Lately I have found myself envious of people who have their own personal assistants. Small tasks are easy to accomplish, but when there are so many of them on your plate, just checking your email can seem like a chore. Obviously hiring a personal assistant takes a lot of money, and such a thing is beyond most of our means. However, for a much smaller price, you can hire a virtual assistant of your very own.

I don’t mean that you’ll have a computer somewhere doing work for you, but rather, with Fancy Hands, you can have a real person working on your tasks, from a remote location. All you need to do is send them an email about something you need done, and they’ll take care of it for you. You can’t have them do something that requires them to be physically present, or buy anything for you (at least not currently). However, you can ask them to compile a list of reviews on a collection of items, find the best price for a hotel, book appointments. In a short time, you’ll have an emailed response with the information you need, or a confirmation that the task has been completed. They have a variety of monthly plans, ranging from 5 for $25, up to an unlimited number of requests for $95.