Common Questions
Is it possible to do it all and live a balanced life?
Yes! When you share your personal and/or professional tasks with a lifestyle manager or personal assistant you will save more time and have the energy to do what you love.-
What is a Lifestyle Manager or Personal Assistant?
A Lifestyle Manager is someone who is required to take on a variety of duties and must be ready to help out with any request. There are Lifestyle Managers who handle business matters only, some work on personal chores and some assist in all areas of a client’s life. This person is the employer's greatest asset because they are the one and only resource needed and have the ability to handle anything that may come up at any given time.
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Why would I hire a Lifestyle Management Service?
Your time is valuable. If you hire someone to take care of a tedious task and pay them $24 per hour and your hour is worth $35, you are coming out ahead. The same is true if you do not have the expertise to complete the task at hand. It may take you 3 hours to complete what a specialist can do in ½ the time! The best question to always ask yourself is: “What is the best use of my time at this moment?”
Quite often, we get so entrenched in what we think we should be doing, that we forget to pay attention to what we enjoy doing. We get overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed out. Start by sorting priorities and taking action to create big results!
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I like to be in control of tasks. Is a Lifestyle Management Service for me?
Of course! What a better way to take control than by deciding what your most valuable priorities are and spending your time focused on those priorities – without the worry and stress that the work is not getting done. A Lifestyle Manager can show you how to organize your priorities to gain control of your life.
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Can I afford this service?
Think that Lifestyle Management Services are only for the rich and famous? Think Again!
- "Going to work now accounts for only 18% of the average American's trips. Shopping, chauffeuring, and conducting other errands accounts for 46% of trips. ~ Surface Transportation Policy Project 2000
- "The average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per day, not counting lunch, conducting personal business & running errands.” ~ Salary.com, AOL Survey 2005
- "25 hours a week are devoted to childcare, housework or shopping by mothers in dual earner couples." ~ Robinson, J.P.and Godbey, G., Time for Life: 1997
- "33% of people who work in management, business or financial occupations worked on a given weekend day or holiday." ~ American Time Use Survey 2004; Bureau of Labor Statistics
When we look at the statistics, we see that work is more demanding, kids have more activities and our lives are more complex. It is normal to feel burnt out and stressed! Let Priority Errands LLC solve that problem for you.
"Personal assistance or Lifestyle Management is support provided through a personal relationship. It involves assisting in the daily tasks that a person cannot carry out by themselves or that they find so time consuming as to interfere with other important activities. The need to perform these tasks can arise anywhere, any time - at home, at work, out shopping, visiting friends, etc."
~ Inclusion.com, Personal Assistance: What It Is and What It Is Not, by Judith Snow, MA