How often have you been working late, thinking to yourself that you’d rather be somewhere else – relaxing in the bath, down at the pub with your friends or watching a movie? On how many occurrences have you noticed that tiny pang of guilt when you miss your children’s chess tournaments, or when you have to arrange for a private car to pick them up from after school football practice?
This is really a very common scenario. The work-life balance is something which is very difficult to find if you’re stuck in a rut. You want to get out of it, yet you feel like you can’t because there is just too much on your plate at the moment, or you simply can’t afford to be taking the time off.
So what can you do to get this balance back in your life? Based on your individual circumstances, there are several solutions which could present themselves – it may be that you just haven’t thought of them yet.
A possible solution, or perhaps – a perfect solution, is to hire a virtual assistant. This solution is like having an independent online assistant who can act as your virtual – genie in a bottle. For most VA’s, when it comes to business, your wish is there command. Maybe you’ve thought of hiring a virtual assistant before, but weren’t sure of what you would do with them – in other words, where do you start when considering outsourcing services?
Well, first of all it would be a really good idea to initially take a good look at your schedule – daily, weekly and monthly. Write down 2 lists:
1. The first list will be a list of the things that you do, that you really don’t enjoy doing or don’t want to do at all.
2. The second is a list of things that you don’t do, but which you’d really like to be doing.
Then, my advice would be to do a search on the internet for virtual assistants, either on Google, virtual assistant directories or through networking sites such as Ecademy.
Then pick your top 5 potential virtual assistants. Go for ones where you like the way that they present themselves and their business – scan over their range of services, check their rates, look over their FAQ’s and get a feel for whether they might be the right one for you.
Then, send both of your previously written out lists to the VA’s of your choice, and with these also send an email to the tune of; this is where I need help, and how can you help me make this happen?
Submitting inquiries is completely free, and it will shed some light onto how all sorts of virtual assistants can free up your time, thereby restoring your work-life balance. At the end of the exercise you will have gained some valuable tips for dealing with a VA, and you’ll discover what these special individuals can do to help you to achieve work days which involve doing more of what you’d really like, and less of what you don’t, and finally, right here, you may well have just found the person who can make all of this happen for you.
Either way, you have nothing to lose – and everything to gain! Best of all, this insight is completely FREE!
Michelle Dale is The Managing Director of Virtual Miss Friday, an Executive Virtual Assistant who assists businesses and individuals with achieving their professional goals. Want to find out more about online business building success strategies? Support the Campaign for FREE Virtual Assistance right now!
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