Problem: Article: A hectic schedule can make volunteering seem intimidating, but you really only need a couple of hours for many volunteer opportunities. For example, you could volunteer at a park or beach clean-up, spend a few hours organizing cans at a food pantry, or spend a weekend working on a habitat house.  VolunteerMatch.org, Idealist.org, and HandsOn Network are all good websites to search for volunteer opportunities in your area. When political campaigns are going on, you can volunteer your time to support a local candidate in an election. All campaigns need people to man the phones and help others register to vote. A lot of volunteering organizations aren’t going to be picky about how much time you give them. They will appreciate a few hours here and there if you’re doing good work. Going back week after week is the best way to get invested in a cause and build relationships with those you are working for and serving. Search online sites like Volunteer Match for recurring tutoring gigs, teaching fellowships, or fundraising positions at local and national organizations. Choose volunteer jobs that take advantage of your talents. For example, if you’re musical, you could sing or play at nursing homes. With sports skills, you can coach a sport on a volunteer basis, perhaps working with special needs kids or underserved communities. Call or email local non-profits, working on issues like poverty, homelessness, or animal welfare in your area, and ask if there are ways you can help. Some national organizations, like the YMCA and the Red Cross, consistently need volunteers and are great places to engage with your community.  On top of being a great way to give back, volunteering can also give you invaluable experience working in a field or cause you’re excited about. Volunteering can also be a good way to see if certain career paths would be a good fit for you. Volunteering in hospitals, for example, could help you decide whether you might in the future want to pursue medicine. It is possible to spend 1-2 years working full-time in a volunteer position. These kinds of positions allow you to make a more sustainable impact on people than once-a-week volunteering jobs. In the Peace Corps, volunteers spend two years in another country, working on a specific sector of development, like education, health, or agriculture.  Teach for America is a well recognized volunteer organization in the US, where volunteers spend two years working as teachers in public schools and receive teacher training.  To make an impact on a place that is sustainable, it is important to do your research, work with a quality organization, and spend time getting to know a place before you jump in to help. Be wary of “voluntourism,” or going to other countries for short periods of time to serve, which sometimes does more harm than good.
Summary: Find sporadic volunteer opportunities if you have a busy schedule. Find recurring volunteer positions to give back to your community. Inquire about volunteer positions at local non-profits. Serve in a full-time volunteer position, like the Peace Corps.

Problem: Article: If collecting autumn or fallen leaves, stay away from those that are crumbly and papery, as these will break apart extremely easy and be destroyed by the heat. Fresh leaves that are still soft and moist will last indefinitely. Thick leaves, like large succulents, have to be ironed around the leaf design to create a seal around them, not directly on them. Smaller thick leaves (like croton or magnolias) should only be lightly ironed, or not at all, to prevent crushing and breaking. Also consider ironing only the edges or tips of the leaves. Experiment with the techniques that follow, depending on which leaves you pick. Whole stems and branches can be preserved this way simply by ironing the leaves and not the stem. If the stem is herbaceous and soft just iron it like a regular leaf. These are very inexpensive and easy to find. You might want markers, frames, labels, paper for labeling and crafting, and any other craft items for displaying or crafting with the finished project.
Summary: Look for leaves that are still fresh. Consider thickness. Include stems, if you'd like. Obtain wax paper and an iron. Gather anything else you might need.

Problem: Article: When you enjoy a sweet or fattening treat, sip water on the side so that you can focus on the flavor of the food instead of the task of drinking water. Even if you intend to order a soda or alcoholic beverage, sipping on water while you peruse the menu can help you anticipate the other beverage even more. Make it a habit to always alternate between water and another beverage, have a race with friends or families to drink a glass of water with just a spoon, or take a “shot” of water between servings of other beverages.
Summary: Sip water when you indulge in dessert or other rich foods. Always order water at a restaurant before any other drink. Drink water in unorthodox ways.

Problem: Article: This should be the browser in which you want to disable the AdBlock extension on a specific website. Open the website on which you want to disable AdBlock. For example, if you want to disable AdBlock on Wikipedia, you'd go to www.wikipedia.com here. Most browsers have a section in which you can see the icons for the extensions that you've installed. To do so:   Chrome - Click ⋮ in the upper-right side of the window to prompt a drop-down menu. The AdBlock icon is at the top of the drop-down menu.  Firefox - You should see the AdBlock icon in the upper-right side of the Firefox page.  Edge - If AdBlock isn't in the upper-right corner of the page, click ⋯, click Extensions, click AdBlock, and click the "Show button next to address bar" switch to make it appear there.  Safari - The AdBlock icon should be to the left of the address bar in the upper-left side of the Safari page. It resembles a red stop sign with a white hand on it. A drop-down menu will appear. This option is near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Doing so opens a pop-up window. Click and drag the "Site" slider right to increase the number of site variations that are ignored. Clicking and dragging the "Page" slider to the right will prompt AdBlock to ignore specific pages on the site (the level of specificity increases as you drag the slider right) rather than all pages on the site. Not all sites will require adjustment. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so will save your changes and turn off AdBlock for your selected site and/or pages.
Summary:
Open a browser. Go to the website. Open your browser's "Extensions" view. Click the "AdBlock" icon. Click Don't run on pages on this domain. Adjust the pages on which AdBlock is disabled. Click Exclude.