29 Gifts: Eight Days of Giving!

The 29-Day Giving challenge has gotten a lot harder. I have found that despite my asking myself daily, “What can I give today?” I have difficulty thinking of things when I am not giving objects or traditional gifts.

During the past week-plus-a-day, I have had some successes in giving though. I gave three necklaces of mine to my best friend’s daughters who I adore, and who I knew would get more use from them. I spent a few days giving the other drivers on the road the benefit of the doubt, opportunities to change lanes in front of me and free passes for whatever infringements they may make with their driving.

I gave a friend a little knick-knack I made out of modeling clay- a sort of rose bouquet medallion thingy with a little stand. I gave another friend my listening ears and best advice.

While at the Center for Nonprofit Excellence’s Annual Conference, I had the great fortune to meet Beth Kanter who was presenting the Social Media for Nonprofits workshop. Beth gave me a deck of Akoha cards and that really made my day! In turn, I gave out four of the cards the same day to folks who were curious about them.

I also had two days where I (quite honestly) feel that I failed to give. It was the weekend and – no excuse, just an explanation- being a little sick, I stayed in the whole time and forgot. Oops.

But I am re-focused for this weekend and won’t be forgetting this time! I am, however, running out of creative ideas, so feel free to share yours if you have some! The Challenge is harder than it sounds. Or maybe it sounded harder to you than it did to me (how silly of me).