<p>I love my friends, but I have to admit that they happen to be really lazy and discouraging. Whenever I ask if they want to go to a meeting for some club, they say they don’t feel like it. I know that’s their choice, but they don’t even go to meetings for the clubs that they are members of because they “don’t feel like it”. Actually people at my school generally are really anti-extracurricular, that has always been the mentality around here. A club meeting usually has a turnout of 5 people at the most when my school has 3000 students. The thing is I really want to start a certain club and have the officers be people I know, not just random people I’ve never met (and how would I get random people anyway?). This is a problem because I am really proactive and dream to get so many things accomplished but I don’t know a single person who would want to help out. I know there’s nothing I can really do about this but make new friends, but I don’t want to ditch my close friends just for extracurriculars. Does anyone have advice?</p>
<p>Hmm. That’s a pretty lame situation - BUT you don’t have to ditch your close friends to make new ones. Branch out, make more friends who’ll want to be involved, and stick with them when it comes to ECs and whatnot, and you can still hang out with your other friends some other time.</p>
<p>clubs are tools for stereotypical CCers. If you have visions or proactive fantasies, find other ways to realize them</p>
<p>Lol, you can listen to him if you want, but some clubs actually are effective tools for getting things done. Personally, I’ve never really done anything through a club that I couldn’t have just done on my own, but lots of clubs are nice. haha.</p>
<p>Is it sad that the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread was that you were “discouraging friends” to do something? I guess I’m just cynical.</p>
<p>Personally, I would try to get a few friends who are a bit more pro-active and like you. It sucks being the most productive/smart in a group…don’t let them bring you down! I’m not saying t ditch them, but I wouldn’t stop doing ECs because your friends don’t like it</p>
<p>INVENIAMVIAM, how about organizing fundraisers, community service projects and such? It’s hard to initiate things like that without sponsoring them through a club…</p>
<p>Yeah, it is hard, but not impossible.</p>