context brought renewed energy.”
When Conrey volunteered as a mentor to TFA teachers, it created a change of context that made
giving feel fresh. “Working with adults, doing something that is kind of teaching, that doesn’t burn me
out. That invigorates me,” Conrey says. Giving more can be exhausting if it’s in the same domain.
Instead of giving more in the same way, over and over, she expanded her contributions to a different
group of people. The same thing happened when she started mentoring high school students at Minds
Matter: she had a new setting and a new group of people to help. Instead of teaching them Spanish,
she was getting them ready for college. By shifting her giving to a novel domain, she was able to
recharge her energy.
michael s
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