Admittedly, there are days when I'm on Facebook waaaay too much. So much so that I find myself asking how much of my life is spent watching other people live (through their Facebook status and uploaded photos) compared to actually living mine. See, I love the internet but I don't want it to be the cause of a fat, unproductive bum. Lately, though, I've added a new networking site, Crowdrise, to the list of my daily online destinations and I have to say, I don't feel guilty about it at all.
Crowdrise takes Facebook to the philanthropic level. It's a site that allows us all to post our own projects and raise funds for it and as well, donate to those projects of those on our friends list. Its tagline is: If you don't give back, no one will like you. Haha. The writing on the entire site uses a whole lot of sarcasm for its humor. It makes you feel like you're in the presence of great friends -- friends who have the capacity to mock you funny if you go all stupid on them.
Here's Will Ferrel promising to give his a bottle of his sexy sunscreen in exchange of your donation. He's raising funds for Cancer for College, scholarships for cancer survivors. Kirsten Bell is on it, too, with a couple of projects she's raising funds for. Edward Norton is the man responsible for the initiation of this groundbreaker. Angelina Jolie can rest now. Okay, so maybe not yet.
Another site worth your time (or if you're whiling away hours at the office and waiting for the clock to hit work's-over o'clock) is Taking It Global.
Taking It Global is such a fun way to keep aware on global issues as seen by the youth. Young people all over the world go out of their way to post their advocacies on this site. TIG also always has amazing opportunities that are up for grabs. Last year, I got a scholarship to their Sprout E-course program which they did in partnership with Oxfam. Over Skype and our online hub, I got to meet amazing members of the youth who are creating remarkable progress in their respective countries. Believe me, just seeing that someone from Athens (one of my classmates) was sending me a message and asking me about my day was a thrill in itself. I felt like the world was my playground and its citizens were my playmates.
Do check these sites out. Getting hooked on caring? Not a bad addiction at all.
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