Giving blood

If you want a way to feel good about yourself, may I recommend giving blood?

You can legally get time off work to do it, takes no time at all, doesn’t hurt (I never look at the needles) and it might just save someone’s life.

Beats one of those Paul McKenna books anyhow.

So I'm in a pretty good routine with giving blood at the moment.  Every 4 months or so, 3 times a year, it takes an hour out of my day.

Did I mention free tea and crisps?

You have no excuse not to.

Or have been to some country, or have AIDS or something, but otherwise you’ve no excuse.

Unless you’ve received blood of course, in which case you can’t.

Though it did make me ponder (as events often do) that the more people who donate blood, means that more people can receive blood.  But as the number of those that receive blood rise, then that means the people who can’t give blood rises also. 

Which means that we need more people to give blood.

Trust me, you’ll feel good about yourself.