Volunteering

So, last year, I volunteered for several things. I volunteered to sit on the Condo Board. I volunteered to be a co-editor on the community newsletter. I volunteered to do some indexing for a genealogy website. I volunteered to continue writing for the parish newsletter back in BC. So... that's quite a bit of stuff!

The parish newsletter is every 3 weeks, give or take, and I enjoy doing it. I can write the major pieces ahead of time, and then whip together a page pretty quickly. So that's pretty good.

The genealogy indexing is just plain fun. I love indexing the old census images or birth, marriage or death records. I've benefited so much from online genealogy records, so it feels really good to contribute by helping others.

The community newsletter comes out once a month. And as long as a I remember the various deadlines, it's pretty painless as well. Even being away a lot, I find that with wireless access, I can do a lot of it from anywhere.

The condo board wasn't too bad for a while, and then work took off and well... I found that I wasn't able to keep up with the flurry of emails and documents and issues that needed to get handled. So, at the AGM a couple of weeks ago, I decided not to stand for re-election. And it's a relief to get something off of my plate.

I do have a tendency to take too many things on sometimes... so now it's time to let a few things go and just stick with what I'm up to... and complete a few projects! That would really create some space... to complete a bunch of projects that are taking up mental energy. Everytime I think about them, I get a bit of a twinge and know that I "really need to complete that"... so... now's the time!