Thanks for the incredible honesty and vulnerability. I’m sad that your friends and colleagues have such negative responses to your giving. Most of my friends and colleagues have ranged from neutral to extremely positive about giving and charity work, not neutral to wildly negative like you! My friends are often from church, and I work in the medical field though, so that might explain some of the difference
This is probably overreach but my first reaction was to wonder if there was a way to find some friends or colleagues who are more encouraging and supportive—who at least are open to discussing and thinking about being altruistic. Obviously I don’t know your context though!
It can also be framed the other way around: It’s an even better opportunity to plant some seeds towards giving in people that would never have thought about it otherwise! I appreciate the kind words :).
Thanks for the incredible honesty and vulnerability. I’m sad that your friends and colleagues have such negative responses to your giving. Most of my friends and colleagues have ranged from neutral to extremely positive about giving and charity work, not neutral to wildly negative like you! My friends are often from church, and I work in the medical field though, so that might explain some of the difference
This is probably overreach but my first reaction was to wonder if there was a way to find some friends or colleagues who are more encouraging and supportive—who at least are open to discussing and thinking about being altruistic. Obviously I don’t know your context though!
It can also be framed the other way around: It’s an even better opportunity to plant some seeds towards giving in people that would never have thought about it otherwise! I appreciate the kind words :).
Just to echo what Nick said: I loved the openness of this post, thanks for writing it!