Share veggies you grow in your garden with friends, neighbors, and family.Be self-compassionate when you’re struggling with something.Practice compassion when someone else is struggling.Make a double batch of dinner so that you can give a meal to someone in need.Hold the door open for the person walking behind you.Slow down to let someone merge in front of you in traffic.Put coins in someone’s parking meter that is about to run out.Leave a positive comment on someone else's social media post, #ProsocialPost.Scrape the ice off the car windshield of the car next to yours.Bring brownies to your next neighborhood association meeting.Leave a sticky note with a positive note somewhere public, like at a bus stop.Buy a sandwich for the next person in the lunch line.Give bottles of water to people working outside on a hot day.
Ofter to be there for a friend when they are struggling with something. Leave a thank you note in your mailbox for your mail carrier. Send an email to a former teacher to let them know how they impacted your life. Bring in the trash bins for your neighbor after trash has been picked up. Compliment a neighbor on how nice their yard looks. Help a neighbor bring in their groceries. Help to connect a friend seeking a job to someone who has a job to offer. Share an article, event, or other information with someone who might be interested. Buy a warm meal to give to a homeless person. Bring a friend a small gift next time you see them. Tell a parent that they’re doing a great job raising their kids. Compliment someone on something they’ve done or accomplished. Post an uplifting photo on a friend’s social media. Keep packs of toothpaste or packs of socks in your bag to give to homeless people. Attend events that support your friends’ passions (like an art show, musical performance, etc…). Keep an extra pen in your purse to give people when they need one. Offer to bring someone else's grocery cart back to the store. Address your cashier, waiter, or other service people by their first names. Spend time with the elderly at a local retirement home. Reach out to an old friend to let them know of an experience you had with them that you value. Offer to pick up a friend at the airport. Invite a friend that you haven’t seen in a while out to lunch. Invite someone new in your town to a social event and introduce them to everyone. Talk to someone at a party that doesn’t seem to know anyone. Give up your seat on the plane to let a couple sit together. 
Offer to mow the lawn for an elderly neighbor.Shovel snow off the sidewalk in your neighborhood.Use old grocery bags to pick up dog poop you see on your neighbor's lawn.Compliment someone on their clothing or hair.Pick up trash on the ground and put it in the garbage.Introduce two people who you think would get along.Let someone cut in front of you in line.Compliment a photo someone posts on social media.Tell a friend what you love about their children.Leave a positive review online of a restaurant you like.Text a friend to share your gratitude for something they did for you.Write a handwritten card to someone to say thanks.
Compliment someone on one of their personality traits.
#ACTS OF KINDNESS FREE#
Feel free to do any of these ideas or change them in ways that fit your life or your style. Want to start engaging in random acts of kindness? Here’s a big list of ideas. Video: How One Act Of Kindness a Day Can Change Your Life Researchers suggest that kindness is even contagious (Baskerville et al., 2000).
If we see someone else showing kindness, we are more likely to show kindness. If someone tells us that we’re kind, we might also be more likely to engage in random acts of kindness. Witnessing our parents engage in random acts of kindness likely makes it more likely that we will too. Here are some of the things that might lead us to be kind: Researchers suggest that some people are more likely to practice random acts of kindness than others. This may be especially true when we help family, friends, community members, and spouses (Curry et al., 2018). Given that kindness helps us build healthy relationships with others-others who may be able to protect and support us-evolutionary psychologists believe that kindness makes us happy because it helps us survive and thrive. Some researchers have proposed that happiness is just the emotional experience we have when we act in ways that promote our survival. Why might random acts of kindness be good for us? For example, if we spend more money on others we are generally happier, and if we volunteer to help others, we are generally healthier (Curry et al., 2018). Beyond that, being kind has been shown to boost not only others’ well-being but also our own personal well-being. We like kind people, so being kind can help us be liked. Kindness is one of the most valued character strengths in Western society (Binfet, 2015).
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