Caitlynn Eldridge: Some Build Smaller Firms to Make Room for Bigger Lives | Accounting Conversations

Recurring revenue, client boundaries, and an entrepreneurial mindset helps shape a career around family.Accounting ConversationsWith Chayton FarleeCenter for Accounting TransformationCaitlynn Eldridge, CPA, is not trying to win a revenue contest. She is building an accounting practice that leaves room for the rest of her life.The mother of five describes a business with an intentionally manageable workload: 55 tax returns in the season she discusses, an employee handling bookkeeping and sales taxes, and a schedule she puts at 10 to 15 hours a week. She knows those choices may look modest alongside the growth stories filling social media. For her, they represent a deliberate definition of success.MORE Center for Accounting Transformation | MORE CPA Trendlines Streaming Network“This is purposeful. This is intentional,” Eldridge says.On Accounting Conversations, she joins host Chayton Farlee to discuss how an accounting career can accommodate changing priorities, why students need to hear more than the public accounting pitch, and what entrepreneurship can offer professionals who want greater control over their work.