Things you're allowed to do
This is a list of things you’re allowed to do that you thought you couldn’t, or didn’t even know you could.
- Ask questions online.
- You know those answers you enjoy reading on Stack Exchange, Reddit, Quora, etc.? Someone had to ask those questions. It can be you.
- If you’re embarrassed by the question, it’s easy to be anonymous.
- Host small gatherings or conferences on topics you care about.
- These are much easier to set up than you’d think, especially in the age of Zoom.
- Not tell white lies.
- You can be nice and tell the truth at the same time.
- Especially to kids when they annoy you!
- Travel to friends just to visit them.
- Ask your acquaintances, “Hey, I want to leave my house more, are there any cool events you’re going to soon?”
- You really can, to the best of our knowledge, save someone’s (statistical) life with not that much money. This is a big deal.
- Write on a post-it note affixed to a greeting card rather than on the greeting card itself, so the recipient can throw away the post-it and reuse your card.
- Employ similar logic for any disposable/consumable item.
- Ignore what’s on the jobs page and directly pitch someone at a company on hiring you.
- The jobs page is always out-of-date anyway.
- Figure out what their needs are before you make your pitch.
- Travel solo.