Ultimately, assess whether bookkeeping aligns with your long-term goals and passions within the accounting and finance field. If you're someone who enjoys number-crunching, keeping things organised, being detailed, using bookkeeping software, and talking to clients, you might just be a bookkeeper in the making.

Bookkeepers and accountants sometimes do the same work, but have a different skill set. In general, a bookkeeper's role is to record transactions and keep you financially organized, while accountants provide consultation, analysis, and are more qualified to advise on tax matters.

"A bookkeeper records the financial transactions of an organization and takes care of day-to-day functions such as recording sales and invoices, paying bills and processing payroll," Stephens said. "Accountants take the financial data and analyze it to help organizations make financial decisions."