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Becoming a VA means isolation? Not for me!

Recently, Mashable.com published an online article on how to solve top pitfalls of working from home. In the article, four pitfalls and solutions were identified. One of the pitfalls was virtual assistants may bring "inevitable sense of isolation." Well, I'm going to...

Helping Ricelle

Last February 2, 2013, I was one of the guest panelists in a private webinar by my mentor, Jomar Hilario. The private webinar was the prize of the second winner of Sir Jomar's Christmas promo. The webinar is a one-and-a-half hour no-holds barred question and answer...

Success in Gestation Period

I'm not sure if this will be a shock to you, but here it is: my part-time virtual assistant job folded up effective first day of 2013. Not really a good way to start the year, you might say. Here's the story: I was doing my usual work for the client when I got an...

Goodbye, Posterous.

My Virtual Assistant mentor, Jomar Hilario, that Posterous is closing on April 30. Check Posterous' official blog post here. I felt sad when I learned that Posterous is closing because I started using it last year and it was a great blogging and autoscheduling tool. I...

Planning My 2013

Others woke up last December 26 to brace another day at work after Christmas. Me? I did my 30-minute ran, cleaned the house, took a bath, then closed my door’s room. I was so excited for my two-day ME Planning. I waited for this day to happen. This was my second time...

Christmas Decor

It’s 11 days before Christmas as I wrote this piece. It was also the only time my mother finished setting up the Christmas decorations in the house. She started last Monday. The past few years, she has prepped up for Christmas a week before the nine dawn Masses. She...