World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. The purpose of this day, celebrated on 13th November of each year, is to help everyone understand that compassion for others is what binds us all together 💕
The World Kindness Movement (WKM) founded the holiday in 1998. The year prior, groups of institutions and associations that prioritized spreading kindness in the world met for a convention in Tokyo. These groups collaborated to form the WKM. The next year, they celebrated the inaugural World Kindness Day 💕
Remember: small acts of kindness can make a big difference in the lives of others💕
If you need some small acts of kindness ideas to get started, check out the 30 ideas below:
1. Give a friend/coworker/stranger a compliment.
2. Put your phone away completely during a conversation.
5. Serve at a soup kitchen.
6. Thank a teacher or mentor with a surprise gift.
7. Send a letter to a good friend instead of a text.
8. Offer to give a coworker a ride home.
9. Send a list of things you admire in a colleague.
10. Pay for the coffee order of the person behind you in line.
11. Take your sibling/friend out for some fun.
12. Buy instrument lessons for your parents.
13. Leave a positive sticky-note on a co-worker's desk.
14. Bring sweet treats to work.
16. Help someone with a flat tire.
17. Do more chores without someone asking you.
18. Participate in or hold a fundraiser or volunteer at an animal shelter.
19. Help a neighbor with their groceries.
20. Shovel a neighbor's driveway when it snows.
21. Prepare a meal for your work team.
23. Make someone a playlist they would enjoy.
24. Bring someone a souvenir from a trip.
25. Drink more water. It's recommended that women drink 72 ounces of fluids per day and men 100 ounces.
26. Send dessert to another table.
27. Let someone behind you at the grocery store go in front of you.
28. Bring flowers to a nursing home.
29. Raise awareness for important causes online.
30. And lastly, treat yourself for no reason- YOU deserve kindness too.
