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“Don’t Name It Yet” is about the moment before certainty hardens — when speed feels safer than truth, and labeling something too quickly offers quiet at a cost.

Built around themes of pressure, shortcuts, and premature answers, the song explores how easy it is to staple down a guess just to make the tension stop — and how heavy that decision becomes later. Every system tells a story, and every label we apply turns uncertainty into narrative, whether it’s accurate or not

The Wizard appears here as a steady presence, not pushing for answers, but reminding us that restraint is not fear, and waiting is not failure. Some questions deserve space. Some truths arrive only if they’re not forced.

This track sits with the discomfort most people rush past — the waiting room between “I don’t know yet” and “I’m sure.” It’s a refusal to trade clarity for quiet, or honesty for relief.

If you’ve ever felt pressure to explain something before you really understood it — or watched a small guess turn into a story you had to defend — this song lives right there.

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And don’t name it yet.

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Most bookkeeping problems don’t start as mistakes.
They start as moments.

A moment when something feels slightly off.
A moment when you don’t have time to chase it.
A moment when you tell yourself, “I’ll come back to this.”

And then you don’t.

In this episode of The QuickBooks Wizard, we slow that moment down.

You’ll learn why labeling a transaction too quickly often creates more cleanup later — and how one simple pause can prevent confusion before it starts. This isn’t about being perfect or moving slower. It’s about being honest about what you know, what you don’t, and leaving context behind for future-you.

The Three-Question Weekly Review

This episode also introduces a short weekly review designed to restore orientation without turning into a fix-everything session. Once a week, ask:

1. What changed that I should understand?
2. What am I still guessing about?
3. If nothing else changed next week, what would actually cause trouble?

This review isn’t about cleanup.
It’s about clarity, sequencing, and reducing unnecessary pressure.

You can find a one-page version of the three-question review 👉 here.

If this episode helped you think more clearly, a quick rating or review helps other listeners find the show — especially those who need a calmer, more grounded approach to their books.

And if you know someone who’s carrying too much financial noise, feel free to share this episode with them.

If you’d like to support the work behind this podcast, there’s also an optional donation link in the show notes. No pressure — just a way to help keep these conversations going:
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After It Settles

After It Settles is a reflective, atmospheric companion track to Season 2 of The QuickBooks Wizard Podcast.

This song isn’t about fixing anything.
It’s about what happens after the noise fades.

Written as a quiet counterpoint to pressure, urgency, and constant decision-making, After It Settles sits in the space where nothing broke — but everything needed to slow down. It explores pause as wisdom, stillness as alignment, and clarity as something that often arrives only when you stop forcing answers.

No verdicts.
No deadlines.
Just the calm that returns when motion settles and the story can continue on its own terms.

This track is meant to be listened to, not solved.
Let it sit.
Let it speak.

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