Anyone heard of contagious kindness? With all this virus talk still floating in the air, I’ve decided to create a kindness list. Here are my top 50 ways to catch the kindness cold, and pass it on, too.

1. Practice being grateful for the little things
2. Let someone cut in front of you in traffic
3. Slow down for someone to cross the road
4. Say thank you
5. Say hi to people you know, but not well
6. Leave surprise sticky notes for your significant other
7. Buy someone flowers
8. Compile a Spotify playlist for someone having a hard time
9. Write a love letter
10. Look the Coles cashier in the eye when you thank them
11. Send a friend a Facebook message with lots of emojis
12. Send someone outside of your circle a voice note just because you’re thinking of them
13. Bake someone cupcakes and deliver them with a note
14. Offer to make someone dinner
15. Leave a tip in your favourite cafe’s tip jar
16. Thank the weekly maintenance guy in your building
17. Offer to take your friend’s kids out
18. Treat the stranger behind you to their coffee
19. Hold the door open
20. Give genuine compliments
21. Spend time with your nieces or nephews and take a personal interest in their stories
22. Order someone a surprise gift and get it sent to their address
23. Buy someone a magazine subscription
24. Surprise your mum with that mug you know she had her eye on
25. Smile more, rush less
26. Write thank you cards to the people who have helped you
27. Handwrite a letter and send it by snail mail
28. Make something crafty for someone special
29. Share your story so others feel less alone
30. Make someone a cup of tea
31. Make your partner a hot water bottle
32. Drop off soup at someone in need
33. Be genuine, and actively take an interest in people
34. Offer to do someone’s errands
35. Create a public free book library
36. Call a friend and have a solid catch up
37. Offer to carry a stranger’s groceries to their car
38. Reach out to that one friend who needs to hear someone cares about them
39. Lend someone your favourite book, and then arrange a catch up session to delve into your joint opinions on it
40. “Like” the status of someone you’re not friends with in real life
41. Make the world smaller by reaching out to your international friends
42. Buy someone a gift voucher to their favourite cafe
43. Listen without judgement to people and what they’re going through
44. Offer someone a ride who you know doesn’t drive
45. Visit someone in hospital and just be there for them
46. Tell someone something you’ve always wanted to tell them, but never have
47. Start a difficult conversation and be open and encouraging
48. Be a friendly neighbour
49. Send someone a song that reminds you of them
50. Be kind to yourself — you matter too