"Do something! It's so rewarding to know you are Making Change Happen. I've done this, but I'm still doing it: I'll be doing it the rest of my life."
How I did it: Break it down. Why are you interested? What's got you so riled up? How does it connect to you and your life? What things might be causing/influencing this problem? What does the problem cause/influence? Are any of these within your sphere of influence? Can you bring things into your sphere, or bring yourself there? Can you talk to the person(s) involved, if you can't make the change yourself?
Talk it out, look for the full picture, then find the smaller direct actions that all together build up to what you want to Do.
Lessons & tips:
- Talk to people!!! Discussion, dialogue, mediation!
- Don't try to do it all at once. You can't change the world in one fell swoop. You can however look for small or local aspects of large problems, and work up from there.
Resources:
- Journalling: helps you figure out why you are so motivated, helps you
explore the reasons there's something needing doing, sort out your
perspective
- Graphing/charting/mind-mapping: look for the relationships between
ideas/people/problems that lead to the big picture of what you want to
change, then look at how that fits into the larger world
- Other organisational tools - deadlines, to-do lists, calendars to keep you on track and moving forward
- Other people who are interested in making the same kind of change: community organisations, friends, people "in charge", government officials, family...
- Stories from people who've made similar changes or who are working on the same thing (the Internet is great for this). Learn from each other.
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