The ObservatorySocial participation
Taking part in associations, groups, activities or community life.
Questions to ask yourself
- 1How involved are you in settings outside home and work?
- 2What do you take part in today, and what does it give you?
- 3What have you stopped doing that you miss?
- 4What keeps you from taking part more: time, energy or the threshold?
- 5Which setting would be worth trying once this month?
In the app, you rate the area 0–10, answer the questions, and watch how your answers shift over time.
Getting started
Exercise
Ten minutes: a place to belong
Find out what made you feel at home in a group before, and plan a first visit with a way out built in
10 min · Discipline
Exercise
Relationship upkeep
Relationships are kept alive by small, regular signs, not grand gestures. Map what has slipped and book a contact.
10 min · Discipline
Exercise
Move the spotlight
Nervousness in social situations turns the spotlight inward, onto your voice, your hands, what you just said. Practice turning it outward again.
8 min · Rationality
Exercise
Social calendar
Choose a person you have not been in touch with for a long time, write the message with a concrete time — then actually send it.
10 min · Discipline
Exercise
Small contacts count
The neighbor, the barista, the colleague in the elevator. Research is clear: small talk does more for mood than we think.
8 min · Compassion