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5 Questions to Ask Yourself If Doing What You Love Isn’t Looking Lovely

You finally have it all figured out. You have a fancy job in the niche you specialize in. Youโ€™re getting

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Why Failing at Online Work Does NOT Make You a Failure (+ 4 of My Biggest Failures in Business and Life!)

We’ve all been there – the endless scrolling on Instagram, secretly comparing our lives to strangers, wondering things like, “why

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How This Former CFO And Mom Landed Her First Virtual Assistant Client in 6 Weeks

This week, Iโ€™m very excited to introduce you to Jacqi, a work-at-home mom of 2 kids, a successful Virtual Assistant,

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20+ social media topics for virtual assistants
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20+ Social Media Post Topics for Virtual Assistants

Soโ€ฆ you have jumped into the world of remote working by starting your own Virtual Assistant business. Youโ€™ve got your

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August 6, 2020 3 Comments
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What to Do When Your Loved Ones Donโ€™t Support Your Idea of Working Online

You want to start working online, but youโ€™re getting some pushback from your family or friends. Weโ€™ve all been there!

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May 20, 2020 No Comments
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7 Self-Made Lady Boss Stories to Inspire You (When the Going Gets Tough)

We have all been there! Uninspired, unmotivated, and afraid to try something new.  Itโ€™s easy to not believe we can ever

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April 29, 2020 No Comments
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A Day in the Life of 3 Virtual Assistants – a Military Spouse, Digital Nomad & Homeschooling Mom

What does a day in the life of a virtual assistant actually look like? How many hours do virtual assistants

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January 29, 2020 No Comments
How This Military Spouse and Mom Became a Fully Booked Virtual Assistant
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How This Military Spouse and Mom Became a Fully Booked Virtual Assistant (In 6 Months!)

This week, Iโ€™m very excited to introduce you to Taylor, military spouse, work-from-home mom, and a successful Virtual Assistant! Taylor

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January 15, 2020 No Comments
3 Simple Steps To Setting and Actually Achieving Your Goals for 2020
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3 Simple Steps to Setting and *Actually* Achieving Your Goals for 2020

Well, itโ€™s the beginning of January, so hereโ€™s my obligatory โ€œgoal settingโ€ blog post. But you know this wonโ€™t be

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January 8, 2020 No Comments
How to Work for a Travel Influencer in 3 Easy Steps
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3 Easy Steps to Working as a Virtual Assistant For a Travel Influencer

Have you been following travel influencers on Instagram for years now? Do you scroll through their feed in amazement at

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"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ." - @tiny_house_expedition โฃ
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When we're CONSTANTLY bombarded by commercials, ads, and billboards ๐Ÿฅด telling us what we NEED, it's hard to determine what's actually necessary and what isn't. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธโฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ’ญ Learning to be intentional with what I buy or bring into my life has been a work in progress. ๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธโฃโฃ
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And so far, I've discovered that there's something about living minimalistic that is SO freeing! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ โœจโฃโฃ
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But downsizing your ENTIRE home into a tiny one?! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ โฃโฃ
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You're like, "๐™„ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ!"โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ I've been there, but learning to live with less has been life-changing. ๐Ÿคฉโฃโฃ
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Which is why you should check out my latest podcast episode ๐ŸŽง with Alexis from Tiny House Expedition. ๐Ÿ˜  We dive deep into:โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿคฏ Mindset shifts that make downsizing possibleโฃโฃ
๐ŸŒฑ How sustainable tiny home living actually isโฃโฃ
๐Ÿ  How to know if this is for youโฃโฃ
๐Ÿ”จ What you can do to get startedโฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ Click my picture on my profile to go to my stories for the link to this episode!โฃโฃ
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๐ŸŽง Or you can just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online, Estherโ€ on Spotify or Apple podcasts to tune in!
โš ๏ธ แดกสœส สแดแดœ ๊œฑสœแดแดœสŸแด…ษด'แด› ส™แด‡ ๊œฑแด แด€๊œฐส€แด€ษชแด… แด›แด ๊œฐแด€ษชสŸ โš ๏ธโฃ
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With so many of you starting my program, I always see a common emotion - FEAR. โฃ
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โŒ  Fear that you will failโฃ
โŒ  Fear that you won't find clientsโฃ
โŒ  Fear that you're not good enoughโฃ
โŒ  Fear that you'll never be able to leave your corporate job to be a VA full-time...โฃ
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But the way you overcome this fear is by changing your perspective towards failure. ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ โฃ
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๐Ÿ’ค  It doesn't happen overnight, but approaching failure with an educational component enables us to ask ourselves helpful questions like:โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ What mistakes did I make so I donโ€™t make them in the future?โฃ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ What are new solutions I can use to get better results?โฃ
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When you start viewing failure as an opportunity to grow ๐ŸŒป and to learn, you will begin to change your mindset ๐Ÿ’ญ  towards challenges in a more positive way. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผโฃ
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I'm here to remind you that you are not alone. โœจ โฃ
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I have been there! ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ โฃ
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I wasn't born out the womb knowing how to be a VA, you guys! I had to FAIL and fail again to get to where I am today. ๐Ÿค“ โฃ
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And without a doubt, I know you can succeed, too. ๐Ÿ’•โฃ
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Join our community of amazing women, like yourself, working towards making their work from home dream a reality! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป โฃ
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Head over to the link in my bio to learn more about 90 Day VA. ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ”—
๐Ÿ’œ Something Iโ€™m excited about for early 2021 ๐Ÿ’œ Something Iโ€™m excited about for early 2021 ๐Ÿ™ˆโฃ
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๐ŸŽ™ Recording more Help Me Work Online, Esther! podcast episodes ๐Ÿ˜Œโฃ
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The last series weโ€™ve been rolling out week by week is called โ€œThe Remote Lifeโ€ โฃ
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If youโ€™ve missed it, I featured a bunch of incredible and unique guests lifestyles powered by laptop life, such as a full time travel family โœˆ๏ธ tiny home dwellers, van life solo living ๐Ÿš a slow travel couple, a narrow boat living Momma in the UK and how I moved to Bali ๐Ÿ โฃ
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It was such a dreamy project and Iโ€™m currently planning the next series and would love any requests! โฃ
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Whatโ€™s something about working from home or the lifestyle you want to dig more into? ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝโฃ
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PS and if you arenโ€™t listening then be sure to subscribe via Spotify or the Apple Podcast app! Just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online Estherโ€ and subscribe. Sooooo many online work support and topics for you ๐Ÿค—
"๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„." - @thefunemployedfamily 
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If you want to leave your corporate jobs behind, ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ take your family, and travel the world โœˆ๏ธ๐ŸŒŽ - YOU CAN! ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏโฃ
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๐Ÿ“ฃ You are not crazy for thinking differently or for going against the "norm." ๐Ÿ“ฃโฃ
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You CAN live the life you want. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ And if you need a little motivation, check out my latest podcast episode. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐ŸŽงโฃ
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We review..โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Best tips for families traveling with kidsโฃ
๐ŸŽ’ Top 3 travel must-havesโฃ
๐Ÿ’ฐ How to financially prepare for full-time travel as a familyโฃ
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๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ Click my picture on my profile to go to my stories for the link to this episode!โฃ
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๐ŸŽง Or you can just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online, Estherโ€ on Spotify or Apple podcasts to tune in!
When I work, I WERK like a mad woman ๐Ÿคฏ And Iโ€™ When I work, I WERK like a mad woman ๐Ÿคฏ And Iโ€™ve been doing that for the last 8 years of building my business. โฃ
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I did the 60-80 hours/week of VA workโฃ
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I didnโ€™t take weekends off for 4 years ๐Ÿ˜ด โฃ
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I built an agency + course company at the same time ๐Ÿ˜ณ โฃ
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I didnโ€™t sleep ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธโฃ
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I HUSTLED ๐Ÿ”ฅ โฃ
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But when does the hustle end?โฃ
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How do you know when to stop?โฃ
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And when you do stop...what good are you? โฃ
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Because if you arenโ€™t producing, working, creating, making money...then what value do you bring to the world? Whatโ€™s your purpose? ๐Ÿ˜Ÿโฃ
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This is especially difficult for Americans ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ We are taught to work until we can retire and THEN youโ€™ve EARNED the time off to enjoy life ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿฝ โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿฝ this is something Iโ€™ve been exploring throughout the last 2 yearsโฃ
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I had to take off a lot of time during the early part of my pregnancy last year due to feeling super sick, and then when I lost the baby I had to take even more time off โฑ โฃ
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Covid happened and we found ourselves forced to stay in America unable to return home to Bali, I had to take time off ๐Ÿ•ฐ to figure out wtf we are doing, find a place to live, quarantine, homeschool...โฃ
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Then a deep depression hit over the summer due to the aforementioned trauma...more time off โฐ โฃ
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Guess what happened to my business, my followers, and my income when I took all this time off? ๐Ÿ™ˆโฃ
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Nothing. Well, nothing and also ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œโฃ
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๐ŸŽจ If anything, the time off allowed me to have time to fuel other creative pursuits and passions which then fueled new ideas and features in my business ๐Ÿค” โฃ
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(Note if you are in the hustle phase you may not be able to take off weeks or months at the time, start slow and acknowledge the hustle phase as just a PHASE with an end point) โฃ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐•„๐•ช ๐•ง๐•’๐•๐•ฆ๐•– ๐•’๐•ค ๐•’ ๐•™๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐••๐•š๐•• ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•– ๐••๐•ฆ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•’๐•ž๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ง๐•’๐•๐•ฆ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•œ ๐•€ ๐••๐•š๐•• ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐••๐•š๐•• ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐••๐•  ๐ŸŒŸ โฃ
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Itโ€™s the same when I wake up on holiday and read fantasy novels ๐Ÿ“š on the couch with my dogs as it is when I wake up and record 7 podcast episodes ๐ŸŽ™โฃ
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I have learned, when we detach our value from what we DO, only then does true freedom awaits ๐Ÿ™
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