I have just gone through
getting everything together for my taxes for the past year, and realized there must be
something in my writing that would show why I am having such a hard time getting
everything together. Here is the conclusion I have come up with.
To have all your tax
documentation filed neatly and readily accessible would appear at first glance
to require good attention to detail, shown in closely dotted “i”s, and
organizational ability, shown in an equally split lower case “f”. I have both
of these, so why are my files such a mess …. or in some cases, totally non
existent?
Logical, careful thinking,
shown in rounded ‘m’s and ‘n’s would help and I don’t have it. My predominant
thinking processes are keen comprehension, shown in needle like tops to my ‘m’s
and ‘n’ and investigative thinking which shown in inverted ‘v’ formations for
those two letters. The investigative thinking could be beneficial but basically
I don’t bother to accumulate information but trust my ability to “wing” it at
the last moment. Yes, that fits me and certainly doesn’t sound like any
accountant I’d want to deal with.
Being analytical would also
help but my baseline “v” formations which would show this trait, often curve
into softer “u” formations of empathy, so I analyze only when it suits me.
Although, as I mentioned,
organizational ability is present (please note the word “ability” as this
doesn’t mean I use it, only that it’s there!) I am also easily bored as is shown
in lots of imagination (large upper and lower loops), intuition (shown in gaps
between letters within script), and my concentration although excellent when I’m
interested in something, can become pretty non-existent when I’m not.
Concentration shows in the size of the writing. Small writing is good
concentration, and the larger it gets the less concentration there is, until you
get to extremely large writing which is scattered thinking. I never reach the
scattered stage, but I certainly go to the point where I much prefer variety.
Precision and accuracy,
persistence, determination and honesty I can also claim as mine, and are all
great traits for an accountant. So in effect, should I become interested in the
subject, which is 99.99% unlikely, I could become a not too bad accountant.
But on reflection I think the
main cause of my problem shows in my ‘t’s and ‘d’s which are extremely short
showing extreme independent thinking. I really don’t care what one is “meant”
to do, what the “rules” are, I like to do things my own way (and yes, that’s
also why I’m an entrepreneur), so once a year at tax time when I have to buckle
down and become a tow-the-line citizen it hurts!
But the Tax Department doesn’t
much care what handwriting either you or I have, so whether you, like me, have a
hard time getting everything together to file your taxes in time, or whether you
are organized months ahead, I hope you receive a huge refund cheque – which even
for reluctant tax-filers like myself, definitely makes it seem like less of a
chore!
