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.
- Practice being grateful for the little things
- Let someone cut in front of you in traffic
- Slow down for someone to cross the road
- Say thank you
- Say hi to people you know, but not well
- Leave surprise sticky notes for your significant other
- Buy someone flowers
- Compile a Spotify playlist for someone having a hard time
- Write a love letter
- Look the Coles cashier in the eye when you thank them
- Send a friend a Facebook message with lots of emojis
- Send someone outside of your circle a voice note just because you’re thinking of them
- Bake someone cupcakes and deliver them with a note
- Offer to make someone dinner
- Leave a tip in your favourite cafe’s tip jar
- Thank the weekly maintenance guy in your building
- Offer to take your friend’s kids out
- Treat the stranger behind you to their coffee
- Hold the door open
- Give genuine compliments
- Spend time with your nieces or nephews and take a personal interest in their stories
- Order someone a surprise gift and get it sent to their address
- Buy someone a magazine subscription
- Surprise your mum with that mug you know she had her eye on
- Smile more, rush less
- Write thank you cards to the people who have helped you
- Handwrite a letter and send it by snail mail
- Make something crafty for someone special
- Share your story so others feel less alone
- Make someone a cup of tea
- Make your partner a hot water bottle
- Drop off soup at someone in need
- Be genuine, and actively take an interest in people
- Offer to do someone’s errands
- Create a public free book library
- Call a friend and have a solid catch up
- Offer to carry a stranger’s groceries to their car
- Reach out to that one friend who needs to hear someone cares about them
- Lend someone your favourite book, and then arrange a catch up session to delve into your joint opinions on it
- “Like” the status of someone you’re not friends with in real life
- Make the world smaller by reaching out to your international friends
- Buy someone a gift voucher to their favourite cafe
- Listen without judgement to people and what they’re going through
- Offer someone a ride who you know doesn’t drive
- Visit someone in hospital and just be there for them
- Tell someone something you’ve always wanted to tell them, but never have
- Start a difficult conversation and be open and encouraging
- Be a friendly neighbour
- Send someone a song that reminds you of them
- Be kind to yourself — you matter too
One Response
This is wonderful Chanee. All these great tips to chose from. I’m going to start to use them one by one from tomorrow. ❤️?