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CMJ Office Blog » This Work is Fun!

CMJ Office Blog

This Work is Fun!

Posted in Virtual Assistant by CMJ Office on the January 6th, 2008

I keep receiving apologies from clients for the work they send my way. I usually get an email that says something like, “Sorry. I will send something more interesting next time.” I find this hard to understand. I have never commented. I normally just ignore that part of the email and/or conversation. I continue on with business related issues. Those innocent apologies do weigh on me. When I hear or read these apologies, I often become puzzled and sometimes chuckle a little to myself.

 

Why am I puzzled? All the work I take is fun for me. Yes, it is fun! In essence, this is why I started my business. I enjoy everything that I do administratively. It is my passion. My creative juices flow and get excited when tasked with duties that most people consider boring and horrible. I love setting up databases, updating them, sorting them, and making them flow better. I live for building a form, flyer, brochure, letter, quote, or manual even from scratch. Internet research is fascinating for me. Putting the administrative side of my being aside for a moment, a family genealogy chart is a true challenge for me. I love a good challenge. I find uncovering family histories and discovering where people came from originally extremely exciting.

 

So, please don’t apologize for sending work my way. It is never boring or tedious. I always enjoy doing the work. I truly do. Think of it as a win-win situation. A client wins because the work they need done is going to be completed. I win because I am being sent work I love to do. We both end up happy in the end.

 

Colleen M. Johnson, CMJ Office

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  1. AnnaLisa Michalski said,

    on January 23rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    So it’s not just me?

    My doctor’s receptionist once asked me what I do for a living. When I mentioned “proofreading,” her eyes rolled WAY back in her head, and she said, “That is SO boring!”

    I don’t see it that way at all!

    But really, that’s the beauty of virtual assisting…VAs have the freedom to offer only those services we’re good at and LIKE doing, while our clients have the freedom NOT to do those things they would rather not since we’ll happily do it for them. Like you said–it’s win-win!

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