{"id":2947,"date":"2014-12-04T09:24:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2014-12-04T09:24:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:24:54","slug":"volunteering-brings-fun-and-fulfillment-to-your-life-124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/volunteering-brings-fun-and-fulfillment-to-your-life-124\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering Brings Fun and Fulfillment to Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cWhen we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 – Maya Angelou <\/em><\/p>\n

\"Volunteering_Brings_Fun_and_Fulfillment_to_Your_Life_Blog\"<\/a>Volunteering is a fun and easy way to explore your interests and passions. Doing volunteer work you find meaningful and interesting can be a relaxing, energizing escape from your day-to-day routine of work, school, or family commitments. Volunteering also provides you with renewed creativity, motivation, and vision that can carry over into your personal and professional life.<\/p>\n

Many people volunteer in order to make time for hobbies outside of work as well. For instance, if you have a desk job and long to spend time outdoors, you might consider volunteering to help plant a community garden, walk dogs for an animal shelter, or help out at a children’s camp.<\/p>\n

Consider your goals and interests when volunteering<\/strong><\/p>\n

You will have a richer and more enjoyable volunteering experience if you first take some time to identify your goals and interests. Start by thinking about why you want to volunteer. Also think about what you would enjoy doing. Volunteer opportunities that match both your goals and your interests are most likely to be fun and fulfilling for you.<\/p>\n

Tips for Getting Started Volunteering<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, ask yourself if there is something specific you want to do.<\/p>\n

For example, do I want\u2026
\n\u2026to make it better around where I live
\n\u2026to meet people who are different from me
\n\u2026to try something new
\n\u2026to do something with my spare time
\n\u2026to see a different way of life and new places
\n\u2026to have a go at the type of work I might want to do as a full-time job
\n\u2026to do more with my interests and hobbies
\n\u2026to do something I\u2019m good at<\/p>\n

The best way to volunteer is to match your personality and interests. Having answers to these questions will help you narrow down your search.<\/p>\n


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Source:<\/em> World Volunteer Web<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.\u201d\u00a0 – Maya Angelou Volunteering is a fun and easy way to explore your interests and passions. Doing volunteer work you find meaningful and interesting can be a relaxing, energizing escape from your day-to-day routine of work, school, or family commitments. Volunteering also provides you with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[76,242],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drlaurie","tag-dr-laurie","tag-volunteering-brings-fun-and-fulfillment-to-your-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Volunteering_Brings_Fun_and_Fulfillment_to_Your_Life_Blog.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-Lx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}