If Lost Start Here is a guide for the anxious, curious, lonely and lost. Featuring everyday places and at-home prompts designed to help you live a life that feels good.
Doing Good
When things go wrong in our heads or our lives, we tend to prioritize an individual, private, and removed from the world way of dealing with it. But we can also be helped by getting outside of ourselves and supporting others. When we give back, it has a positive impact on us too. When we raise other people on our personal agendas, we start to feel good. Like you know in The Good Place.
According to the Mental Health Foundation, giving back might have as much of an effect on our health and happiness as it does on those we're trying to help. In addition to building self-esteem, altering our perspective, and increasing feelings of optimism and happiness, volunteering also has the added benefit of reducing isolation and creating a sense of belonging. Sometimes, to get outside of ourselves, we really do need to turn our attention to others. The result? A stronger community and feel-good vibes all around.
Need some real-life in-the-world inspiration? See our guide to mission-driven places below.
Our Edit of Places to Give Back
Where can you go to be of service? How do you make all those changes you know the world needs?
We’ll be adding more as we build this guide. Let us know your places for good too.
UK Places
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US Places
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Spacemaker Interviews
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Journal
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“If you’re trying to make a change just for yourself, all you are trying to do is be invited to the table. If you’re trying to make change for everyone, then you’re actually committed to justice and to changing the system.”
“We only have what we give.”
Where to next?
Giving back is one of the areas that you can choose to explore in our Well-being Prescriptions.