EP248: Paola Gleghorn - How To Balance Homeschooling & Your Bookkeeping Business

Michael Palmer: Yeah, we definitely have these dreams that in the past I would have been like, that's not realistic. But now I'm like, no, this is definitely very doable. We can make this happen. We can grow our business to sell it or to leave it for our kids. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a fantastic one. Our guest is the owner of Splendid Bookkeeping, Paula Gleckhorn. Welcome to the show. Thank you, Michael. I'm so excited to be here. I'm excited to have you. And I love the story of how we connected. You received the Successful Bookkeeper book on LinkedIn and you sent me a message and it was such an interesting take on where you were in your bookkeeping business journey. And I just thought, I just, I love hearing those stories of how people start and grow their business. And so I was so excited that you accepted our invitation to be on the show. And before we get into all of that, please tell us a little bit about your career journey leading up to this point.

Paola Gleghorn (Jun 8): Okay, absolutely. So actually, back in 2016, we were living in Virginia, and my husband got a job offer to, to move to Los Angeles, California. Big deal, but you know, cross-country move. So, but we went ahead and took it. I have 5 kids, so it was a really big move. But I'm from Los Angeles actually, and I have family there. So we were kind of excited about it. It was bittersweet though, because I really liked Virginia. Anyway, so we ended up in Los Angeles raising our 5 kids. And I think, I don't know, maybe within a few months of being there, we were like, okay, finances are getting a little tight. You know, we were just a one-income family. I was a stay-at-home mom with my kids. And so I decided I need to go get a job and see, you know, what I can find. So I started looking and I was looking at bookkeeping jobs because I had done a little bit of bookkeeping years ago, but everything I was looking at was just like, didn't pay enough. I still had it. My youngest was like 2 at the time and I needed enough to cover his