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Gifting and ReceivingGifting and Receiving - they can be clutter magnets! Gifting Holidays = gifts = shopping which usually = Things. Sometimes we are able to choose just the right gift for a person. Sometimes, despite our best intentions, we choose a gift that the person doesn’t want or need. From an organizing standpoint, gifts often translate into Things that someone has to find a place for. This often leads to clutter because the recipient may place the Thing in a temporary space because they are busy or don’t have a home for the Thing. Then the Thing blends in with other Things and eventually becomes a Thing pile that gets in the way.
To avoid potential Thing piles, consider giving a non-Thing gift. Here are a few suggestions of consumable gift certificates that you may not have considered:
Be creative!
Receiving Receiving a gift, whether it is a gift that we like, want, need or not, can lead to clutter because of the busyness of the season or our current state of (dis)organization. We seem to be very good at bringing Things into our space. But do we have a way for Things to leave our space? One recommendation is to set up the one in, one out expectation. Within a couple of days of receiving gifts, each household member should take an inventory of their new Things. For example, someone might have received one book, one CD, two shirts, three toys (this includes adult toys!), and two DVDs. That person then needs to choose the same number of the same type of item to donate. After choosing the items to donate, the person needs to select the recipient and take the items to their location as soon as possible. Choosing a charity is be a personal decision. Some people don’t mind where their items go as long as the items leave their space. Other people have specific causes to which they would prefer to see their items go to. Some examples of charities include women’s shelters, overseas missions, and homeless shelters, just to name a few.
Families can make donating into an annual event. Once everyone has chosen their donation
items, the family chooses their charity and takes the items. Such a tradition enables all family members
to see the value in having a “method” for removing Things from their
space. After all Holidays are a wonderful time of the year. Gifting and receiving are one part of the holiday season. Think about your gifting and receiving habits so that your holiday memories don’t include stress resulting from not knowing where to put your new Things. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
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