Merry Christmas Eve, Friends! Before you set off on your fun-filled weekend of spoiling one another with presents and delicious meals… check out this video about what kids really want for Christmas. This 2-min video came out ~5 years ago, so some of you may have seen it already. It’s called “The Other Letter”, made by IKEA Spain. **Fair warning: Get a box of tissues
Charity
Another do-gooder post about charity and giving
Happy Monday, generous people! It’s my favorite time of year... That time when we all start thinking a little bit less about ourselves, and a little bit more about other people. It’s the giving season! 🤗 Giving means a lot of different things to people. For some it’s about volunteering their time. For others it means random acts of kindness. And for some
Volunteering Sucks. But It’s Also Kind of Awesome.
Happy Friday, lovely people! Today I’m going to talk to you about volunteering and how awesome it is. And by awesome, I really mean ... Inconvenient, thankless, frustrating, gritty, and a total pain in the ass! (But then somehow if you grit through all of this, that’s when the awesome and wickedly satisfying bits come in 😀.) I’ve been volunteering for
The Season of GIVING… Giving Back and Giving Thanks!
The giving season has begun! Growing up in Australia, we didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. Actually, there’s no national holiday even like it down there. After moving to the USA, Thanksgiving quickly became my favorite holiday. This will be my 13th year celebrating! What I love most about this holiday time is seeing everyone actually showing and expressing thanks, together
The “Great Wealth Transfer” Has Begun …
This article is about The Great Wealth Transfer. But before we get to that, a quick hypothetical question to help me explain why this is so important ... What would happen if you took all the money in the world and split it up evenly across all the people in the world? Let’s say there’s $360 trillion in ‘wealth’ floating around the world right now, and we divided it up
How to Include Charity in Your Budget, and Other Ways to GIVE!
There's no right or wrong way to be generous. Charitable giving is a beautiful thing, no matter who it comes from or how big (or small) the dollar amount! One question I consider all the time is "How much should I give to charity?" Today, I'll talk about some ways to include charity in your budget, whether it's a donation of money or time. As a kid, my parents taught me to
Community Fund Update 💙 Batch One of Giving!
Hey guys!!! Just finished dispersing all of the funds we raised from my random In-Home Auction the other week, and thought you'd enjoy hearing who we helped :) A massive thank you to not only those who donated over their $$$, but also those who took the time to recommend people we should consider helping! We raised a total of $665 and helped 7 different people/families
The Community Fund 💙
Morning! So I woke up REALLY wanting to do something for people, and while I haven't figured out *exactly* what that is yet, I DO know that it'll require $$$ and I should probably start fundraising for it... BUT - instead of throwing out a plea to y'all the old fashioned way here, I thought we'd do something more fun and try turning this blog INTO A STORE for the day and
Aspiring Goal to Shoot For: Spending More on *Donations* Than *Wants*
Morning! Before we get started on this, just have to say I really enjoyed all your feedback the other day on our Fortnite post. And many of you brought up an excellent point on it that I completely missed: Gaming is a great way to spend *time* with friends and others! And it's not unlike other ways we spend money to hang out with each other either, such as meeting over
My friend Agatha needs our help 🙏🙏
Hey guys! I rarely ask for anything on this site, but I'm compelled to do it today as I just found out a friend of mine has been suffering in silence and I feel like I have to use this platform to help. Even though she'd probably kill me right now knowing I'm about to share this with the world! I don't know how many of you remember Agatha K from FinCon and blogging
