There aren’t many things I’d rather be doing than accounting.
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Okay, well… actually…
…now that I think of it there are quite a few things I’d rather be doing than accounting.
Things like:
- Juggling porcupines
- Taste testing cardboard
- Listening to Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini on repeat.
Are you with me or are you with me?
Here’s the deal though: if you’re working to build your blog into a business then you need to treat it like one. That means doing a good job with your accounting.
While I don’t like spending time in Excel or QuickBooks, I do like knowing that our books are in order and that we’re keeping track of our income and expenses.
So how do anti-spreadsheet people like Lindsay and I manage to keep our books in order?
We do it by using a system I call Zen Accounting for Bloggers.
It's a simple system that we developed over the past few years. This system allows us to keep really clean books while spending less than 30 minutes a week on taxes/accounting/bookkeeping.
And today I’d like to share that simple system with you.