100happywords: 34. Curry Favour

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Sometimes tasks require incentives.

Compiling the information for one’s annual personal tax return is such a task.

I find it odd that I can do other people’s bookkeeping and tax but my own just throws me into a spiral of angst and procrastination. They’re just numbers – surely it’s not that hard? No, but when they’re your numbers and they represent your value then the lack of zeros can be crushing.

My tax is like a yearly report card with the recurring comment, “Shows potential. Can do better.”

Words softened by beer, a good curry and, finally, the exhilaration of completion.

 

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