An Essay On Being An Altruistic Deeded

To do an altruistic deed used to come easily for me or so I thought. It wasn't until I had to do this paper that I realized maybe it is a lot harder than I had imagined. I don't know if it is because I am not as altruistic as I truly believed I was or if it was because I actually have to sit down and put on to paper what I have done, so I started by looking up the definition of altruism. To be altruistic is to selflessly help others.
These past few weeks I have only really helped my family, friends and significant other. I helped my mom with moving by calling her everyday and sending her money when she needed the extra help for shipping. I spent a lot of time on the phone with her and my sister, trying to convince my sister to go over and help her pack. It is the extent of me helping because although I would have helped her pack and ship her things she is on a different Island. Thinking about this and seeing my motives, I really don't think there was any motive. That's my mom, who gave me life and she asked for help, so I helped. …show more content…
He is in the army so he always has a lot in his plate and constantly tired. These past few weeks I have offered to help him do his laundry and cook for him because it helps free up some time for him to do other things such as his evaluations, emails and with becoming the power of attorney over his friends car. I will do little things like, cook for him because if I didn't he would live off of cookies or animal crackers alone. Or I will help him proof read his evals and emails. I thought about this and didn't think I did this for any benefit on my end other than the fact that I feel bad that he always has so much to do and so little