A Day in the Life at Virtual Office Admins

 

Curious to know how your trusty virtual assistants spend their day? At Virtual Office Admins, we like to give you a glimpse into what happens behind the scenes. Plus, we like to have a little fun every now and then. Today, we’re putting the spotlight on me, Sara Husted. I work on blogging and social media management among other things here at Virtual Office Admins and I do it right out of my home here in Portland, OR. I love to work remotely and feel that it gives me more chances to be productive, believe it or not. I have a strong belief in having an appropriate work/life balance and feel that I have a good one.

So, how do I spend a typical day? Here is a breakdown of my Monday, which is my social media day. Hang on folks, it’s a productive and fun-filled ride! I use the word fun loosely. I think my days are fun, but I have a weird sense of the word. You decide!

5:15 amIMG_7297

Reluctantly wake up questioning my fitness choices.

5:40 am

Out of the door and on my way to a 6:00am barre class. Because it’s Portland, it’s raining. Rain boots? Check!

7:15 am

Back home! I cook breakfast for my little girl, E, and get her all set up to play while Mommy works.

7:45 am

Ahhhhh, coffee! I crack open my laptop and look at my week ahead. I start to make my weekly to-do lists that include all major projects and major milestones that need to be hit and begin to schedule blocks of time for each task and project.

IMG_73008:15 am

Aaannnnnddd…go! It’s time to get moving. First up, research. Part of the research includes inspiration. What kind of inspiration? Inspiration I can share with others from articles, blogs and quotes. I also use this time to check out what is trending and what information could be useful for our clients.

10:00 am

Time to take a break! It’s important to make time to refresh our brains and our body. Today, I chose to join my daughter for a dance session with the Vince Guaraldi Trio. She’s a Snoopy fanatic. If you haven’t danced around a living room to “Linus and Lucy,” you haven’t lived.

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10:15 am

Time to get creative! Now I get to flex my creative muscles and create Facebook posts including photos and quotes with all of my previous research. This is the fun part.

12:00 pm

English muffin pizzas and out to walk our dog, B. B and E both love this part and I do too!

1:00 pm

Put E down for a nap and I’m right back at it working my creative side!

3:00 pm

Wrap up creative work and get E up from her nap!

3:15 pm

Time to get scheduling! I spend the rest of typical business hours scheduling everything that I spent researching and creating earlier on in the day. Stopping here and there to jot down ideas that pop up for future blogs.

5:00 pm

Enlist the help of my kiddo to make dinner. Well, really just me handing her red peppers over and over again as she bops around the dining room. She was such a good player today. Colored and read all day long!

5:45 pm

Eating with E and the hubby – always together at the table.

6:15 pm

Rush to get E in her jams before Auntie T comes to watch her – hubby and I have a date night!

IMG_73107:00 pm

Go Blazers!!!

 

10:30 pm

Back home (we won!) and I give E a kiss goodnight and then hit my sweet, sweet bed. I reflect on a productive day both personally and professionally. It was a day well spent, however, I’m still questioning my fitness choices. Why, oh why, did I schedule a 6am barre class after a night out?!

 

What does your day look like? Do you feel your maximizing your time at work and at home as well? Let us know in the comments below.

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