I accidently skipped one of Carrie(aka Itswaypastmybedtime)'s videos. I don't even know why! I never skip her videos! Thankfully, however, I got to see the one I missed.
As usual, she talked about brilliant, sweet, and funny stuff happened to her and among that stuff, she mentioned a wristband, which was sent to her by a hopeful (Hopeful : fandom about Carrie and her niceness and everything). The wristband was for "Compassion It", which is a social movement to inspire everyday compassion actions.
This is a product for the mission, a reversible wristband. You wear it as black to be shown and you can flip it when you've done something compassionate for a day. And then the next day, the wristband goes back to black and another compassionate thing should be done.
I personally do think that this is a great project, and so do Carrie and many other people in the world. This should be spread all over the world because many people just pass a day as a mundane routine and just be tired but not happy. I dare say that this is not only because of many repetitive days, but also lack of connection and communication. Compassion make people human, and happy.
This is also why I consider the idea of selling the wristbands by pair (so the buyers could share this project with their friends) as another brilliance of this project. I really want to make this project worldwide.
Another point I wanted to say was that I have to thank Youtube for letting me know this. A hopeful's creative idea of giving this little gift to Carrie, and Carrie's kindness to share this great project with the world affected a lot to this project (according to http://compassionit.com/carrie-hope-who/).
Speaking of the great project spread by Youtube, I also wanted to say about Lifescouts.
According to its homepage, Lifescouts is a badge-collecting community of people who share real-world experiences online. It is basically a project started by Alex Day (aka nerimon) that reward badges for experiences and share them. And you can buy the physical badges online, which are just so gorgeous, and delivered worldwide.
This project is so creative and superb since it gives the value that experiences deserve, when most of the parents (at least in my country, South Korea) consider them as wastes of time. Plus, anyone, whether you are old or young, can join the community. But the best thing above all of these features is that it positively influences so many people. For the ones who are actually doing these activities can share their stories while they can record their memories, and even for others who are just reading or watching others' stories can be inspired and get to know many stories of the world, which is a very worthwhile and my favorite thing to do.
Also, there's a video which Alex introduces Lifescouts : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHtuAf27sU. I agree with all his saying but what I like to mention again from his speech is the fact that the stories of Lifescouts badges are unlimited. I mean, the badges does not specify what experience should exactly be, so whatever in your opinion is related to the badge can be shared.
Those were what Alex purposed to do when he started it, but further than that, the community expanded and creating connections between people. To gain the badge about the experience that cannot be done alone, people come along and experience it together. For example(which is a true story), people who wanted to gain picnic badge gathered and went on a picnic and all of them got the badges.
These things are obviously such wonderful things to happen on Earth, but I believe that this is just the first step of this project and as it gets bigger and bigger, it'll be more and more powerful. It totally worthed 6 years that Alex spent for contemplating!
The most common way to share your story is Tumblr. You can go to Lifescouts homepage (which is a tumblr blog) and reblog the badge with your stories or leave a note. In the homepage, you can read others' stories by looking at the notes of each badge. Although tumblr is the most common way, it isn't the only way. Some people share them by vlogging, some people use blogging, and and the way of sharing is also your choice.
Lifescouts : http://lifescouts.com/
Vlogging examples : Alex Day and Carrie Hope Fletcher (Mona Lisa and Effel Tower)
Videos that come out when you youtube 'lifescouts'; many people vlogged about many badges.
Blogging examples : Charlie Mcdonnell (List of the badges he gained)
Carrie Hope Fletcher (Baking Cookies; she reblogged many badges but this is the most recent one.)
I've always wanted to be part of spreading Lifescouts project to the world, and today I did! I don't know how much help it'll give, but I'm happy to be part of it.
I really want two of these movements (or projects) to be spread worldwide. These are some things that can make our lives more exciting and richer, but at the same time, it isn't a big thing and everyone could be part of it. I truly believe the projects like this can change the world, and spreading it can be another Youtube's great role.
P.S. Oh, and as you probably assumed, the title is motivated from 'the Power of Three'.
