This is a baseless statement.

Sometimes, people just... like to do things themselves, or don't feel like it's too much of their "precious time" to learn something new.

Example: I still do my budgeting / taxes / financial management on my own. Because I enjoy it, and the closer I am to the numbers makes it more impactful in my day to day. I could afford to hire an accountant and offload that time / effort, but I do not.

I think the idea with having a personal assistant / house help / cleaner is that you spend money so you can be doing more of what you like to do (and/or to some extent also what makes money). If you already enjoy everything in your life, you shouldn't hire one.

Sure - but this comment said:

> anyone who can afford an assistant has one

And that's just not true. I know some independently wealthy people who do not have an assistant / cleaner / lawn care professional. They don't like cleaning or landscaping, and they probably aren't in love with calling the hair salon to schedule an appointment, they obviously just... don't want an assistant.

Maybe my circle just isn't busy enough? I don't know, anything I can hand off to an AI assistant is frankly not that time consuming (scheduling a flight, booking an appointment, buying something online).

When AI can clean my house for $20/Month, I'll be on board.

This thread also makes me wonder if people rejecting the idea of hiring assistants still have help, e.g. spouse or family or friends that take care of things for them.

> and/or to some extent also what makes money

My observation of people who hire personal assistants is that it's exclusively so they have time to make more money. Or, put another way, they have no more free time than I do, despite having the means to hire an assistant. It's just a really sad way to live.