Gift Economy And The Iterative Process
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--Becky Jaine
2 minute read
Sep 14, 2015

 



Hi Service Space Cadettes :),

Tonight I listened to this wonderful interview with Charles Eisenstein and Nipun Mehta. Nipun's sharing helped me trust and affirm what I'm going through, as he spoke of an "iterative process", that I am now related to my commitment and on-going wrestle with gift economizing my sacred business.

I recently opened registration for an ecourse I have written intending to promote greater JOY in humans. I have rewritten the registration and gift economy language umpteen times--and counting-- always the intention for no one to feel marginalized or diminished due to lack of money, and intention for people to consider a different way of business.

I have given people several options for registration: one to gift a monetary amount of their choice to support me, two to commit to an act of kindness they share with me, and other ways for people to register other people.

------At one point I gave the option to gift me $88, as I considered those who are new to gift economy may feel more comfortable having an amount dictated to them. That didn't feel right in my heart, although honestly, it felt right in my head.

My heart won. I dropped that option.------

Now I'm feeling panicky. I'm feeling pressure of my family's financial needs, but I'm committed to the process of unchaining myself from a broken system. I do not need anything to come back to me for this work--and yet I do. It's hard to reconcile to my family the considerable amount of time I have invested in this project over the past year.

I'm feeling stuck, juxtaposed between two different realities, my heart's calling, and the current collective cultural value placed on money.

I'd be grateful to anyone who feels called to check out the wording my offering (and provide thoughts or suggestions/feedback), and especially the registration pages. Oh, and of course you are most welcome to register if Joyfuel sounds like an experience you'd like :)

Thanks for reading my thoughts and feelings, my very personal duality that sometimes makes me feel a touch schizophrenic.

my whole-hearted blessings and gratitude to you for your time,
_/|\_ becky jaine <3  

 

Posted by Becky Jaine on Sep 14, 2015


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