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My recent stint of voluntary work has ended – boo hiss – and I need some other worthy cause to occupy my time. The problem is that I’m quite specific in what I’m willing to do namely, anything that doesn’t include working with people.

In order to  elaborate I’ll say this, I’m not good with empathy; it has a nasty tendency to consume me and leave me unable to function because I’m not very good with emotions. It’s all very emo, I know, but it’s nonetheless true. If stop scowling at the world for too long I start caring and that eventually leads to the realisation that no matter what any of us do, terrible things are going to continue happening. I struggle with that, it does something inside that I just can’t handle.

So I growl and glower at the world and try to avoid anything that’ll cause my heart to crack, followed by my patience and a bloody, if short, rampage. It is an undoubtedly unhealthy solution, but it’s worked so far.

In spite of this, I still want to help out where I can. I give blood for example; even though I hate needles, and I do the occasional fund raising bike ride because, well, why not? Misanthropy and philanthropy aren’t traditional bedfellows, I admit, but there you go.

What I would like to know is this; is anyone aware of any fundraising/voluntary work going off in Nottinghamshire that requires another set of hands? If you do, let me know. Further afield is fine, albeit somewhat constrained by travel.

Realistically, anything’ll do, clearing woodland, hay bailing, something, anything to keep me occupied and feeling like I’m doing something useful in this world instead of sitting at a desk all week and praying for the weekend.