Giving is simple and very rewarding. While day to day life happens, full of busy schedules and things to do, there are ways you can give in your home and to each other every day. When I was gifted these pretty flowers from a friend who asked me to simply "enjoy them in my home", I started thinking about...
The Idea Of Giving In Your Home
[Give your fave spot to your partner for a while.]
...simple ways that people can give to each other in their home. While some may call these ideas "chores", take a positive spin on it and consider viewing them as acts of giving.
Here are a few ideas for giving in your own home:
Thanking your partner, roommate, child for finishing daily household acts, like making the bed, making dinner, cleaning up their room. And if you live alone, when you come home at the end of a busy day and your home is clean and put together, you will feel good!
Changing the toliet paper roll when it's empty. Yea, it may sound silly but some people just don't change it.
Cleaning up after you make a mess.
On that note, really get rid of clutter. When piles of this and piles of that are hanging around, it doesn't feel good. Take time in your home to make room.
If you normally get the good spot on the couch, ask your partner if he or she would like to sit there for a while.
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really? there are good and bad spots on a couch? all of my couch is super comfy! :) no need to compromise...
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This was a nice inspiring article topic. Thanks.
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wow..nice topic!! yeah thanks
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I'm trying to take it a step further - replacing the spare toilet roll on the window sill, even if I wasn't the one who used it up last time!
I'm working on this with my sister (who I live with), in general. Just cos it's not my turn to do the dishes, doesn't mean I shouldn't do them while I am waiting for a pot to boil and I'm in the kitchen anyway. She thinks I'm being passive aggressive! Admittedly, with our mother, it's not a bad assumption to leap to, but my sister and I are working on not keeping score with the house stuff, and just pitching in when something needs doing.
Seems to be workign ok so far, and it makes the house a nicer place to be - and not just cos the dishes are done!
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Rebecca, these are lovely ideas, and I like what you are thinking! The only thing I don't like is your use of the word "gifted," which is not a verb, even though a lot of people seem to be trying to make it so, lately...
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