As a virtual assistant I feel very responsible for working and fulfilling my clients needs. Almost, to the detriment of my health.

I recently had a bout this pneumonia. Now, it didn’t start out that way. I had a stuffy nose, some coughing and just general flu-like symptoms. So instead of going to bed and taking care of myself, I plopped myself down in front of the computer, daily, and carried on with the tasks at hand.

Not something I would recommend.

It is important as small business owners and sole proprietors that we are responsible to our clients needs, but there comes a point in which we can’t take care of their needs if we aren’t taking care of ours.

As an avid Facebook participant, I posted a comment about being sick for 4 weeks and the comments were basically, “if you are sick, go to bed”. So, I did.

Projects will be completed, tasks performed and to the satisfaction to your clients, but not when you are sick.

I made a few errors and I had to spend some time, correcting them….but the lesson I learned was that I would not have had to have done that, if I had just taken care of myself.

So, a tip for other VAs:

Take care of yourself, the business will still be there tomorrow! It may not be, if you are making errors that could have been avoided.

GO TO BED!