orcrist@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Doing charity doesn’t require increased responsibility. That was an unexpected item on your list.
Note that many pregnancies are unplanned. So you can frame it as a one-off choice, but often the reality is that the choice is a reaction to reality. Having a kid or having an abortion, either of those requires responsibility of some kind. In other words, the responsibility was inevitable.
Finally, depending where you live and how wealthy you are, you might want to plan for retirement. Failure to do could make your life highly stressful in thirty-five years. Taking small actions now is actually a stress reliever for many people. In other words, some actions that increase responsibility actually make life more enjoyable even in the short run and certainly in the medium run.
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
In my experience, it does. I used to do some charity work for Ukrainian refugees: delivering medicine, helping with warehousing, buying suitcases for those who want to go further. That’s not an easy one, and it has hella pressure on you, basically because these people do not have a lot of people who would help them.
orcrist@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Indeed. You’ve given us an example showing that charity works could involve increased responsibility, but certainly not that it is required.
girl@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Can you mention some kinds of charity that dont involve increased responsibility? I would like to help people more but don’t feel I have room in my life for more responsibility rn
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Donations are the most obvious and probably the most helpful in established communities