Charity, work friendships - and Friends
I hope you enjoyed your extra hour in bed (if you’re in UK). Autumn is officially here now 🍂 Here’s this week’s Money Reads 🗞️
1. How much should I give to charity?
Goodbox
The horrors in the Middle East got me thinking about how we factor in charitable donations into our budgets. So this isn’t a new article, but it’s pretty relevant. I usually make some bigger donations at the end of the year to Refuge and Trussell Trust, and then more ad hoc donations throughout the year. But I don’t track charitable giving, and I definitely should, for my tax return (since I Gift Aid donations).
How do you give? 🎁
2. In the age of hybrid working, are work friendships a thing?
Refinery 29
According to stats and experts, having a business BFF makes you better at your job and is essential for a healthy work environment. So how does that work when we’re working hybrid-ly? Can you still make friends the way we used to? (My former colleagues turned friends are some of my absolute favourite people, and I’m so thankful to have met them through work).
Do you still have work besties? 👯♀️
3. Revisiting the Friends episode in which everyone's awkward about money
Glamour
This isn’t a well-written article. But it is true that different people earn and spend differently. So factoring that into group plans is probably something that should be done more than once in 234 episodes!
Just wanted to add this because the news of Matthew Perry’s passing just feels really sad to be waking up to today. Tell the people you love that you love them 💜
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