Donating Office Supplies

It is back to school time
in the Northern Hemisphere.

It is the perfect time
to donate
some of your surplus office supplies.

Because office supplies
can often be used
as back to school supplies.

I had 31 white binders
I had once used
to hold manuscripts.

A primary school
nearby
was happy to have them.

I donated two backpacks
to the Little Free Library.
They were gone
in less than an hour.

I’d been given
those backpacks
as schwag.

I also donated a package
of pens
I’d been given
as a gift.

Donate unwanted
office supplies.

Put that positive energy
into the world.
Make someone’s life better.

Help One Person A Day

When we run our own businesses
and can work hours
we decide to work,
people WILL take advantage
of that.

They will ask us
to pick up their kids
after school
or drive them to appointments
or do little tasks
that on their own
seem like nothing.

But multiplied
by everyone we know
and asked every day
suck all our time.

I help one person a day.

Many days, that’s it.
I don’t help more people
than that.

And some busy days,
I help by donating supplies
or cash
or helping to promote a promotion.

I tell the asker
of the favor
I can’t help
that I have to help someone else
that day.

Help people
but also protect your time.