I love this article and that so many people are talking about how they can be MOGO with the holiday season. Personally, I’ve decided that for the young people in my life, I am buying gift subscriptions to cool wildlife conservation magazines, and for the special adults in my life, I am giving them a night out (with me of course!). Though it seems terribly arrogant, I realized that the gifts people reflect on the most are the memories that they make when they get to spend quality time with each other. So rather than giving a tangible gift, I want to create a time when we can make some of those memories, and share a gift with each other that way.

Also, I’ve come up with a new thing for holiday cards…Everyone on my list is getting a large card, and a small card. The large one is addressed and mailed to them, and the small card is enclosed with only a stamp on the envelope. I’ve included a little note with each one that, encourages people to use this small card as a way to reach out to someone with whom they might have lost touch. My hope is that they can reconnect, and perhaps even lay a new bridge to heal their relationship. So perhaps not MOGO because its adding double to the stream of holiday cards, but nonetheless, I wanted to encourage people to practice this. Who knows, it could inspire someone to reconnect with all sorts of people!

Thanks again for writing about this, and though its still a little early, Happy Holidays!