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This year why not give gifts that are budget wise AND actually make you feel good?
1. Water.org’s “Camelbak Water Bottle”
Promoted in part by Matt Damon this cool water bottle gives 100% of the proceeds to support nearly a billion people in the world who lack clean water.
The bottles are $18.99 and can be bought here.
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2. Me To We Style’s “Maisha Life Key Ring”
The folks at Me To We Style sell socially conscious and environmentally friendly clothes, books and music – as well as life-changing experiences. This key ring is part of the Artisans line; original accessories, handcrafted by artisans in Free The Children countries across the globe. Each unique piece is a connection between you and a working artisan, sustainably produced and using as much local supply as possible.
The key ring sells for $9.99 and you can buy it online here
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3. Unicef’s “Beautiful Birds Magnet Notepads”
These stylish notepads are beautifully designed and you get 2 in a pack with a pencil. They have a bird design and a fresh cut flowers design.
Two magnetic notepads: 9.5cm x 9.5 cm. One pencil: 16.5 cm.
The notepads are on sale for $6.99 and you can buy them here
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I’m not sure that I’m fully in the grinch category…but Christmas does not excite me at all, which means I wait until the last possible moment to buy gifts and do all the preparations necessary.
I’m not into complaining, so I’ll leave the long list of things wrong with Christmas off this post (hint, hint, it’s freezing, expensive, stressful, involves terrible music and forced encounters with work mates you’d probably rather avoid…..just to name a few). Regardless, the fact remains, a little coaxing is required to bring out the “ho-ho” feeling.
To get ready to get in the Christmas spirit here’s what this (faux) Doctor orders.
1. make yourself some wonderful hot chocolate with marshmallows. Add lots of cream, and things you wouldn’t normally drink.
2. put on a warm sweater.
3. curl up on the sofa.
4. make mental notes of memories you’ve shared with all the people on your Christmas list.
5. Enjoy those memories. Savour the fun times…when you laughed together, beautiful meals you shared together, maybe getting out of some sad times together. Enjoy the *real* moments you shared.
6. Then think of what each of those people would like for Christmas. Not some fancy, new, hot thing…but something meaningful, and set yourself a nice modest budget for each person.
Maybe their grandmother’s favourite vase broke this year and you know a guy who can fix it – get it repaired for them and wrap it up for Christmas.
Or maybe they are always losing their golf balls when playing – get them a golf ball personalizer (you can type your initialls on the ball!)
At the end of your list if you have some empty names make an effort to do some good this year – buy gifts from great (& charitable) organizations such as Me To We, or Unicef. Give your friends a gift & the proceeds will go to the charity!
Doesn’t that make you feel excited about Christmas already??
See, it’s not so bad after all.
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Women are famous multi-taskers. You know the kind. She’s having a shower, brushing her teeth, planning her outift for the day, and sticking one hand out of the shower texting her client to confirm their meeting time.
Sound familiar? Chances are if you are a woman, that’s what your life is like.
But does it get you anywhere faster, make you achieve more, and MOST IMPORTANTLY….does it make you happy?
How much of the multi – tasking is truly essential? How much is keeping busy? How much is wasting time? And how much is leaving you totally exhausted and unfulfilled?
In an effort to achieve everything imaginable (because you’ve been told you can have it ALL), women are pushed and pulled and stretched to do all sorts of things at all times of the day.
But is it necessary?
What if we just sat back, did one task at a time. Focused on what we were doing. Said no to helping everyone out all the time. Just took care of what we are supposed to take care of, instead of doing loads extra on top.
We would feel less stressed, less stretched, we’d actually complete projects, instead of having a million loose ends at all times, and we’d feel pretty accomplished.
Are you ready to take a pause, figure out if it’s essential and then just FOCUS?
It could be the start of a less stressed, higher achieving and happier you.
….That seems to be something worth trying out!
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There’s a new TV show coming to E!, the Entertainment network, which promises to be as disturbing and ridiculous as it sounds – Bridoplasty. The show promises to award women on the show plastic surgery for winning weekly challenges in order to look “perfect” for their wedding.
The craziest part? The girls future husbands will not know what they look like until they say “I do”. How scary is that?
Stop the insanity!!!!! Where are the fun loving, feel good, make a positive, lasting impression kind of shows???
Isn’t it enough that we’re in a terrible economy that is limping to the slowest ever recovery? But to add to it, there are a gazillion shows on tv that show the lowest of the low, people gripped with insecurities, and other shows that aspire to show people in shocking, and humiliating situations.
Like we said before, thank goodness for this
