Ever found yourself staring at a sheaf of paperwork, forehead wrinkled, thinking, “There must be an easier way”? Spoiler: Yes, there is. Apostille-Good 2 Go Mobile Notary Plus services have made a bureaucratic mess into just one phone call. That’s right—one call and you’re halfway to relaxing with a cup of coffee while someone else does the hard work.

You won’t have to print out endless forms, squint at PDFs, or hop from one government office to another anymore. A short talk is all it takes. You might be moving for work or to study abroad. You might only need that paper to get across a border. The old way? Makes you feel numb. Stacks that are messy. Strange language. Missed steps that put you back at the beginning.

Picture Connie last spring: She tried to get her son’s birth certificate apostilled so he could go to college in Spain. She spent three afternoons wrangling with government websites, only to discover she mailed it to the wrong place. She could’ve spent that time binge-watching her favorite show. Or finally learning to bake bread (spoiler: she didn’t).

That’s the kicker—a phone call to an apostille service cuts through. It’s a shortcut with no hidden detours. Professionals are on the other side, accustomed to curveballs. They’ll ask the proper questions. You’ll get a kindly poke regarding the details you didn’t even know mattered. Ever sent something off and worried it went into a black hole? These folks send tracking updates, sometimes even before you ask.

If you’re still thinking, “I can do this myself,” think of it this way: would you change your own oil in a parking lot before an important meeting? Maybe you could, but is that how you want to spend your afternoon? Leave the legal cartwheels to people who deal with them every day.

Oh, and regarding cost. People often ask if this is a costly luxury. But rack up the time, mailing fees, and stress. Suddenly, that quote feels less like an expense and more like sanity insurance.

Once you’ve tried it, the DIY path seems like using dial-up in a fiber-optic world. One call, one answer, and everything is done before you finish your coffee. You’ll wonder why you ever did things the old way. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll have time in the afternoon to bake bread after all.