What is a VA or a Virtual Assistant?
A virtual assistant is a person who works for someone / a company to do certain tasks from home depending on the skills he or she possesses. I've been working from home 3 months now and as a daughter and servant of God.
All I can say that it is a perfect work set up for me and I feel so fortunate that I have found it.
Actually I have been thinking to quit my stressful office job since Dec 2013. But got the guts to finally quit it by last Dec 2014.
Why I quit my job an pursue becoming a VA?
I always come home late na kasi lagi. Laging OTY (Overtime na Thank You). Yung tipong parang umuuwi ka nalang para matulog at magbihis sa bahay. Ginagawang dorm ba ang bahay. Yung tipong ikaw kakatapos pa lang ng araw mo, pauwi pa lang, tapos yung iba papasok palang. Yan ang set up ko lagi sa bahay noon. Hindi ko na nakakausap sina mama at papa, pati mga kapatid ko. Tapos minsan may work pa rin.
I know pwede naman nagsasacrifice ako para sa future kaso yung tipong nagkakasakit na rin ako. Tapos wala na akong time sa family.
Ayoko nun.
Kaya narealize ko, I need to make a change. And I remember one of the email of Bo Sanchez, he recommends to attend Jomar Hilario's Manila Virtual Assistant Seminar about working from home, so I grab the chance! Minsan lang daw kasi yung Live Seminar. So last Nov 7 & 8, I attended the Live event!
And I started working as a virtual assistant just recently, Jan 2015. I found it very challenging since it is very new to me. And the big challenge for me here is time management. Kahit anong oras kasi ako pwede magwork. Depende sa time ko. Pero continuous naman ang learning ko kaya step by step nagiging okay nasakin ang working from home or pagiging VA.
Ngayon, I'm a full time VA na. Sobrang saya lang kasi super free na ako from day job ko na super stressful. Mas may time na ako sa family. Nakakausap ko na sina mama at papa at dalawa kong kapatid. Saka ang dami ko pang natutunan. Well I know there's more to learn there.
Mag-add pa ako ng experiences ko dito sa mga susunod na araw.
This is simply something I would like to share because I feel so blessed. Feel free to read and comment!