I hired a virtual assistant after I realized how overwhelmed I was with work. Asking for help was hard, but it's been so worth it.

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I burned a pot of black beans the day I hired my virtual assistant. I was on break from my day job, writing my book proposal, preparing beans for dinner, and trying to stay relatively sane during the pandemic. I toggled back and forth from the kitchen to my desk, stirring beans between writing paragraphs.