Signal 1: you store tasks in your head
When you are still thinking in the evening about things that had to be arranged, that costs more energy than the tasks themselves. An assistant takes over not only the doing, but also the remembering.
Signal 2: your hour is worth more
Work it out once. Anyone earning or losing more per hour than support costs is effectively paying to run errands, sit on hold or drive to a collection point themselves.
Signal 3: a professional has to be physically present
Many tasks cannot be solved digitally. Accepting a delivery, handing over a key, waiting for an engineer, taking a guest somewhere. Presence cannot be automated.
When it is not worth it
With a calm schedule and few practical obligations, standing support adds little. A temporary or one-off engagement then makes more sense: one week, one trip, one problem. That is how our engagements work by default, you commit to nothing you do not need.
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