30 Days of Giving Thankfully

It's November, a time when Americans typically embrace the things and people that they're thankful for but I never really see much giving during this time other than a surge of volunteers for one organization or another. 

Don't get me wrong, donating your time to a worthy cause is by all means completely noble and a gracious gift to a person in need. I'm just left wondering if the average person can give without volunteering time to an existing establishment. I'm sure the answer is yes. 

When I look around my house, there is excess. Toys, electronics, craft supplies, clothes...my home if filled with things that I am thankful to have and also cluttered by things that I do not need or love but am too selfish to get rid of even though I know someone else could make use of them. 

So the idea of giving and being thankful for being able to give freely is my challenge for this November. This year I won't spend time thinking of who I'm thankful for because I do that frequently. This year, I want to find the joy in giving, I want to be thankful for being able to give something of my own to someone that will need or love to have it. 

So here it is, the official rules of my:

30 Days of Giving Thankfully

1. Each day in November at least one item must be set aside for donation.

2. Once per week, donations must be taken/sent to a worthy organization or given directly to a person in need or even a person that will actually love the thing that you consider clutter.

That's it just 2 rules and possibly one suggestion. Tell a friend, family member, acquaintance or stranger about the challenge to keep yourself motivated, to motivate others and primarily to see that the giving gets bigger than you thought it could. 

Oh yeah and if you donate your time on top of all of this, you easily gain 10 points to your "awesome-possum" factor. 

Happy Giving!

Having too much is definitely a champagne problem, right? I guess, that exclude hoarders...