statement
For the month ended September
30, 2014
Revenues
Current
grade in Accounting 99%
Current
grade in Business Math 98%
Members
in the Growth Group I am now leading avg.12
Support
from friends and family unlimited
Grasp
on new barista job 80%
Love
for tutoring infinite
Expenses
Stress from
not having enough income to pay rent
A lot
Loss of
sleep from stress
A lot
Free
time for friends, family, school work 0
Total
Expenses (A lot x 2) + 0
Net Income Revenues far outweighing expenses
In conclusion, this month has been stressful but I have way
more than I could ask for! Now you may
have seen “Members in the Growth Group I am now leading” under revenue. That was my challenge this month. I had been asked to lead a few years back but
had never wanted to. While my life was in flux a few months ago, a
friend asked me if I would like to co-lead a Growth Group with him and for some
reason, I said yes.
Yes, this Growth Group adds one more thing to my plate that
I have to put time and effort into…a leader can’t go into a meeting unprepared…but
I am so glad I committed. We have only
had two meetings but my group seems super legit. The group consists of returnees and newbies
but we all seem to fit. I am excited to
see what the Lord has in store for this group and for my personal growth.
1 hour and 10 minutes before the end of the month…nerd out!
