A few years ago I responded to a couple of charity solicitations that I received in the mail. I was rewarded with a barrage of charity requests. I think the mailings cost more than what I sent in. What is worse, other junk mail went up, way up! so they must have sold my information. Since then when I donate to a charity, I do so anonymously with cash.
That is if they have a train stop near their destination. I live in SW Louisiana and have relatives in New England who like to ride the train. When they visited us, we had to pick them up in New Orleans (250 miles away) or they rented a car.
My kids are grown but I was an exhausted pigeon as well. When I stopped working, the comment I heard most often was that I didn’t seem so tired lately.
That sounds like a good idea!