What Started as a Virtual Assistant Equipment List Became So Much More

I was shocked.

After a few years, I saw my list of must-have virtual assistant (VA) equipment. I think I wrote it more than 10 years ago.

When I learned that there was an opportunity for me to earn by becoming a virtual assistant, I looked for a mentor and took his courses. I was able to list down my virtual assistant equipment list because my mentor, Jomar Hilario, provided them in one of his emails.

Yes, I studied and implemented while looking at this list occasionally. I told myself, “I am going to buy one by one until everything is complete.”

There were times when I wanted to give up the dream (and the list). I moved from corporate to government work, so that meant I had to adjust to travel time and new co-workers.

Nevertheless, I held on. I never stopped dreaming.

One by one, I saw myself buying a few gadgets on the list.

At the same time, I was hired as a virtual assistant in 2012.

In 2014, a client signed me up as a full-time Social Media Manager, managing the Facebook Pages of top brands in Asia.

More clients later, I decided to just focus on providing Facebook Marketing services as my business.

Has the virtual assistantequipment list been finalized? No.

Instead, I now have a home office, a standing desk, a corner for the business permits, a handful of motivational quotes to keep me going, two Ferraris and a bunch of Minions (as displays, of course.).

Plus, one of my clients said, “You’re a copywriter. You’re not a VA.”

Who would have thought that a simple list would turn into something beyond what was written?