What kind of stuff is that? Don't think I can come up with anything I do that I could see someone else handle for me or that would be worth paying for.
The sort of stuff that feels silly to delegate but 10min here, 10min there adds up fast.
Big ongoing thing is that she helps with my inbox, deals with ordering stuff online, random annoying tasks like booking travel, some customer support, stuff like that. Oh also makes calls for me when I don’t wanna deal with it like booking appointments and such.
Kinda wishing I could afford someone in the same city so they could help with physical tasks but maybe later.
The reason I spend time booking travel is either because I want to save a few bucks (and then paying someone makes no sense) or because I'm exploring options to know what I want (again, makes no sense having someone else do it). If it were pure business travel as in "I have to be at a conference in city A from X to Y" I could see the value, maybe. But for personal? No.
I spend literally a minute with customer support a year, I think it would be easier voicing my issue directly than having to explain it to a third party and having multiple follow ups..
I don't get this at all. I'm so at the opposite I would almost pay money to be able to do this myself instead of having others in control. Can't fathom paying for the hassle of having others do this.
This is kind of like Visa Concierge, although they don't handle your inbox :)
I find I have to constantly tailor my requests with additional details, otherwise it's a back-and-forth email tag which rapidly diminishes the usefulness of the service. But I suppose that's to be expected when each time you contact them you get a different agent helping you..
Yeah this only works if you have your person not "some person". A fantastic example recently:
Some newsletter sent a book recommendation list. Instead of clicking links, finding the right format, and dealing with all that, I just slacked my assistant "Hey can you get me all the books from X newsletter on audiobook". Feels silly to delegate, instead of a task I put off and think about and finally waste time on eventually, it's a 5 second thing and I can move on right away.
The "not have to think about it" part is the bigger benefit imo.
