Betterment and Praxis

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The community for cool things you've done out in the real world, or are doing in the real world!

Covers things like volunteer work, community gardens, political activism, organizing clubs and communities in your public circles, and all the information surrounding how to do that stuff. Also covers self-help and betterment, because to help your community it helps to help yourself!

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Monthly Personal Betterment Thread (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Wigglet@beehaw.org to c/betterment@beehaw.org

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I saw a lot of interest in personal growth and betterment so this is the place to tell us what you're proud of and hype up other community members 💚

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[–] Foon@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been trying to cultivate my home as a place my friends feel comfortable showing up to. There's a bunch of people (too many) in my life who are going through tough stuff, and lately more and more they just show up for a chat, reading a book in peace and quiet, or sleep over and have a night away from home if they need it.

It's not so much them being welcome that feels like an accomplishment (because that's just a given), but rather that they seem to have internalized that it's OK to ask for help/support and feel comfortable enough with me/us to come here.

As I'm typing this out I'm not sure if this fits in the "betterment" category, but it's a positive change in my life I've noticed and worked on lately, so submitting it anyway. 😊

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

As someone who has needed a friend's couch to crash on during periods of instability, just in order to keep other portions of life from falling apart too, I think what you're doing fits well.