From the Mighty Newsletter January 2013
By Aja Uranga-Foster, Certified Holistic Lifestyle Coach
Whether your goals for this year include de-cluttering the house, getting a new job, maintaining peace in your daily life, or any other aspiration, there is one key factor that is vital to your success: Confidence! Confidence will help you to turn your goal into a reality.
But where does one find confidence? It isn't something that you can buy on a shelf or order online. Sure, a great outfit or a new haircut can help with one's confidence. But ultimately it must be earned, often over a long time-frame.
There are many ways to earn it, but there is a great double benefit available to you also: to earn confidence while simultaneously gaining good karma! A great way to accomplish this double benefit is to volunteer at an organization where you can help 'other beings' in a direct way. Those 'other beings' may be children at an after-school program, animals at a shelter, homeless at a soup kitchen, or so many other places. Helping others is a proven way to make us feel good, and over time this leads to building up that elusive thing we call confidence.
Use your imagination and determine what motivates you. Connecting your volunteer effort with doing something you enjoy will keep you motivated and enthusiastic about getting started. Do you love to work with your hands?
Do you love to be outside? Do you enjoy helping people organize things? What else?
Do you love to be outside? Do you enjoy helping people organize things? What else?
In just a couple of hours, you can Google search for volunteer opportunities, call leads, and apply to volunteer. Then, follow up with your chosen organization and get signed up for volunteer training. And by this time next month, you will be on your way to gaining confidence and gaining good karma. A great 2-for-1 win for yourself and your community!
Enjoy and tell your friends!
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