Little Retro House

Building Community

Wow its been a very busy week with after school activities, reading at the school, visiting a friend who's had major surgery and volunteering for the school fete comminty. Which brings me to todays topic - How to build Community. This is one of my favourite posters below. I have it on my fridge and it reminds me to get involved.

Now, I have a very solitarity personality. Getting out and about, volunteering and getting involved in things is not second nature to me. I am definately not shy but I just don't like to socialise all that much. So most of the things mentioned on the poster above require me to really put myself out there - mostly in an uncomfortable way.

But of course building community is essential and so this this year I intend to do some of the things I haven't done from the poster. Let's see.....

I could sit out the front of my house sometimes and talk to people when they walk by.

I could fix it even when I didn't break it.

I could organise a pot luck.

Rhianna and I are going to walk our street on Sunday picking up rubbish for Clean Up Australia Day.

I could give away more of my baking.

But I can tell you right now, I will never be dancing in the street.

What activities do you do that build your community?