{"id":17701,"date":"2025-09-30T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=17701"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:14:31","slug":"service-month-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/30\/service-month-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Service &#8211; Month-End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve just finished the last month in my year-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/myprojects\/foundations-project\/\">Foundations<\/a> project. In this post, I\u2019ll share some reflections about this month\u2019s focus: Service. Soon, I\u2019ll share some takeaways from my readings and experiences from the project as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019re interested, here are the previous months:<\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fitness: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/01\/foundations-fitness-day-1\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/31\/fitness-month-end-update\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/22\/what-i-learned-about-getting-in-shape-after-reading-13-books-this-month\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Productivity: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/06\/productivity-opening-update\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/29\/productivity-end\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/19\/10-important-books-productivity\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Money: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/03\/money-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/31\/money-month-end\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/17\/10-books-money\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/06\/food-opening-update\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/04\/food-month-end-update\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/13\/what-i-learned-and-unlearned-reading-10-books-on-nutrition\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/11\/reading-open\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/reflections-on-a-month-for-reading\/\">End and Books<\/a>.<br \/>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outreach: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/04\/outreach-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/27\/outreach-month-end-update\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/18\/8-books-on-making-friends\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sleep: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/02\/sleep-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/sleep-month-end-update\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/22\/sleep-books\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reflection: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/reflection-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/27\/reflection-month-end-update\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/20\/reflection-books\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connection: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/03\/connection-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/25\/connection-month-end\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/17\/7-books-relationships\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>10.&nbsp; Focus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/01\/focus-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/29\/focus-month-end\/\">End<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/15\/eight-books-on-focus\/\">Books<\/a>.<br \/>11.&nbsp; Organization: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/07\/organization-day-one\/\">Start<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26\/organization-month-end\/\">End and Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smalls Steps to Service<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foundations Conversation Month 12 Update - Service\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2AS7hONcy1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Compared to my original hope, my actual accomplishments this month in terms of service were relatively minor. I donated blood, and I donated to the top charities recommended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givewell.org\/\">GiveWell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I had hoped to do more volunteering, but it quickly became apparent that my original plan for the month wasn\u2019t going to work. Drop-in volunteering opportunities are rare\u2014most organizations want volunteers who can commit for at least a few months. Additionally, most positions require background checks, orientation training, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028Given this, I felt it was a better use of my time to research organizations I might be willing to make a commitment to, rather than rush to try to fit it into my schedule this month. I filled out an application to one organization, which works on refugee resettlement, but I may have to wait awhile until I hear back.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028Despite this setback, I tried to adhere to the spirit of the service foundation by helping out as much as I could informally throughout the month.<\/p>\n<p>It may not have been the most time-intensive challenge of the year, but I also think it was one of the more important. Completing all of the readings for the month led me to reflect much more on my own philosophy of service in my life and how this aspect of my thinking had been underdeveloped.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attitudes, Not Habits, Sustain Our Foundations<\/h2>\n<p>When I began this project, my focus was largely on habit change\u2014the kinds of routines and automatic behaviors that I assumed would underpin success with these foundations. So, when I started exercising last year, I assumed much of the success would come from the daily repetition and strengthening of the automatic habit.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, that isn\u2019t what happened. Although I had a good run of exercising at 6 a.m. every day for about 3-4 months, it eventually unraveled as a habit when my wife broke her foot and I had to take over care of our kids in the early morning. Once the habit streak broke, and the dark mornings of winter set in, I stopped working out in the mornings most days.<\/p>\n<p>But I didn\u2019t stop exercising. Instead, I shifted my exercise to the afternoons and evenings, a routine I had been struggling to maintain prior to starting this project. Except, instead of struggling to maintain it, I\u2019ve kept it up almost every day for one year now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028Ultimately, what made a difference for me with regards to fitness wasn\u2019t a habit; it was a shift in attitude and beliefs. Staying in good shape became more important to me. As a result, I manage to fit it in every day now, even though I don\u2019t have an extremely consistent routine.<span id='easy-footnote-1-17701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/30\/service-month-end\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-17701' title='Interestingly, I can recall having a conversation about this phenomenon with James Clear, prior to the runaway success of his &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break\/dp\/0735211299&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black&quot;&gt;book&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;. Habits, as automatic behaviors, are probably overrated when explaining someone\u2019s success. But behavior change tends to be a necessary precursor to attitudinal change. It may be the case that a habit, sustained for a period of time, is necessary to precipitate some kind of change in attitude or identity, after which the habit itself is not so necessary. Conversely, if you keep up a habit for years but don\u2019t change your underlying attitude, that behavior will tend to revert back to baseline upon any obstacle or friction.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t true for just fitness. For eating better, sustainable improvement didn\u2019t rely on having some specific breakfast I ate, but a better general understanding of nutrition and a deeper desire to eat healthier. The same was true for organization, sleep, and reading.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flipping the Perspective on Altruism<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest shift I felt this month, then, wasn\u2019t a concrete habit change, but a change in my attitude towards service.<\/p>\n<p>I entered the month feeling a little guilty about my failure to do more, and, admittedly, I still feel that way. However, I\u2019ve started to see some glimpses of a new perspective on these issues that I haven\u2019t noticed before.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>In brief, I think the commonsense way of thinking about morality is to view it as a set of side-constraints on the goal of having the best life possible. Basically, don\u2019t lie, cheat, steal or hurt other people, but otherwise try to live the best life you can. \u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s evidence that the better perspective on life, as espoused by many great thinkers, is to invert that idea: self-interest forms a set of side-constraints on the goal of doing the most good you can do with your life. So, don\u2019t sacrifice to the point that you undermine your health, relationships or emotional well-being, but otherwise try to have the greatest beneficial impact on others with your time on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Such a change in attitude, from the hedonic to the eudaimonic, isn\u2019t simply a matter of ethics, but also of life satisfaction. Happiness and well-being may, ironically, be maximized when they aren\u2019t made the aim of one\u2019s strivings.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have any special claim here to beneficence. I\u2019m aware there\u2019s still a pretty large gap between my potential and my practice. But I do think the month\u2019s focus, plus all the readings, helped me make a small shift in this direction.<\/p>\n<p>_ _ _<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who has followed my project updates all year! In the next essays, I\u2019ll provide some quick takeaways from the 102 books I read this year, followed by some thoughts on the successes (and stumbles) of the project as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve just finished the last month in my year-long Foundations project. In this post, I\u2019ll share some reflections about this month\u2019s focus: Service. Soon, I\u2019ll share some takeaways from my readings and experiences from the project as a whole. 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