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Comment on Ask HN: What kind of volunteer jobs have you done that have changed your life?

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Hospice - helping people navigate their own impending death gave me some perspective. I did it for a few years in my early 30s and had both elderly patients and some younger than I. Pretty intense but the training was great, I was highly valued by the patients and their families, and it really made me think about not wasting the time I have on the planet, however long that should last.

I was a musician at the time and, like you, thought, "I should do something with my days since I have so much free time."

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