Like most small business owners your business can take up most of your time. What’s left is spread thinly between family, general household management and daily routine so that even when you manage to get some time off work, you don’t actually have a break you just substitute one lot of work for another.
With that in mind, here are some creative ways a Virtual Assistant can help you to make the most of your leisure time:
Hobbies
- Create a database so you can log your collection
- Fill out forms and organise payment for event and tournaments
- Research and purchase equipment
- Find local groups related to your interests
- Keep an eye on a closing eBay auction while you’re in a meeting
- Research suitable volunteer opportunities for you
- Set up and manage a MeetUp group for you
- Research areas of interest to help you find non-work hobbies
Family
- Find a house sitter
- Find a pet sitter
- Get a tutor for the kids
- Organise for copies to be made of all your important documents then find secure storage for them
- Organise for gift baskets etc. to be delivered
- Remind you of birthdays and anniversaries of family living out of town in time for you to send something
- Research and book family vacations
- Source books and other materials for school and university
Household chores
- Research local tradies
- Shortlist for someone to help with housework
- Find someone to look after your garden
- Get quotes for major work
- Order your groceries online from your list
- Pay your bills online
- Research new purchases such as whitegoods, cars, property
- Manage your listings on eBay, Gumtree, Trading Post, Craigslist etc
- Organise for a mobile mechanic to come and service your vehicle
So, there are 25 things that a Virtual Assistant could do to help you make the most out of your leisure time and make sure you’re not spending all of your time away from work doing chores. There are plenty of other things they could do as well; it’s really just a matter of what you want to offload and what your Virtual Assistant is capable of and happy to do.
