Should I get an assistant?

Hey y'all,

I just spent three hours looking for a new apartment and I pretty much hated the whole process. It costs time to call people up, then you gotta juggle all appointments, call back to confirm and hope everyone is there on time, which they won't, yadayada. Somehow I always end up considering living in a cardboard box as a feasible alternative.

Anyhow, an angry version of Dan Kennedy popped up in my head and said "Jeez, idiot, just hire someone to do it for ya" and I think he has a point.

When I count all hours together that I spend on stuff that is not business related, not fun and does not require my expertise (as if I had any, but hey), I get a number that's pretty big. Also there's a lot of stuff I'd like to have done that I never do.

My conclusion is to launch a new site to make a bit more money and as a reward use it to hire a personal assistant, who would plan all of my appointments, do small research tasks and what have ya.

Anybody else had the same idea? If you already took action on it, would be cool to hear how it's working out for you - it should be easier to do for people living in the US, as you can hire pretty much anybody in the world who talks decent English, while I'm limited to my own country.

Cheers,
Henry