Not to overstate the case, but so far, for no particular reason, I'm feeling a bit more outreach-y, like I don't mind doing my civic duty. Tomorrow I'm helping out for an hour with registration after my advising is done; we have a ton of students descending upon us tomorrow, and I'll be answering general (hopefully easy) questions, directing them to the right buildings, pointing, showing, etc. Labor Day weekend, I'm volunteering at a local book festival by serving at the "concierge" desk one morning--probably the same sort of pointing and showing and answering.
And I'm still volunteering with our literacy volunteers organization, tutoring a student once a week in basic, basic, basic reading skills. I haven't mentioned it here yet because...well, progress has been slow to non-existent. I may elaborate later.
The young lady hopes to begin volunteering at a local animal shelter soon. She's already been through the training/orientation, and it kinda interests me, too.
Anyway, I'm not justifying my existence by writing this. I just mean to say that I'm feeling light about all of this, that it's no imposition, and that I'm doing something besides what I'm paid to do--something satisfying.
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