Should you outsource parts of your life to a personal assistant? Ordinary Australians are outsourcing their life, often to people overseas. Anthony Khoury. IMAGINE a life free of to-do lists, emails, bookings and calculations. Where you could genuinely switch off at weekends and open your email to a perfectly organised calendar on Monday. It's something more and more Aussies are opting for, using personal assistants to outsource their life. Wade, 28 - who works in the public sector and wanted to be known only by his first name - pays US company Fancy Hands, $25 per month to complete five different jobs on his behalf, from booking hotels and dinner reservations to "web ferret stuff" like researching products, comparing contracts and making complaints online. "It's all the crappy stuff I don't want to do," he said. They get access to my gmail calendar. They can't see content, just free time and busy time, they put in all the details. Sometimes they pretend to be you, other times they do things on your behalf. Wade says he only ever provides enough information to get the job done and expects they will become hugely popular in future as people start to value their time. It all comes down to what does your time cost? People would get so much more done if they took that first step. Some people think that's a great idea, they never get around to doing it. Imagine having no jobs to do in your free time. Entrepreneur Anthony Khoury employees a full-time assistant based in the Philippines for his company Guerilla Solutions. He pays $250 per month for SEO, research and link building, among other things - a fraction of the $30,000 a year he estimates it would cost to hire someone locally - but said there are limits as to what he would outsource. They're not going to do the job of someone you're paying $70,000-$80,000 a year, it just doesn't work that way. There are certain tasks they're good at but you're playing with fire if you expect them to do everything a PA would do. I wouldn't get them to write an article, I wouldn't get them to post in forums ... I wouldn't get them to answer emails or make phone calls. But while overseas assistants can be cheap, hiring someone local can cost big bucks. Urban Concierge owner and director Kathryn Mayne charges between $75-$110 an hour to do personal jobs for clients and said they are "run off our feet" trying to fit everything in. She said the concept is no longer just for the uber-rich with more people being ruthless about how they spend their free time. The awareness of lifestyle managers and personal concierges is growing every year. It's very popular in the US and London, they're very au fait with the process. Here, it's been a bit of a slow burn. In the last couple of years it's really growing, to the point where we have our own institute trying to provide a bit more accreditation and a code of ethics because it's such a personal service. Having a physical presence in the same country as their clients means their jobs can range from co-ordinating renovations to gift-shopping and managing entire household budgets. We can just come along in background, often I don't see them, we're working in their homes or on the sidelines, it's just a quick text message 'do this, do that.' She said people are often apprehensive about hiring someone but quickly come around when they realise how much time they can save. Some people do feel overwhelmed and it's a mindset of, 'oh my god I'm going to handover something I feel inadequate about achieving' but as soon as they reach and out we connect it's a relief for them. We just work so fast and efficiently that we will have delivered and they're just hooked. Would you hire a personal assistant?