{"id":115237,"date":"2009-12-30T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2009-12-30T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T16:27:07","slug":"good-riddance-to-unwanted-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/115237","title":{"rendered":"Good Riddance to Unwanted Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple news stories caught my eye yesterday. (To be entirely honest one caught my ear… I was driving.) It’s not often that I find two related stories (and relevant), however this is the exception. <\/p>\n

The first story that I heard about is Good Riddance Day<\/a>. The idea is to take something in the past year and put it where it belongs… in the past. It could be your ex or maybe a grudge you have against your boss. How does it work? You have to create a paper represenation of that thing you want to get rid of. So you can write that ex’s name on a piece of paper. Or you can take that big credit card bill and put that in there. This might be a New York City holiday, but I can see it expanding. I could also see it morphing into saying good riddance to some physical objects that you don’t need anymore. I have a couple of laptops and desktops that fit that bill.<\/p>\n

The other story that I read is a lot more vague. I apologize that I couldn’t get more details on it, but I still thought it was worth sharing. Someone, somewhere, (see, really vague) came up with the idea of collecting unwanted Chirstmas gifts and giving them to the soldiers. Finally a way to bid good riddance (see the connection now), to that ugly sweater. You don’t even have to feel bad about regifting it… it’s going to a good cause. I wish I could find more details on this, but my Internet sleuthing has come up empty. Maybe a helpful reader can find more details on it.<\/p>\n

So as the new year approaches, what are you going to say good riddance to? I think I’m going to focus on saying good riddance to my procrastination… Actually, I’m a little busy this time of year, so maybe I’ll say good riddance to it next month.<\/p>\n

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