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Daily Things You Can Do To Make A Difference
As human beings, we enjoy being happy. No matter where this comes from, the idea of giving is something we can agree is what gives us a little boost in our step; knowing our fellow man is safe like we are. As people, we should all strive to make the world a better place. A lot of the time we do it as a family, and volunteer or donate together, but a lot of the time we have to do it alone. It can be hard to face the world sometimes when you see all the bad that’s in it, but you don’t have to be responsible for that. Start by making a difference in your own life, so here’s a few ideas on the small and daily things you can do to help people.
Do Something Small but Nice
When it comes to friends and family, we’re used to having big displays of affection during the important times: Christmas, birthdays, at a proposal or baby shower. However, these interactions often go amiss in our daily lives.
Doing nice things for others can make you feel incredible. Just buying someone a little snack when you’re on the way home can mean their face lights up for a few seconds upon receiving it. Knit someone a scarf when it’s cold out and you’d know they’d love it. Smile at someone on the street. The list is endless with the possibilities!
Make a Life Changing Donation
This works for both you and anyone else who receives your help; donating blood, or even your eggs, can go a long way to making someone a little more healthy or achieving a dream.
Donating blood is a very common practice, and is one of the most direct action things you can get up to when it comes to servicing a disaster, or just for the free biscuits you get afterwards. Either way, you’re doing something amazing for others, and at little expense to yourself. If you’re not doing it for a charity, you can get paid about $50 every time you offer your arm veins up.
If you choose to go along to a Donor Egg Bank, you can help give motherhood to someone who’s always wanted it. Whilst the process can take a few months, its mostly forms and the application time. The actual retrieval only takes a few minutes, and you can be back at your desk by 2pm!
Offer to Take Someone’s Shift
No, you don’t have to always be first up when someone wants to swap, or even get themselves covered on a constant basis; that’s just taking without care. But when someone is in desperate need of taking time off, like when they can’t get childcare sorted, or have an appointment they absolutely cannot miss, be the volunteer they need.
Take time out of your day; it’s said that what goes around comes around, so make your own karma by doing little good things in your day to day life.
