Five Easy Things You Can Do In Your Daily Life to Make the World a Better Place
February 7, 2023 | Written by Branden Waggoner
In our day-to-day lives, it can often seem like we can’t make a significant impact on the world, especially without great wealth. Luckily, there are a few simple changes that you can choose to make every single day that can have an impact. Small changes can simply make someone's day a little bit brighter, and have the potential to snowball into bigger things!
Be Kind to Those Around You
Kindness and happiness are contagious and makes the world a more enjoyable place to be. By sharing our happiness with others we can also boost our own happiness, sharing is caring! How can we spread kindness and happiness daily? Here are just a few ways!
Volunteer or Donate Your Time
Volunteering your time to support others is a fantastic way to make an impact. Volunteering at a local nonprofit, cooking a meal for someone, or even mentoring a friend in a class or hobby are incredible ways to make the world a better place.
Clean Up
Cleaning up is a great way to make the world better and has instant results! You can pick up trash/litter outside, recycle, declutter, or even donate things you don’t need anymore. Every piece of trash counts and helps make the world that much cleaner than it was before. Cleaning up is a very simple task, and eventually, it can become a habit that you don't even think about doing, and then you are making the world better every day!
Shop Fairtrade Products
Purchasing everyday shopping items like coffee, chocolate, produce, and more that are Fairtrade Certified is an easy way to make a difference all over the world! When you purchase Fairtrade you are helping source products that are sustainable, ethical, and fair. Look for the Fairtrade Mark on products you purchase!
“Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions, and a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries.”
Make a Small Donation to a Local Nonprofit
Is there a nonprofit whose mission resonates with you? Nonprofits make the world a better place by addressing a wide variety of social causes through an abundance of methods, so there truly is an organization that everyone can get behind. Financially supporting nonprofits in their efforts is a great way for you to make the world a better place! Every donation helps, and making small, consistent donations over time is a way to make a big impact over the course of your life. Consider setting up monthly or yearly automatic gifts to your favorite charity.
Not sure what organization to support? Consider a gift to Magnified Giving! Even small gifts are magnified, because your support helps us empower youth to be philanthropists so the cycle of giving can continue! We fund grants to over 100 charities each year through the hands of youth, so you gift also carries on to support many good causes.