Day 2: Today's Giveaway--Keds

This one will hopefully become a regular habit. In the first place, I own way too many pair of shoes. Secondly, while I still wore these Keds occasionally, they were actually never very comfortable for me, which is really my second point: I own way too many pairs of uncomfortable shoes. The were tan Keds mules (or slip ons) with superfluous laces. I think I first bought them at Kohl's with the idea that I could wear them with capris. A couple of thoughts came to mind with this second donation:

1. Why did it take me more than a minute to decide to give these away? I guess it is because the were still perfectly wearable. Even my sister said, "You're giving those away?" in a questioning tone.
2. Maybe by the end of this year I will only own comfortable shoes. Should this be a secondary goal of my project? Truthfully it should be a goal for all women, but I don't know that I will every be able to really follow it. Maybe when I'm 80.
3. I gave my shoes away to a donation box in a strip mall. I plan to do this a lot because it's easy. But I did start questioning the idea of whether or not this is really giving. The box said that all proceeds from the donations go to support Special Olympics--a good cause. However, that means that a for-profit company is selling my free shoes.  I thought about this for a minute (especially since I passed up another box that said Planet Aid but was full). In the end, I've decided to stop being judgmental about this giving thing. The were only a pair of old sneakers for goodness sake. What right do I have to demand integrity for them. I have a suspicion that I will have to keep reminding myself of this throughout the year.
4. Two other things I noticed while driving to give away shoes and buy coffee this morning: a Goodwill center and something about Kids Helping Hunger. It looked like a good place to donate some of my time this summer.