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When You Need Another You
Lori Welch, in Alexandria, has done projects for clients too stressed out to do hobbies that were once relaxing.
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Coleman said that hiring Laist to manage the pesky details frees her up to spend time with family. She has held onto certain rituals with her children, such as driving them to school -- even if she's on her way to catch the New York shuttle -- or packing their favorite lunch of Mediterranean rice and yogurt.
But she sometimes feels a twinge of regret.
"I don't mean to brag, but I am a very efficient person," Coleman said. "But even with this highly efficient multitasking thing I've become in life these days, there is still more. How do you let it go? Am I going to miss out?"
Coleman reached across the table to look at the birthday card folder Laist had assembled. She pulled out the card Laist had selected for her son, Christopher, about to turn 7.
It was a sports-themed card, covered in colorful drawings of baseballs. Perfect for a little boy.
"Who would have thought I'd be giving my son a birthday card I didn't buy? But it's a great card. It's a card I would have bought myself," Coleman said.
It was ready to go. All she had to do was sign it.
In the end, though, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She went out and bought another card, one she had chosen herself.
