Acquiring vs Giving
Acquiring vs Giving. Have you acquired so much stuff that you have no place to store everything, yet you keep on shopping? Next time you feel the urge to shop – Give instead! The gift of giving will make you feel so satisfied- you will continue to do it!
Here are some ideas to get you started!
- Online at Starbucks – buy the person behind you a cup of coffee. (don’t go to Starbucks – but love ice cream- buy the person behind you an ice cream cone.)
- Pass a homeless person on the street, and give them your leftover lunch or dinner.
- Put some change in a tip jar.
- At the grocery store – pick up something extra and donate it to your local shelter.
- Give a compliment!
Bonus – your children will learn what it means to be KIND!
Have a wonderful day! Acquiring vs Giving. Which feels better? Bet you have the next 5 Gifts ready!
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This post is by Basic Organization team member Stacey Bromberg.
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
This is such a beautiful reframe. And while it can be done any time of the year, it feels so relevant given the season. Buying the person behind you at Starbucks a cup of coffee reminds me of something my dad used to do. When we’d go through a toll booth (in the days when there was a person collecting the fare), he would pay for the car behind him. I loved that random act of kindness.
I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
It could be something very simple, like letting the person behind in the grocery line that has only one item to go before you. Kids will learn from their parents from simple gestures. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Linda.