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You've spent a lot of time trying to convince your friends and family to donate to your organisation.
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Or to volunteer at your events when you're desperate.
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Sometimes when you DO manage to get a volunteer for something, they don't actually turn up.
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If you ever slack off at work, or even stay home sick, you feel guilty as hell.
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At some point in your career, you will be at a party where someone will start explaining to you that your work is actually harmful.
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That, or they'll offer up some "helpful suggestions" about how you could do your job better.
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A lot of your time is spent asking rich people for money.
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Or chasing up people who said they would make a donation, but never got round to it.
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When you lose out on a grant that you had been counting on, it hurts.
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But when you DO get a big donation, it feels pretty great.
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You also spend a lot of time filling out paperwork for government grants.
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Chances are, you've stuffed a lot of envelopes in your day.
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Hanging out with friends who work in the corporate world can be a little...rough.
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You've volunteered many a late night when there's something big to organise.
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At some point you'll inevitably face some kind of consultant coming in to train you.
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Sometimes you'll get a donation with really specific requests for how it's spent.
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Getting free food at events is always way more exciting than it should be.
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You're pretty sure you should feel good about doing difficult, gratifying work...but a lot of the time you just feel like you should be doing more.
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But when you do have a big success, you let yourself feel at least a little bit badass.
