Dorian Meier

My name is Dorian Meier, and I am someone for whom spreading good occurs spontaneously. Since it's my YLab year, I am often very busy, so committing myself to doing good can be a challenge. Instead, I use the time I have between my various commitments to help out and do what I can. For example, during the fall term, I planned to stay at One Stone after my immersion was over each day in order to get college work done. However, in the time between when my immersion ended and I started on my college work, I began helping Adan with an event for an organization called Catch, an organization that works with families experiencing homelessness. Catch, with Adan’s help, was using One Stone’s kitchen to create deliverable meals for their sponsors. Additionally, Adan was preparing to host a Catch live stream fundraising event to pay deposits and the first three months of rent for ten families. I used this small bit of time each day to help put bags together and also put together the plating for the show dishes on the live stream. These spontaneous acts of good each day ended up being more meaningful to me than some of the Project Good projects I’ve participated in, and I’ve realized that doing good doesn’t necessarily mean fixing an overwhelming problem. I believe I can help in all sorts of ways to aid the fight against climate change, homelessness, declining mental health, starvation, malnutrition, human rights, and other problems by lending a hand when and where I can. I hope this inspires others to do good in their day-to-day lives, to not feel pressured to have a world changing idea, but to instead create good from the small moments in between. My artifact reflects my current life. The inclusion of my laptop and water bottle is a nod to my school work. My phone and tea cup reflects the good I do for myself by treating myself, and the bag, mask, and salad plate show the good I have done for others.