Are You Ready for a Personal Assistant?
There’s a world of difference between hiring a “helper” for your household and hiring a personal assistant. It has been my experience that when people are looking for someone to “help around the house,” they are typically looking for someone to handle the day-to-day tasks that have to get done: laundry, loading the dishwasher, wiping counters, making the beds—you get the idea. It’s a totally valid request! Our busy lives can prevent us from tackling these tedious chores consistently, and before you know it, they pile up. Work, family, and social commitments—combined with a stack of housework—leave us stressed out and irritable. Reaching out for help with standard household is necessary and warranted!
Someone looking for a personal assistant, however, approaches the idea of household help a little bit differently. Here are three key differences:
Their focus is not necessarily task-driven; it is time-driven. The mom who wants a personal assistant for her home and family values her time. Although she recognizes the importance—even urgency—of getting certain household tasks done, the completion of those tasks is not her main motivation. Her main motivation is spending her time and energy wisely—on things that matter. A child will certainly appreciate having clean clothes and living in a tidy home; however, they will remember the things that they did with their mom—playing together, doing activities together. In short, the way it felt to have fun with mom! Spending time on valuable tasks motivates her to delegate the tasks and errands that keep family life running smoothly.
They are comfortable with a satellite-level view. What do I mean by this? Moms looking for a personal assistant for their household are big-picture thinkers. They generally don’t get bogged down in details. Let’s take the example of returning an item to a retailer—without a receipt. Whether I take the item to a physical location, spend time on a call to customer-service, or scour their online account to find evidence of the purchase really doesn’t matter to them. My responsibility is to get a refund, partial refund, or store credit—and so long as that happens, they’re fine with however it is achieved. The mom who hires a personal assistant is goal-oriented, not detail-oriented.
They are looking for a "right-hand." A mom who hires an assistant for their household is looking for someone she can trust across a variety of areas. Sure, she might want someone who can fold the laundry, but she also wants someone who can represent her household to contractors and home service providers effectively. Someone who can run errands efficiently, who can make decisions in her stead that are based on the preferences that have been stated both explicitly and implicitly. Someone who is dependable and beyond reproach in their integrity.
Marcia at ChoreVoyant has served as many Bergen County moms’ “right hand.” She listens and observes, internalizing the preferences of her clients. Marcia is both experienced and savvy enough to know when to share details and when to seek input. With her, clients find an assistant who is a self-starter, not self-righteous. Listening and learning are what set Marcia apart from other personal concierges. She delivers effective solutions for her clients’ needs, in ways that allow them to enjoy the fruits of her labor without being constantly looped into the smallest of details (unless the client wants to be). This is the hallmark of smart support with wholehearted care.
If you live in the Pascack Valley and surrounding towns and recognize that you are the type of mom who is ready to have a personal assistant, give Marcia a call at (201)707-5813, or click here.