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- Why I'm choosing to give:
- I don't have much room in my apartment but people send me a lot of stuff --
- What I'd most like to receive:
- Good coffee -- Organic, fair trade, whole bean dark roast, preferably Ethiopian.
- How did you hear about the 29-Day Giving Challenge?
- BlogHer.com
- About me:
- I'm a freelance writer who writes a blog about environmental living in Los Angeles: greenlagirl.com.
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- http://greenlagirl.com
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I’ve joined the 29-Day Giving Challenge --
and I'm blogging about it on greenlagirl.com. Here are the 4 selfish reasons why I decided to give things away!
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I'm feeling really tired tonight, so I'll keep this short and to the point.
Gave:
1. Picked up an item at the store that a friend has been wanting for a while. She'll be surprised.
2. Cut open a pomegranate for my children. They've been anxiously...
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Thanks Mary - I just joined! I'm the worst kind of pack rat - the kind with a nice neat house ... until you open a door, drawer, or cupboard!
In these last five days, I've been seeking out people, prayng with others and trusting my instincts toward giving. I am speechless about their reaction and mine. How will I ever go back to who I was before these life lessons? Maybe this is the rea...
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While walking into a restaurant this morning for beakfast I passed an elderly man who was trying to dial his cell phone. He was clearly not able to see the buttons and his call was not working. After I passed him and processed the situation I had ...
I mended a shirt for my sister, gave my big chubby cat several hugs, bought some beautiful stickers for my pen pal in China, sent her a letter with the stickers inside, and sent the Thanksgiving card to my pen pal in Arizona. I also put a link to ...
I'd been thinking about starting the 29 days of giving ever since I finished the book 2 weeks ago but this morning finally seemed like a good day to start. Yesterday was my birthday so I'm starting a new "Cheryl" year. I decided to let the day unf...
Awesome!
Great things open up when you clear out clutter! Good for you, Kim.
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