03/19/2024
Grab a notebook, your phone or a timekeeping app.
1️⃣ Identify your daily tasks (answering email, returning phone calls, preparing packages for shipment, researching your weekly blog post) and write down how long you think it takes you to complete the task
2️⃣ Before you start the task, write the start time down in your notebook, start your timer or app
3️⃣ When you complete the task, note the stop time and stop the timer
4️⃣ Do this for a week and at the end of the week, add up the time spent on each task
How did you do? Do your estimates line up with the actual time spent? Did you spend more or less time than you expected?
If you were surprised at how much time these tasks take up on a daily or weekly basis, then maybe it's time to hire a VA. A VA will clean up your inbox, answer and return calls, update your website and do research for you while you get to focus on what you LOVE (and some of us can do these things for five hours a week).
