Comments on: 5 Gift Giving Myths to Let Go

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 04:00:09 +0000

Oh my, this is so good! I totally agree with everything you said. It’s something I’ve been learning in this journey of mine. Thanks for the reminder!

By: EcoCatLady

EcoCatLady — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:13:08 +0000

Oh…the reciprocal thing is huge for me. Back when I still worked at the music school, I had a staff of about 60 instructors who worked under me. Several of them had a habit of buying me a gift every year – nothing fancy… $10-$15 or so. But if I had to reciprocate… well, I’d feel bad if I bought one teacher a gift, but not the rest. And with a staff of 60 – that would have cost me $600-$900! It was quite a dilemma for me. Finally I resolved the issue by baking cookies for the teacher break room, and leaving them all a small token gift – something I knew they needed because they had a tendency to grow legs and disappear around that place – pencils! Nice, holiday themed pencils, but just pencils. I think just learning to let it go might have been a better option!

By: Diane Sieg

Diane Sieg — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:54:30 +0000

GREAT permission for all us to deal with guilt gift giving! Thank you for your thoughtful wisdom and I plan to remember this more during the holidays and MANY family birthdays that surround it.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 02:22:28 +0000

I love this Eliza, this is so very true! We need to remind ourselves during the holidays and all year through really. Plus for some of us, one of our “love languages” might be gifts. It might be receiving but more often than not, it’s giving that brings us much joy. We don’t need a gift ourselves, because the act of planning, shopping, wrapping, giving brings us more joy and delight than the recipient can even imagine!