My first Virtual Assistant (VA) Experience

My first official VA job requires me to answer emails for various events. At first it was strolling in the park. Then after the promotion that they did, I started receiving more than 70 emails per day. Take note, this requires me to answer them all at once. This could be done easily but since I have so many things to do (day job, gimmick, attend financial seminars etc) this is damn hard.

Also, having this number of emails in one day requires me to stay up late. And based on my experience it is not right for us to sacrifice our sleep just to get things done. I learned that human beings have our own sets of limitations. One of those limitations is time (I created a post related to this please feel free to check it out : Duplication).We can only work at the maximum of 16 hours a day to have good enough sleep. We need those 8 hours of sleep to have a healthy body and a refreshed mind. (Additional note : Drinking of energy drinks or overdosing of caffeine is not a permanent solution for this. Take note, NOT THE PERMANENT SOLUTION because I know that there are very hardworking people out there who drinks a lot of energy drinks or coffee just to stay awake. This is very, very unhealthy).

By being a virtual assistant and an employee at the same time allows me to learn an important trait. This trait is called discipline. Balancing my time is really, really a challenge for me. But by becoming a VA, I learned how to balance my time at the same time I learned how to discipline myself. Again, it’s hard but it’s worth it.

***BONUS***

Five things I have to change to be a VA 

1. Less time with television, social media sites and computer games (Btw, I still have time to blog www.elvinperia.com)
2. Reduce OT hours from the office
3. Proper time management
4. I open my VA's gmail account instead of my own account (i used different internet browsers to have two accounts at the same time)
5. Instead of reading I listened to books.

Five benefits to me of being a VA

1. I learned how to balance my time (or should I say maximize)
2. I learned how to discipline myself
3. More sources of income (though active)
4. Enables me to learn new skills
5. Enables me to expand my network

Five bad things about being a VA

1. I’m still an employee
2. VA work is an active not passive source of income
3. Improper time management equals lack of sleep
4. Unscheduled brownouts, unscheduled activities and lack of internet connection can ruin the day especially if you have tons of emails to answer
5. Waking up early in the morning to maximize time is hard (really, really hard)

eLviN

PS. The purpose of finding another source of income for me is to achieve my financial freedom. I want to make sure that I invest the right amount so that in 18 years time I can have my money working for me. I learned this by attending Intenational Marketing Group's Wealth Academy Series which provides me ways on how to get out of the rat race. Wealth Academy offers (1) Financial Education, (2) Discipline and (3) Entrepreneurship. In case you're interested email me at ask@elvinperia.com for more details.

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