The Joys Of Making Progress!! :)

Hey everyone!!

So sorry that this post is going out so late!!!! Been a very busy couple of weeks, but lots of great stuff is going on!! In my previous post, I released the schedule for our August 2020 Best Feeling Ever Zoom meetings. I'm very happy to say that our first couple of weeks of meetings have been going very successfully so far, and I can't wait for all of the great stuff we still have coming up! :)

Please refer back to the schedule I released in the previous post if you would like a refresher on all of the meetings being offered this month. Meetings include workshops, game nights, bonding sessions, and lots more! All meetings are completely free and open to everyone, so please reach out at anytime if you are interested in joining!

There is one specific type of meeting that I would like to go a bit more in-depth in discussing here in this post: Our Service Nights, which take place on Thursdays at 8:00 PM EST. Service Nights are our time to come together each week to talk about what we can do as a group to make a positive difference in our communities, or more broadly, in the world around us. As such, last week we began discussing several different projects that we are currently working on with these goals in minds. There are two main areas we are currently focusing on in our Service Nights: COVID-19 relief efforts and Black Lives Matter. We began talking about several projects related to these topics, and here is what we have come up with so far! Below is a summarized list of what we are currently working on, and the ideas we have began thinking of:

COVID-19 Relief Efforts:

- Fundraiser: Raising Money For Doctors Without Borders

- "Mask Drive": Selling Masks To Raise Money (Homemade?)

- Charity Stream: Talent Night, Online Carnival, Gaming Stream, Motivational Speeches

- Use Social Media To Raise Awareness (Weekly Posts?)

- Virtual 5K

- Raise Awareness For How COVID-19 Affects Communities Of Color

Black Lives Matter:

- Anti-Racism Event Over Zoom, Featuring Guest Speakers

- Use Social Media To Raise Awareness For BLM

- Highlight A Book/Movie Of The Day Created By A Person Of Color

- Highlight Organizations To Donate To

- Resources For Allies

- Other Ways To Raise Awareness

Additionally, we also began talking about other ways in which we can raise awareness as well. If anyone out there has any causes, organizations, movements, or anything else that you would like to shine a spotlight on, please let me know at any time so that we can talk about what we can do to raise awareness for them! I'd love to work with you to put something really good and meaningful together so that we can continue raising awareness. Feel free to reach out and get in touch about that anytime you would like!! :)

Next, I think this is a good way for me to move into talking about this week's topic, which is the joy of making progress! It certainly does feel good to be making progress on all of this, and I love being able to share that great feeling with all of you! YOU are the ones who really make this all possible, and I cannot thank you all enough for your dedication and your enthusiasm for this. I am so excited to see all that we continue to do with this in the coming months, it is surely going to be so amazing!! So, let's celebrate the joys of making progress with this, and look back to see how far we have come. These certainly are exciting times!! :)

On that note, I would like to just wrap up today's post by saying that when we think about progress, I know that we often think about all that we want to do, and all the places we want to get to, rather than where we are right now, and how far we have come. I want to encourage you all to try to shift your thinking to think about all of the awesome stuff we have done so far, and to revel in the joy of being right here in this moment. Whoever you are, wherever you are, I have a feeling that you are doing a lot better than you think you are. I hope that you always get to know that and feel that, too. You deserve to feel that how amazing you are, today, and always!!

Thank you so much again everyone, for always being so amazing!! I am so grateful to be on this incredible journey with you. I love you all so much, and I am sending you infinite love and hugs always!! Keep being the amazing, beautiful souls that you are. Always keep being kind and loving to yourselves and to others, and keep doing what you do best!! I am always here for you all no matter what. Can't wait for all the exciting stuff we have coming up!! Please reach out to me with any thoughts, ideas, questions, comments, anything that you would like to run by me!! So excited to continue to do such great things with all of you, LET'S DO THIS!!!! :) <3

Your friend forever,

Adam Silverstein :) <3