This weekend I had somewhat of a paradigm shift, on my view on life, as I was driving from Michigan to Wisconsin. I was listening to some boring talk radio, as I try to do from time to time, to perhaps learn something. There was a lady on the radio recommending that parents teach their children the importance of saving money. She was advising a 10-10-10-70 rule which includes taking your income and dividing it between 10% charity donation, 10% investment, 10% savings and 70% to live off of (which seems like sound advice to me
but isn't the point of my post).
When talking about donating to charity she mentioned that the most important part of donating was to give to something you are passionate about. Now I didn't grow up with a whole lot and since I've been out of college about 7 years now, I've increasingly found myself in a position where I can donate more. Where I work we get very involved in the United Way and our work even has automatic payroll deduction for United Way (which is how I contribute every 2 weeks). Now I'm sure that the United Way is very-very helpful in the communities that they serve, but I couldn't help but question whether or not I was "passionate" about my donating to the United Way.
What I am passionate about is boxers. I've decided to reallocate what I donate and I've decided to give to my local boxer rescue. Hopefully no one views this as a "look at me" type post as I'm not interested in any attention or pats on the back. What I hope, is that people consider where/who/how they donate, and consider how passionate they are about that charity. I think most people feel some obligation to donate and most here probably do (even if it is something as small as the change in your car to retired Vets). I know there are a lot of passionate boxer lovers here and there are a lot of boxer rescues that could use some support.
Thanks for listening to my mini-novel.
When talking about donating to charity she mentioned that the most important part of donating was to give to something you are passionate about. Now I didn't grow up with a whole lot and since I've been out of college about 7 years now, I've increasingly found myself in a position where I can donate more. Where I work we get very involved in the United Way and our work even has automatic payroll deduction for United Way (which is how I contribute every 2 weeks). Now I'm sure that the United Way is very-very helpful in the communities that they serve, but I couldn't help but question whether or not I was "passionate" about my donating to the United Way.
What I am passionate about is boxers. I've decided to reallocate what I donate and I've decided to give to my local boxer rescue. Hopefully no one views this as a "look at me" type post as I'm not interested in any attention or pats on the back. What I hope, is that people consider where/who/how they donate, and consider how passionate they are about that charity. I think most people feel some obligation to donate and most here probably do (even if it is something as small as the change in your car to retired Vets). I know there are a lot of passionate boxer lovers here and there are a lot of boxer rescues that could use some support.
Thanks for listening to my mini-novel.