Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
When Virtual Assistants are just starting their businesses, they believe getting clients is the primary objective. And they’re right; getting clients will bring in revenue and allow them to reach their financial goals. So it makes sense that they focus their time and energy on this.
To get clients, t...
Women thinking about becoming Virtual Assistants often worry they lack the skills to succeed.
They talk to me about how long they have been out of the workplace, stress that they have no corporate experience, and fret about not being techy.
That’s because they’re confused about how being a Virtual Ass...
I love to putter around my house on Saturday mornings. I walk from room to room, putting things back in place, watering my plants, and organizing our belongings. It’s all about doing whatever I am drawn to at the moment.
Spending hours without an agenda is relaxing, especially after a busy week. It a...
I recently learned that the average American watches television for 294 minutes a day. That’s almost five hours! I was shocked, so I did some Googling, wondering if what I had heard was accurate. It was. Holy smokes.
Then I remembered that I used to do this, too.
I would start with the Today Show for ...
Last Thursday morning began with a nasty text message. It came from our new cell phone service provider’s store manager, Jim, in response to a message I sent him. (I won’t name names, but the new carrier's name rhymes with Horizon.)
When my husband, Greg, and I relocated to Virginia, we discovered th...
I began work as a Virtual Assistant in 2010, so not much about my daily routine changed in 2020 when people started to work from home. For others, though, the change was dramatic. There was no more commuting, packing a lunch, spending time in traffic, or dressing for the office.
I noticed that many p...
When you’re a Virtual Assistant who’s not making money or hitting your financial goals, it seems commonsensical to wait until you’re making money to invest in your business.
Even if you have money to invest from your job or savings, you feel the business needs to deserve the investment by being able ...
My husband Greg and I are in the process of moving from Connecticut to Virginia. We began migrating our things on January 29th when we closed on the house. We will be completely moved in, chickens and all, by April 1st.
The distance between our old home and our new home is 415 miles, so there has bee...
As Virtual Assistants, we are natural helpers. We enjoy making the lives of others better through our contributions. We’re driven by deadlines and an innate need to cross tasks off our to-do list.
When our clients are action-oriented, responsive, and excited about our work with them, it’s exhilaratin...
At the beginning of 2023, I decided to start saying no more often. No, to projects that weren’t moving the needle in my business and growing our community. No, to distractions and diversions in my day that took me away from how I wanted to spend my time. No, to people-pleasing.
I remember the moment ...
