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If you have time, I'd recommend volunteering for local soup kitchens and donating nonperishable goods, hygene objects, etc. to local shelters. Exposure will hel
by SolaceQuantum 8y ago
If you have time, I'd recommend volunteering for local soup kitchens and donating nonperishable goods, hygene objects, etc. to local shelters. Exposure will help prevent empathy erosion and force you to notice/understand the problem space of the less-fortunate. First-hand accounts and documentaries regarding experiences not your own will also aid you.
- tombert 8y agoAfter that story happened, I actually moved to a less-afluent neighborhood in NYC (for other reasons), and I've (very) recently started tutoring people in math at the local library for people to get their GEDs, which has also helped me somewhat. A soup kitchen isn't a bad idea though. I will look into that.
- SolaceQuantum 8y agoI would like to commend your actually going out of your way to deal with something you've identified you wish to change about yourself. Also- I noticed you're in NYC. Would you be opposed to having a coffee chat sometime? (Feel free to decline- no stress. This is HN after all.)
- tombert 8y agoI'd be happy to meet up; email is REDACTED, hit me up there. (This message will be deleted in about 45 minutes to avoid a shitstorm of spam). EDIT: Doesn't look like I can delete, but I can chop out my email.
- SolaceQuantum 8y agoI've sent an email via a buffalo.edu address. :)