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Gifting Guide | Are.na Editorial

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Many consider "receiving gifts" as the lowest tier of the five love languages, maybe because it implies favoring material things over time, words, touch, acts of service… but I tend to think of it differently. Gifts often encompass some or all of those things. But to consider it this way, you have to understand “gift” as less a thing and more an action. In the spirit of that line of thinking, what follows is a “gifting guide” as opposed to a “gift guide” — some ideas to help us explore the verb form of “gift” and how that helps us understand “gifting” at its essence... ** I’ve been asking friends methods for being a good gift-giver, and many of them echo back a similar idea in different ways… Kevin says the essential ingredients are attention and time. The secret to being a good present-giver is simply to have notes for each special person in your life, and to add to it when you think of something for them, or when they tell you they want or need something. There’s not much more to it

Gifting Guide | Are.na Editorial References: The Life and Death of an Internet Onion , Gifting Formats , Gifting Energy , and Channel as Gift Category: Events All Editorial Gifting Guide December 19, 2024 — by Laurel Schwulst Flier for the “Channel as Gift” online workshop happening on December 21, 2024 @ 1pm EST, led by Laurel Schwulst. [A flier for the 'Channel as Gift' workshop with a calming green background and the elegant Are.na Logo, two stars conjoined, in the center, along with the date, title, and earth emoji indicating this is taking place online.] Many consider "receiving gifts" as

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