In the wellness industry, corporate executives pay thousands to fly to remote retreats in Bali, hand over their smartphones, and sit in silence for ten days to practice "mindfulness."
I find this hilarious, mainly because modern auditors achieve this exact state of spiritual surrender at their desks for free every Tuesday at 2:14 PM.
We call it: The Blue Spinning Wheel of Death.
You know the moment intimately. You try to paste a moderately heavy dataset, a completely standard, unspectacular General Ledger dump into a grid. Suddenly, the window washes out in a pale, translucent glaze. Your laptop's cooling fan roars to life, sounding less like a computer and more like a Boeing 747 preparing for takeoff. And there, in the middle of your screen, a tiny blue wheel begins to spin.
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To help you get the most out of your next unexpected corporate enlightenment, here are three simple meditation tips for the modern auditor:
For fifteen minutes, you have no past and no future. You are simply a soul in a slightly broken ergonomic chair, silently balancing your chakras whilst your software contemplates its own existence.
As we end July, it's time to decide: do you want to spend the rest of the year meditating in front of a frozen screen, or do you want tools built for the modern era?
Step out of the loop. Do the work you were actually trained to do.
Until next week,
Christiaan
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