Recently, my friend had a birthday. I spent a fair amount of time agonizing over this. The restrictions around this project prevent me from buying her a present. I considered going to the ARC, would buying something used count? I would not be putting more stuff into the waste stream by doing so.... and she is a good friend I could not simply ignore her birth...
But after more thought and contemplation, I made her a friendship bracelet for her birthday. There is something to be said for homemade gifts. I always appreciate something more if a lot of effort went into it. It is simple enough to go to Walmart and drop a few bucks, but doing something that takes time shows how much you care for the person.
I also wrote her a very nice card talking about how much I appreciate our friendship. Even though eventually the bracelet will tatter and fall off, the card will forever be a reminder of the fun times we had freshman year.
Without purchasing anything, I was able to give a wonderful gift. Yay me.
First off, Drewsie, I think you are marvelous and your actions, and thoughts they provoked, as described in your blog posts are great and bring up some things that I never really thought about (for example, the wasteful consumption that goes along with CC's ARC addiction). I liked this post in particular because it shows the benefits and satisfaction one receives from putting time, as opposed to money, into something. This seems to be a reoccurring theme in a lot of people's projects and is also discussed at length in True Wealth and it's cool that you incorporated it into your project as well
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