Mummy shortcuts
One of the questions I get asked most by aspiring VAs, is one that for years I was completely unqualified to answer: “Will I be able to juggle being a mum and working as a VA?” Back then as a singleton, I didn’t really know… As a multi-VA I often got tales of woe from […]
The home office
Back in 2011, I made a fairly radical departure from my working life… Up until that point, I’d been a fairly unusual virtual assistant because I worked from an office which was just round the corner from my little flat. When we moved to a much bigger house which needed rather a lot of work […]
Why Every Work At Home Mum Needs To Delegate, And The Main Reason Most Don’t
Most mums, especially work at home mums, spend much of their lives trying to “fit it all in”. Our To-Do list is endless and there always seems to be a long list of tasks to complete, which incredibly, never seems to get any smaller. It can be hard knowing which tasks to tackle first. And […]
The employee mentality
I used to have an employee who came in every morning and answered my cheery “How are you this morning?” with “I’m not dead…yet.” in a deadpan monotone. When he handed in his notice and gave us his company mobile phone back we actually found a diary entry saying “March 15th: Get a life”. Um, […]