I want three volunteers! You, you and you!
Mar. 7th, 2011 09:36 pmI'm a little annoyed that because of vague interview related things I can't do IDP camp this week.
Last week I mentioned thinking up some goals for the this year.
plumsbitch mentioned the possibility of voluntary work. Now, I do IDP camp, and that's about it. That's about 4 days a year. I should do something else.
Why do I volunteer? For the same reason I volunteered to spend a couple of hours doing various odd jobs at Worldcon, and why I did a first Aid course. Partly it's because I get free coffee, but it's mainly because I enjoy doing it. It's a lot of fun to semi-traumatise* charity workers.
penguin_worship's gratitude means a lot as well. I will meet interesting people. And yes, I get free coffee.
So, I enjoy it, and it helps other people. I should do more. I have other things I like to do. Work tends to get in the way. I can't even do IDP camp because one company or another might want to interview me this week. I have no idea where I'll be working in three weeks' time, have various hobbies that I like to keep doing, and I have no idea what I want to do.
Something I enjoy. Something I can fit around my schedule. Is there a list of things that I can do?
Activism, and community stuff was mentioned. It's tricky. There are a handful of things I care about but nothing that's deeply personal to me. I think it's important that it is personal. I'm heterosexual white male middle class and fairly right wing. I live in a society that's designed for me. I have certain concerns about freedom of speech, but all I can really think of there is that I should write to my MP regarding the Libel Reform Bill. So I will do that, because it's important, but it's hardly going to get me out and doing interesting stuff is it?
I wonder if there is something I'll enjoy doing, is useful, fits around my schedule, and provides free coffee.
*We're not allowed to traumertise them. This is clearly different from traumatising them.
Last week I mentioned thinking up some goals for the this year.
Why do I volunteer? For the same reason I volunteered to spend a couple of hours doing various odd jobs at Worldcon, and why I did a first Aid course. Partly it's because I get free coffee, but it's mainly because I enjoy doing it. It's a lot of fun to semi-traumatise* charity workers.
So, I enjoy it, and it helps other people. I should do more. I have other things I like to do. Work tends to get in the way. I can't even do IDP camp because one company or another might want to interview me this week. I have no idea where I'll be working in three weeks' time, have various hobbies that I like to keep doing, and I have no idea what I want to do.
Something I enjoy. Something I can fit around my schedule. Is there a list of things that I can do?
Activism, and community stuff was mentioned. It's tricky. There are a handful of things I care about but nothing that's deeply personal to me. I think it's important that it is personal. I'm heterosexual white male middle class and fairly right wing. I live in a society that's designed for me. I have certain concerns about freedom of speech, but all I can really think of there is that I should write to my MP regarding the Libel Reform Bill. So I will do that, because it's important, but it's hardly going to get me out and doing interesting stuff is it?
I wonder if there is something I'll enjoy doing, is useful, fits around my schedule, and provides free coffee.
*We're not allowed to traumertise them. This is clearly different from traumatising them.