Giving Back

I’m a career woman seeking success in my career and balance in my life. In other words, if fwm was not a place that I was interested in visiting as a community member, I wouldn’t work here. One of the things that made it apparent to me that this was a place where I would feel at home was when I learned that a portion of fwm will be dedicated to the concept of "Giving Back."

This means many things to many people, and we would certainly like to hear from you--What do you do in your life to give to others? Do you mentor someone who is just starting out? Donate to a charity? Work to make your home and workplace a little greener?

Cami Walker is doing something extraordinary to give to others. She started the 29 Day Giving Challenge. She encourages others to do these two simple things with her:

Give one thing away each day for 29 days. Share your stories about how it impacts your life to focus on giving.

Your giving could be money, smiles, help, encouragement, anything. She has set up a wonderful community on Ning (I’m on there--look me up and say hello!) where people can blog about their personal 29 Day Challenge.

When I learned of this I decided that my first act of giving would be to invite as many others as I could to join. I excitedly emailed friends and fellow fwm staffers. I had to laugh shortly afterwards when Katie Riegel, one of our editors, reminded me that she had emailed me about the 29 Day Giving Challenge weeks ago after reading about it on fwm expert contributor Erin Doland’s Unclutterer blog. There is nothing new about Katie (or Erin) being way ahead of me on a great concept…in fact this would make a great blog post about making sure you never take credit for someone else’s idea…

In the meantime, give away and make sure you tell us about it!