So, nobody say anything - but I’m trying to make a meaningful gift for my friend for her birthday, but in order to make it, I have to buy little things. Like… a whole bunch of little things. And the total of everything I have to buy, plus shipping and handling, comes out to be a whopping FORTY DOLLARS. I don’t even think I have that much. Actually, I don’t. AUGH! 미치겠다!! I’m going crazy!! It’s the best gift I could come up with, yet it’s so much money… For one moment I think, is it even worth it? Would spending so much money, time, and effort on one person’s gift even make a difference? And then I think of how great it is giving a thoughtful gift to someone you care about, and how wonderful that feeling is when they’re happy about what you made for them. And then I say to myself, of course it’s worth it! That reason on it’s own is enough! But then I realize, what if it wouldn’t be such a big deal to them? What if receiving this present, they are grateful, but they aren’t as excited as you were, or hoping they would be? What if they don’t use my gift I worked so hard on and gave up so much for??!?!?!

Despite these arguments I have in my mind EVERY time I select gifts for people, I know my more generous side always wins in the end. Even if that person doesn’t appreciate the love you put into the gift as much as you’d hoped, at least you tried your best, at least you can be satisfied in knowing you got it done, and that’s an accomplishment. Even if they don’t use it very often, as disappointing as it is, you can still know that they have it, and when they pass by it one day they will remember how you worked hard on something just for them. That is enough for me. So, I will spend the money I do not have, and put all my heart into making the gift. I always do that. And in the end I can look at it with pride. It will be my way of saying, don’t forget me! ^^