Since December, 26-year-old Chen Xiao has been allowing others to decide what she will do each day, because, for the most part, last year was awful, she said. Her hometown was hit by blizzards, her country rocked by a devastating earthquake, friends divorced and her clothing shop went bankrupt.
What she stumbled upon was not only a new life but a new way to make a living. She charges about $3 an hour, and she’s been asked to do almost everything from delivering pet food to caring for stray cats to taking a hot lunch to a homeless man.
“If somebody asks you to do something, something simple, and you do it, it can make you very happy. You can change from a gloomy person to a very bright one. It can help give you a new sense of self-esteem,” she said.
There are limits to what she will agree to do. She will not do anything illegal, immoral or violent, but she said that has not stopped some from asking.
In many ways she is just a glorified errand girl, but with a unique China twist. Chen is another example here of how in China the Internet is crossing over from cyberspace to the real world.
Source: CNN
Kitsune's Thoughts 
i don’t get it. people contact her by internet to do jobs??
Yes, pay $3 and make her do what you want (with some limitations) for an hour 😛
Have you been able to find her original website? I have not been able to find. I am surprised that CNN did not link to it.
No, I have not found her website, sorry 😦
O_O… I am imagining if it is possible in NYC to do something like that.. something interesting to think about..
Probably, it is possible, but surviving in NYC on $3/hour would not be easy.
In NYC, it’d have to be $10/hour assuming 8 hour a day, 20 days a month.