Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?
Volunteering. And before you brush it out skeptically, like &quot;oh yeah right, those people&quot;, it really doesn&#x27;t have to be anything you don&#x27;t care about.<p>I volunteer at a boat house on the city lake nearby, just putting kids on pedal boats and kayaks. I don&#x27;t even call it volunteering, I just love kayaks and water.<p>It&#x27;s amazing how your perspective of time and people and service shifts, when you spend some time being &quot;in service&quot; to other people, instead of anxiously counting hours that you&#x27;re being paid for — or could&#x27;ve been paid for — and maximizing &quot;receiving&quot;.<p>I&#x27;ve confirmed for myself time and time again the advice I&#x27;ve read: if you have a busy life and want to increase a feeling that you have more time? — try spending your time for free, for example, volunteering.