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10 Years as a Virtual Assistant: What Freelancing Has Taught Me
I started freelancing in 2016 when the VA industry looked very different. Ten years later, I’m still here, still working, still learning, and, if I’m being honest, still struggling sometimes. Back in 2016, when I decided to become a Freelancer / Virtual Assistant, I was completely sold on the dream. Working from home, choosing my own clients, having a schedule that actually bent around my life instead of the other way around. No more clocking in at a job that didn’t feel like mine. It sounded almost too good to be true. And honestly, back then it was easier. The VA industry in the Philippines wasn’t nearly as crowded as…
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Starting Over as a Virtual Assistant? You’re Not the Only One
(On losing clients, feeling left behind, and what it actually takes to start over as a virtual assistant) There’s a specific kind of quiet that hits you when you lose a client. It doesn’t announce itself loudly. It just settles in, on slow Monday mornings, mid-scroll on LinkedIn, or whenever someone casually asks, “Kamusta ang work as a Virtual Assistant?” And you smile, because what else can you do? That’s where I found myself recently. Two clients gone. A third one struggling. And if I’m being completely honest with myself, I wasn’t performing the way I used to. It’s a hard thing to sit with. But sitting with it was…
