I made this chart to show some ways that I want to continue engaging in general volunteer work, potential obstacles that could arise, and solutions to these obstacles. I hope to keep all of these strategies for engagement in mind!
| Ways to Continue Engaging | Potential Obstacles | Potential Solutions |
| Setting personal specific goals or deadlines | Lack of motivation or losing drive because of other commitments | Reminding myself to make time for the things I care about and writing these goals down |
| Setting overarching or thematic goals | Feeling overwhelmed by having such large, optimistic goals | Understanding that I only need to do my best and feeling driven by my passion for a cause |
| Educating myself about issues and ways to make tangible change | Misinformation, ineffective intervention, or lack of sources or time to stay educated | Take out time from my day to do something as simple as read the news in order to stay informed about the world around me; make sure my sources are credible |
| Working with others in the industry and maintaining network | Losing touch with connections in the nonprofit world | Make sure to maintain connections especially online; continue to ask questions, stay involved, and be curious |
| Getting involved in other nonprofit work and staying passionate about this involvement; diverse opportunities | Not making time for volunteer work and getting caught up in myself or school/work instead; feeling burned out | Signing up for email updates or listservs for opportunities; trying to say “Yes!” whenever possible; staying positive and thinking the outcome of my input |