How I Wrote a Book and Self Published it While being a Big 4 Auditor

• Hi! I am Archana Rao, a Chartered Accountant by profession, a self-actualization enthusiast by aspiration, and an author by passion!
• For as long as I can remember, I have believed in the power of words. I am convinced that the right words, infused with pure emotion and honesty, can change the world.
• In 2019, while working in a hectic job, I decided to move on from writing articles to writing a book!
• Finally, in 2020, I published my first book, “How to Be a Lighthouse: The Art of Letting Your Light Shine.”
• This is my story…I hope that my journey will empower you to take a leap of faith into your own dreams, whether or not that’s about writing your own book!

Rekindling my writing habit after qualifying as a CA

My parents tell me that I wrote my first poem when I was 6 years old, in a bit of a trance as I looked at a full moon one starry night.

Even as I worked my way through the three levels of the Chartered Accountancy course and the intense phase of article training, I remember writing poetry to make sense of the world around me.