Michael Karnjanaprakorn

While reading through Springwise, I came across this super uber cool site called asksunday.com that allows regular people like us to get a personal assistant for $29 a month! Yes, $29 a month!

New York-based Sunday lets busy people in the US, Canada and the UK delegate chores as they arise, with monthly fees starting at just USD 29 and no cost to join. The site’s agents are available 24/7 by email or phone, ready to make outbound calls, arrange travel plans, set dinner reservations, enable remote access to numerous websites and take action in emergency situations—virtually anything that can be handled remotely. The proprietary Sunday Portal facilitates interactions between members and agents by saving member information such as contacts and encrypted login details to leading websites such as Yahoo, Google, Seamlessweb, Zipcar and Fandango, to name just a few. Messenger and errand services are also available in New York City.

Sunday’s Silver membership plan, priced at USD 29 monthly, includes 30 requests per month, with a charge of USD 2 for each request beyond that. The Gold plan is USD 49 for 50 requests per month, and USD 1.50 for each thereafter; it also gives members the ability to have Sunday make international calls on their behalf. It should come as no surprise that Sunday’s low prices are made possible by outsourcing most of the work to agents in India.

So, this makes me feel very P.Diddyish and I kind of like it. Well, I really like it because I just finished reading the 4-Hour Workweek which is a book I HIGHLY recommend Especially if you have an entrepreneurial bone in your body. The whole premise of the book is to spend 4-hours a week working and the rest of the time doing the things you like to do. Tim Ferris calls this the “new wealth” where wealth isn’t measured in money but rather in the experiences you aquire over your life. How odd is it that people work their whole lives to relax when they retire?

Anyways, Tim Ferriss recommends hiring a personal assistant to free up your day. Looking at some of the things that asksunday.com can do, $30 a month is worth it to free up a couple of hours a week. Such a brilliant idea!!!

(If you have tried this service, please leave a note of your experience)