The art of delegating
Well I finally took the leap and hired someone to help me out at home now that I have Daniel to look after. At this stage it will be 2 hours a week with the option to increase if needed.
I must admit, it felt a little weird having someone upstairs in my office filing my paperwork that has piled up over the last 3 months since Daniel was born while I sat on the couch feeding Daniel and writing blog posts for D-Zyne Web. I’m perfectly capable of doing everything that my PA will be doing - it’s more a time thing.
Yes, we each have the same amount of time each day available to us, and it’s the areas that are most important to us that will determine where we spend that time.
For me, Daniel and Warren are my number one - which means spending time with them at home & traveling, preparing & cooking great meals for us (I’ve got a great kitchen in the new place we’ve moved into, so cooking is becoming fun again) among other things. Following on from that is time spent on our businesses to get them to a point where we earn more from them than what Warren currently earns from his IT consulting.
At the bottom of the list are things like cleaning the house (my PA is finding me a new cleaner) and general administration of home and business paperwork. Me doing them doesn’t move me closer to my personal and business goals, so it makes sense to get someone else to assist me in those areas.
I’m sure that as I get more comfortable having someone working for me, I’ll be delegating more to her.
Next step - a bookkeeper - I’ll let you know how that goes.
Helena 
