Shut Those Tabs and Get the Heck Out of That Mall
No, I’m not threatening to flog you with this firewood. Yet…..
GuidesGoneWild.com/Gifting
GuidesGoneWild.com/Giving
Nuff said....
Except....ok, for SEO purposes only....
In honor of #WomenLedWednesday that's just gone by, and the onset of the holiday run-up madness, I did NOT stalk some new amazing woman on the internet for an interview, but instead, reached out to all of the amazing women I’ve already had the privilege to get to know here on Guides Gone Wild, and I asked THEM how we might be able to support their businesses and the causes they love this season and into the new year.
The response I got was fantastic, so THAT’s what I want to tell you about today - I’ve got two giant lists of amazingness compiled at GuidesGoneWild.com/Gifting and GuidesGoneWild.com/Giving. We are not making it hard for you, you now have the single links you need so you can perform a surgical strike and save your fingers from all that scrolling.
What do you remember most from 10 or 20 or 40 years ago - the random thing from Toys R Us, or your first camping trip, your first rope swing, or your first time trying something new and hard that you accomplished? I'm guessing it wasn't the EZ Bake oven.
(Ok, maybe that's an unfair comparison, of course you remember your first EZ Bake, but you know what I'm getting at here…)
Anyway - please think twice about your holiday spending this year. As the sun sets on COVID Thanksgiving 2.0, with supply chain issues being talked about every day on the news, guess where I want my holiday focus to be? Small, local businesses! Bonus points if they're women-owned! I hope you’re with me!
Also - because I’ll probably still be doing dishes from today on Tuesday, I’ve early dropped my Giving Tuesday link. Head over there to check out all of the causes that mean the most to the extraordinary people we talk to on the Guides Gone Wild podcast. Every little tiny bit counts, so I hope you’ll join me in reconsidering where you direct my end-of-year donations.
So that’s it. I hope you had a restful, fantastic long weekend, and I look forward to bringing you another fantastic guest next week. But until then, stay the hell out of the malls. Please, please find time during the pre-holiday consumer madness to spend NOT shopping/buying/consuming, but with the most important people in your life, getting a little wild.
XO - Jen