Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

This weekend Greg and I picked up the power tools and built our first raised garden bed. 

I didn't know exactly where it was going to go. I'd been thinking about the location of the garden for a while, but I hadn't landed on the spot that made the most sense. 

And it's not like we can easily move ...

 You've been running the same story in your head for a while now.

The one where you finally make a change.

Where you stop doing the thing that's sucking the life out of you and start doing the things that will make you happy. Where you wake up excited instead of bracing yourself for another week.

You've been doing this for a while now. Calling yourself a VA. Maybe you have a client or two. Maybe you've had a few. 

But something isn't clicking. 

You're not telling people about your business because you don't know what to say.

You're charging less than you should because you're afraid they'...

When I started my VA business in 2010, I had no idea how much my life would change. 

I'd worked in corporate America for 17 years. I was used to a regular paycheck, healthcare benefits, three weeks of paid vacation. I never understood why anyone would give that up.

And then I became a mom. And I u...

For years, my email signature said "Chief Cheerleader." 

I'm changing it. 

Not because I don't care. I care deeply. But cheerleading isn't what you need from me. 

Here's what a cheerleader does: She stands on the sidelines and says "You've got this!" and "You're amazing!" and "Keep going!"

She m...

One of the biggest fears I hear from people thinking about becoming a Virtual Assistant is that they're not techy enough. 

They worry they don't know the right software. They haven't mastered the latest tools. They can't rattle off a list of platforms they've conquered.

Here's what I learned in 15...

If you're curious about becoming a Virtual Assistant but feel overwhelmed by the tech, let me make it simple.

Being a Virtual Assistant isn't about knowing every tool. It's not about being techy. It's about solving problems.

Early in my VA career, I stressed about keeping up with the tech. Every w...

When my life began to crumble right before I turned 50, I noticed something had changed.

The job market didn't want me. I'd send applications and get no response. I'd go to interviews and watch their eyes glaze over. I was experienced, capable, and felt invisible, overlooked, even though I knew I s...

If you don't have time for the things you want in your life, I bet it's because you're carrying around more than what's yours.

Here's what I mean by that. In the past, when someone I cared about was struggling, I'd make it my mission to fix it. I'd try to convince them they could have something bette...

We all have the same 24 hours. But how we think about those hours makes all the difference.

I used to feel victimized by time. Like, there was never enough. Like it was happening to me instead of for me.

But somewhere along the way, my thinking shifted.

I stopped seeing time as something that pas...