Good things Seven Seven

[gement]

1. Hot date with Bretts last night, for values of hot that ended up talking about self-care and social perceptions of gender and bodies and what we like about them until two in the morning instead of actually doing anything with them, with gourmet dinner and a two hour break for playing ukulele together.

If we weren't both birdplanes, I might suspect we were lesbians.

2. My reproductive system is behaving on schedule, which means all the appointments I already scheduled get to stay where they are! (Seriously, it's like planning a rocket launch in here.)

3. I hired Pepper's Personal Assistants (someone knows how to market to rich tech geeks) and have my first meeting with my Pepper on Thursday. No, I will not be asking to be called Mr. Stark. I will just be thinking it in my head.

The first email reply I got was so reassuring I almost cried. I'm really looking forward to this.

4. Getting masses of things done, including starting to consistently use an online calendar (no more triple scheduling dates, plz), raising my credit card limit in light of my now making wowmoney, and writing down all the stray "I need to" thoughts in a nice black book.

5. For being so (internally generated) busy, my life is feeling increasingly rich. That's pretty great.

Comments

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I'd like to hear about the why and the process of the Pepper Personal Assistant thing.

[gement.livejournal.com]

More "why" forthcoming soon, but short form is I realized that the tasks I can't make myself do alone have been interfering with my life more than I can afford and that needs to change immediately.

Process so far:

1 You (or your friendly local reference librarian) search for personal assistants in your area. This can be plain old Google or something like Angie's List or Yelp, depending on your preference.

2 Look at their sites to see who has acceptable rates and a style that suits you. My requirements were that they advertise a paperwork and logistics focus and that I would build a working relationship with one or at most a small team of people to handle continuing projects and issues without repeating myself. (Thus I was willing to pay a higher rate than the services that just let you order a grocery delivery, house cleaning, pet sitting, or mail opening session with whichever part-time semi-employee picks it up first, like Uber for personal tasks.)

3 Write or call them with a rough idea of what you want, and if they are swanky enough to offer a free interview or sample, take it. See if you are happy with how they respond, especially if you want them handling your personal information.

4 Pay them money and start asking them to do things.

More on how this works as I find out. Pretty sure I will end up trusting mine with access to my voicemail and email accounts.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

This sounds like a thoroughly neat idea. I will be interested in hearing how it progresses.