Busy as a Bee

12 May

One thing I like about freelancing is that I can be as busy as a bee at one time and then just go on a vacation to refresh my mind without having to worry about formal leaves, etc. Like right now, I’m very busy working on my client’s tasks but it makes me feel really [...]

Do You Have a Personal Work Space?

20 Apr

One thing that most people don’t realize about working from home is that you need your personal work space to be more efficient with your tasks. It’s very easy to just work from bed or your living room, but it does make a difference if you have a place which you call your home “office”.When [...]

Entered the wrong BPI ATM PIN thrice!

25 Mar

Okay…I’m not rich but I have a multitude of ATM cards so I can better budget my money. So one day, I was lining up on a BDO ATM to withdraw some money and was following an old guy who was taking much of his time doing a withdrawal. I was patient enough but the [...]

Consistency

23 Mar

Pardon me if I haven’t written anything for the past 5 months (wow, that’s like almost half a year!),  I should do better than that. Tsk. Anyway, I guess I am guilty of not being consistent with my blog posts and I owe you all an apology. I’ve met several people this week who are [...]

Choose Your Battles…Learn to Say “No”

3 Oct

One thing about freelancing as a virtual assistant is that you have the freedom to choose who to work with. I had a friend who laughed at me because I said, “I fired my client”. But that’s just the way it is in this industry.Most of the time, the people who outsource to the Philippines [...]