“How I moved from a 3% Trial Pledge to a 10% Pledge” by GraceAdams🔸

This is a link post. When I first heard about the idea of pledging a percentage of your income to effective charities with Giving What We Can, I was sold. I knew I had more than I needed to get by, and I’ve always struggled with the enormous inequality in the world. I originally settled on donating 3% of my income for my Trial Pledge. I chose 3% because it's more than I had ever given before (I calculated that in previous years, I gave around 2% of my income) but it also felt like an achievable amount for me. I had just stopped working full-time, dropping down to 3 days a week because of some chronic health conditions, and also had to pay a few hundred dollars a month for the medication I was on. So 3% seem like a step up, but also one that wouldn’t stress me [...] The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI. --- First published: December 16th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/399CiMLg2T8xA5FGz/how-i-moved-from-a-3-trial-pledge-to-a-10-pledge --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.