After a little discussion with Emilia, it seems to me that there are 2 clear options for how to operate 43Things Secret Santa.
The main issue is privacy regarding addresses. So, as fun as this idea seems, I think it is worth considering the best way to ensure protection of personal data.
1
A draw takes place and we each contact our ‘giftee’ for their address.
Upside: everyone only knows the address they need to, in order to send the gift.
Downside: it is not very ‘secret’ who your Santa is! :)
2
A draw takes place. Everyone taking part sends their address to one individual that everyone agrees on – that person issues each address to the appropriate person (I would suggest by email is the most secure).
Upside: It is actually a ‘secret’ Santa.
Downside: One individual obtains everyone’s addresses who are partaking, so some trust required for this option.
If there are any other options, please let me know, and we can start making arrangements :)
I completely understand reservations re: personal data, so I do want to make sure everyone’s happy with the way it works :)
Nov 07, 09:23AM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments
There are many things I could do to make my life simpler and more satisfying, but the main obstacle to this goal is attachment, to things I own, things I do, and things I think.
I have a load of ‘stuff’ at my Dad’s house from when I lived at home, then there’s all the things I’ve accumulated through uni and afterwards – I really don’t need it all, but it will take a lot of time to figure out what I can and want to part with.
I need to focus more on what I have, rather than accumulating more – I would also like to make sure everything has a home, and that there is less of the random stuff with no place to live, and that I never do anything with. A small amount of it is fine, but if there’s enough of a certain kind of thing that I feel I really want or need to keep, then I should make a home for it.
My interests are also quite scattered, and it would pay to try not to get too faddish about things, so I don’t go and accumulate a load of rubbish related to that interest, only to go off it a few months down the road. Thankfully, this doesn’t happen too often with me (not being very faddish to satrt wth), but it does happen sometimes, so I’d like to try and watch out for this as well.
I may think of more yet, but these are a start.
Nov 07, 06:37AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
Yay! There are now 3 people doing this, so that’s a start :) I forgot to mention that if you are interested in doing this goal, please feel free to invite everyone you can think of on here, so we can get as big a group as possible involved :)
Nov 07, 06:29AM PST | 2 cheers | 7 comments
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