In good times and bad times.

I apologize in advance for the photo. I couldn't help myself.

At a later date I will get more serious on how and where you may be able to donate your time to a worthy and local cause. For now I am doing some pondering on the home-front. I am going to be optimistic and assume all of my readers have a robust and valuable friend family. These are equally as important as an actual family (and usually less annoying/way more fun) and if you don't have one, please email me for tips on how one may be obtained. 

OK, so assuming you have friends, there are several ways in which time can be chic-ly filled. For example:

• Babysit: I am not a parent, but if I were I would miss going to movies. Movies are an excellent place to be in the dark while not talking (unless you're annoying...and if you talk in movies maybe that's why you may not have a friend family) and enjoying people on the screen who are prettier than me. If you have friends with babies, perhaps you can volunteer your time babysitting their rug rat(s) so they can go not talk to one another for a couple of hours. Who knows, maybe they'll order you a pizza (free dinner).
• Personal Assistant: I have a friend (hi, M) who recently bought a house. She watched me fill out unemployment paperwork with ease and confidence which led her to lament the fact that I was gainfully employed when she was in the purchasing process. Had I had all of this free time then, I could have helped her with paperwork. Have a stressed out friend? Maybe you can run errands or in some other way make their employed life easier.
• Wedding Planner: Do you have a friend who is getting married (don't we all)? Perhaps you can assist them in some aspect of the planning. I don't know first hand but it seems like wedding planning is very detail oriented. Since you didn't lose your job for being un-detail oriented, perhaps you can put those skills to use. And when the wedding is amazing, they will always remember your hand in their special day. Ok, that's selfish. 
• Street Team: Do you have any artist or musician friends who are trying to "make it big?" Perhaps you can manage their Myspace or Facebook page. Or volunteer to photograph their next "gig." Or in some other way put all of your talents to their good use. Again, when they're rich and famous, they will remember your friendly philanthropy.

Again, just some thoughts. Do you see where I am going with this? Basically, offer to do the stuff that normally falls outside of simple good friend duties. While using your time to be a chic awesome friend, you will in turn make a friend's life better.

And obviously, this is an open invitation to any of my friends who are reading. Ask away!