In the past few months since discovering the Virtual Assistant Forum and dedicating myself to building a successful VA practice I have taken the leap into the world of social media to learn as much as I can.

Oh, I am familiar with social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, on a “personal” level to connect and with family and friends. The challenging step for me was learning to utilize and navigate Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media as social forums on a “business level”.

Well, there’s nothing like “baptism by fire”, so I started out by creating by business Twitter account (@CustomVA). I followed fellow VAs from VAF, as well as others I was familiar with, I read their tweets, checked out...

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I recently came to the conclusion that returning to the "workforce" is not for me. I am not adverse to working, just not for someone other than myself. Long ago I dreamed of being self-employed and eventually my dream became reality. However, economic challenges and set-backs caused me to reconsider my entrepreneurial lifestyle and seek the "security" of a job.

Two months into it I realized that the of lure of security, fed by my fears of the unknown, stifled the person that I have become; independent, resourceful, confident, inquisitive, and resilient. No amount of presumed "security" could ever compensate me for giving up on myself, on my dream.

So here I am no longer "employed"...

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