07-01-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com

How to start volunteering: ‘Stop whining, I tell myself. Do something’

I assumed I didn’t have enough time – that was my first mistake• From being happier to quitting sugar – how to achieve your goalI don’t think it’s a coincidence that 2016 was the year I felt the urge to spend more of my time helping others. At the age of 31, I feel more settled in my life, while the world seems anything but. The news has made me tearful on several occasions, but I got to a point, quietly sobbing in the shower one morning, when I realised crying
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