I’ve been giving some thought to the ‘what can we do to help?’ question.
Truth is, there’s lots of stuff that would be helpful. But I don’t really know how to list it.
I made an Amazon list for the things-in-a-store stuff. If that works, I can continue to fill that in.
Every time I list the more intangible stuff here, though, it starts to sound weird. Any suggestions? Reassurance that if I list lots of ideas, you won’t all think I’m being demanding or weird?
Helping is hard ( if I do this thing I think is good, is it really helping? ) and asking for help is hard too.
Having a list, I think, would help everybody.
Helpers would know what to do
And you’d have a list of things.
Maybe sort them a bit. I imagine categories like:
ZOMG HELP
This would be nice
I’m making a list and I’m putting this here because I can
For myself.. sometimes, making a list is a great way to break A Thing down into something that’s easier to manage. Even if it just helps yourself, feel free to make whatever list you like.
And isn’t it funny how everyone has said “tell us what we can do to help!” and I’m still “is it ok if I tell you what would be helpful?”
Or maybe it’s just that I talk too much. It started sounding (and looking) like this long long list of things.
I don’t mean for anyone to jump in and do all of these things. I don’t need all of these things done. But all of these things would be helpful, and some of them might be fun – or things you’d thought of, but weren’t sure about..
Often people want to help and don’t know what to do. A list is an easy way of letting people know what you need without making anybody feel obligated or feel bad if you asked and they had to say no. It also saves you a lot of time and effort and makes it so you have to ask for favors less. There will be times, of course, when you need something and have to ask, but hopefully often someone will contact you and tell you that they can do something you have posted. I think a list is a good idea and is good communication.