Want to make life rich and productive? Volunteer. Sound too simple? It's not. There are so many ways one can do so, too. Volunteering comes in so many packages and can involve so many things. I think, for example, of the time I volunteered my girls and I to reshelf books for our local library. That was a minimum time, minimum investment (just the cost of gas) event. I'm not sure you could actually call it volunteering for the girls,as they had no choice in the matter. Yes, parents, it is not only ok, but good, to volunteer your kids from time to time. Since, as a homeschool family, we spent a decent amount of time at the library, this wasn't exactly foreign to us. As I recall, there was nothing new to learn, which is ok, but it is nice if it becomes a learning activity, as well. I also helped at a government run agency during tax season, one year. For this, I needed to learn some basic...