As with any new skill, bookkeeping may seem hard at first but it depends on your existing skills and strengths and how much time you have to learn it. An introduction of the basics will soon help you decide just how hard, or easy!, it is for you to get into it. Whether you are a small biz owner doing your own books at the start for budget reasons, or somebody who wants to do it as a career, these pointers will help you along your way.