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Help Haiti

I don’t have any money to give, but I wanted to do something.  So, I designed a t-shirt and partnered with EMET Sales in Northwest Arkansas to have them made.

All of the net proceeds will go to helping the victims of the earthquake and the relief efforts.

If you would like to help out, you can do so by spreading the word through Twitter, Email, and Facebook.

• Update 01.15.10:  Other ways to order, you can contact EMET Sales at (479) 986-0076 or DM @EMETSALES on Twitter.
• Update 01.19.10:  Partnering with @nlcelevation to get the word out about the shirts.
• Update 02.01.10:  Pre-Order sales have ended, I’ll be ordering the shirts and getting them shipped out soon!

Tags: Design, disaster, earthquake, haiti, help, relief, shirt

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Thank you for notifying me that I am dead.  I also love the random “2.” in there.  Thank you GoogleVoice for supplying my blog with content.

Burnout (part 2)

This is the follow up to Burnout (part 1).

Since I’ve been able to say NO, and set some boundaries for myself; I’ve come to love the time that I do spend at the church.  For example, because of the way that our volunteer teams are setup (at least on the production side); when you are “on”, you are pretty much giving up your entire weekend.  Which I think is a lot to ask of someone that just worked 40-60 hours that week.  Therefore, I try to limit my volunteering to one weekend a month, two weekends at the most.

There are those that might call that “selfish”.  Perhaps so… but that’s where I’m at.  I’d rather enjoy my time serving, rather than hate every minute I’m there.  After all, “God loves a joyful giver” right?  I set boundaries to keep myself in the “joyful” category.

As far as my designing goes… Graphic Design is what I do for a living.  It is the means by which I’m able to take care of my family.  So, having that in mind… occasionally, I do “give” some design work to the church.  However, most of the time, they pay me for my work.  Which benefits everyone involved.  They get better work that they value; and I get to eat.