{
  "id": 9155710,
  "title": "I paid someone to take over my family's to-do list for a month. It got me hours of my life back.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/i-paid-someone-to-take-over-my-familys-to-do-list-for-a-month-it-got",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T14:37:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/paid-someone-take-over-family-to-do-list-results-faye-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "For a month, I hired a personal-assistant service called Faye, which paired me with a dedicated family advisor to take over the family's administrative tasks. Amy Lombard, writing for BI, explained that she chose Faye specifically for families and noted that it treated domestic life admin as real work. The subscription cost $569 per month, providing 16 hours of the advisor's time. Lombard expected this to free up hours of her life, which she used for more enjoyable activities. Faye's service is designed to help families manage their to-do lists, from paying bills to checking on insurance claims. Upon signing up, Lombard was provided with an online database where she could add tasks, along with a section to define the task, expected outcome, deadline, and prioritize it as low, medium, or high. She also had access to her advisor's calendar and could send her tasks via text or email. Over the course of the month, Faye's advisor handled various tasks, including managing health insurance, scheduling appointments, and even organizing birthday party RSVPs. Lombard found the process of delegating tasks to be liberating and described it as parenting witchcraft.",
  "summary": "Hiring a family advisor and virtual personal assistant of sorts through Faye helped me outsource my to-do list, and the service was mostly worth it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}