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One of the challenges of working from home is support.

I'm hoping The Bookkeeping Resources will help support you 24/7 ... filled with practical information tailored just for you ... maybe some of it will even be inspiring!

Take a tea break ... fill up your cup ... inhale the wonderful aroma of your tea ... feel the warmth of the cup in your hands ... exhale.

Interrupt your day and ... just take a moment to simply breathe.

Find a window and glance outside. Let your eyes alight on something ... a bird, a person walking down the street, a tree, the sky, a building, a vehicle ... just take notice of it.

Notice your thoughts on what you are watching ... then bring yourself and your eyes back to this page ... and enjoy these next few minutes on your tea break. :0)

My Favorite Bookkeeping Resources

My Reading List - Some of My Favorites

Not everything on this list are bookkeeping resources ... in fact many of them are the books that simply motivate me and inspire me to achieve my dreams ... which are most likely completely different from your dreams :0)

Right now I'm reading the newly revised Make Sure It's Deductible - Little-Known Tax Tips For Your Canadian Small Business by Evelyn Jacks.

Last year I read 167 Tax Tips For Canadian Small Business - beat the taxman to keep more money in your business by Stephen Thompson.

Here's a list of a few of some other books I've read over the past few years and enjoyed. Some are actually old classics that I read again and again.

• The Pension Puzzle- Your Complete Guide to Government Benefits, RRSPs and Employer Plans by Bruce Cohen and Brian Fitzgerald
... this book is for every Canadian who wants to know how their pensions work, so you can start making smart choices early.
• Conserving Client Portfolios During Retirement by William P. Bengen, CFP
... deals with how to manage your money in retirement and make it last because we aren't dying as young as we used to.
• How To Pay Less and Keep More For Yourself - The Essential Consumer Guide to Canadian Banking and Investing by Rob Carrick
... Canadians know how to shop but not when it comes to our money. Instead of being passive, this book shows you how to shop for your financial products.
• Your Money or Your Life- Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
... a classic in how to stop making a living and start making a life!
• Enough - Lifestyle and Financial Planning for Simpler Living by Betty Jane Wylie
... the first step in how I dropped out of the 9-5 job that was affecting my health ... learning how to downsize yourself ... just like large corporations do!
• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
... useful for moving your life unto a different path by taking you out of your comfort zone and thinking creatively outside the box
• Simple Abundance - A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
... for inspiration and transformation in how to embrace life's abundance that surrounds us in our everyday lives!
• Stop Working - Here's How You Can! by Derek Foster
... an ongoing dream of mine
• Work Less Live More - A Woman's Guide by Paula Brook
... are you starting to see what I day dream about?
• How To Survive Without A Salary by Charles Long
... this is an old favorite of mine and may actually be out of print
• Making a Living Without A Job - Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love by Barbara J. Winter
... if I have to work, please please let it be doing something I enjoy!

What are you currently reading? ...

My Favorite Websites

If you've been through this site, you will also know that Canadian sites I like, in addition to the CRA website, are:

1. TaxTips.ca has great, reliable information including income tax calculators
2. TaxDetective.ca has excellent reference materials

It would be great if my American site visitors could provide some U.S. resources! What are your favorite bookkeeping websites? ...

Accounting sites I like are ... in fact I'm an affilate:

1. Real Life Accounting
2. Accounting Coach

Bookkeeping forums I like are ... (you need to be a member to participate but as bookkeeping resources ... they are unbeatable ... for me.)

1. Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada
2. Canadian Bookkeepers Association

It's Your Turn To Dish On Your Fav Bookkeeping Resources

I'll add to this as time goes on ... but now let's turn it over to you.

Do you have a favorite bookkeeping book or accounting reference that you think would help other work from home business owners? ... Or an article that helped you learn to understand the numbers side of your business?

Or maybe it was just something that inspired you ... even though it's not directly about bookkeeping.

Where do you go to get your QuickBooks advice?

The Forum explains how each contribution is handled ... and it has links to other pages on this site where you can participate.

Your opinion matters ... and sharing it will help other visitors to this site ... Help and be helped! :0)

What's your favorite bookkeeping resource ... or your favorite bookkeeping tip that tipped the scales?

Have A Favorite Bookkeeping Resource ?

Do you have favorite resources you use or refer to time and time again? Why not take a moment and share one or more of them with us.

Is it free ... or did you pay? If you paid, how much did it cost? Was it a subscription?

What I'm hoping is that together we can develop a free online resource for work from home bookkeepers ... and business owners who do their own books.

For this section only, I will allow you to contribute one non-affiliate link to the online resource you are recommending.

Your Favorite Bookkeeping Resources

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