vercoming the Brain's Negativity Bias and Hardwiring Happiness

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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS LIST

1. Leave money on a vending machine for someone

2. Bake cookies for your neighbors and drop them off

3. Serve at a homeless shelter or domestic violence shelter

4. Do a 5k for a good cause

5. Help at a Veterinarian office or animal shelter

6. Let someone go in front of you in a line

7. Make dinner for a friend

8. Write a thank you letter to someone who gave you something important

9. Write a compliment to someone’s boss you work with

10. Insert coins in someone’s parking meter, or leave quarters at a laundromat

11. Leave notes of encouragement on someone’s car

12. Buy a movie ticket or coffee for someone behind you in line

13. Write letters to military members, police, firefighers or first responders

14. Hold the door open for someone

15. Go out of your way to tell someone good morning

16. Babysit for free

26. Do someone a favor

27. Prepare a well thought out meal for your family

28. Bring in doughnuts or treats for your co-workers

29. Send a thoughtfully written letter or a card to a friend

30. Wash someone’s car (with permission of course)

31. Water a neighbor’s lawn / flowers

32. Give someone a gift card you don’t intend to use

33. Read a book to a child

34. Help a friend / partner with a chore

35. Leave your waiter or barista a generous tip

36. Spend time with a friend, family member, or grandparents

37. Invite someone you know (co-worker, family member) on a walk outside to relax

38. Reconnect with old friends

39. Leave some change on a wishing fountain for children

40. Take the time to listen to someone (really listen, without judgement, and with complete focus)

41. Encourage someone

42. Lend a friend a favorite book / movie

43. Offer someone your pen

44. Spread some encouragement online (social media)

45. Mow your neighbor’s lawn or rake their leaves (with permission)

46. Let someone else pick what to watch on TV

47. Pack someone a lunch for the day

48. Hold the elevator for someone

49. Make a family member breakfast in bed

50. Bring someone you know flowers or a treat

51. Bring used toys in good condition to a Domestic Violence shelter

52. Donate old clothing or other items

53. Run an errand for someone

54. Hide a love note for someone you love where they will find it later

55. Pick up litter somewhere (park, public space)

56. Send a care package to a soldier

57. Take a neighbors or friend’s dog on a walk

58. Give your seat up on the bus

59. Write down a friend’s best qualities and give it to them

60. Compliment a parent on their child’s good behavior

61. Donate towels or blankets to an animal shelter

62. Answer a question in an online forum

63. Let someone into your lane, or let them go first at a stop

64. Send a random thank you email to someone you admire

65. Put your phone away when you are with family or friends (give them undivided attention)

66. Tutor someone or help them with their classwork

67. Help someone try something new

68. Share your favorite recipe with a friend

69. Make a colleague, friend or classmate laugh

70. Do a task for your partner that they hate doing

71. Intentionally resist interrupting when someone is talking

72. Email or write an old teacher that made a difference in your life

73. Relay an overheard compliment

74. Play a board or card game with a senior citizen (retirement home / senior citizen home)

75. Compliment someone you know in front of others

76. Say thank you to the janitor

78. Give up your seat to someone

79. Organize a car pool to reduce pollution

80. Offer to return the shopping cart to the store for someone loading groceries in their car.