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Kindness Bucket List
Small acts of kindness to tick off, from holding a door to baking for the office.
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One 75-idea roundup opens with a toy donation for a family shelter, then drops straight to holding an elevator door and handing a stranger a compliment. That range is the point. Doing Good Together suggests posting your list on the fridge and planning a family celebration once it's done. Fair enough, a party is good motivation. This list borrows from both, roughly easiest first, so you can start with the elevator door. It leaves out the boxed scratch-off sets.
Why these items are on the list
- Hold the elevator door. If someone is running for it, hold it. That's the whole act.
- Give a stranger a compliment. It costs nothing, and the roundup's advice is not to hold back.
- Share your umbrella. Offer your umbrella to someone who needs one.
- Give up your bus seat. Offer your seat to someone who looks like they need it.
- Offer to take a couple's photo. Selfies don't always work, so help a couple who are visibly struggling to get one.
- Buy the next person's coffee. Give the cashier a few dollars to cover the coffee for whoever is behind you.
- Leave a kind note on a car. Make it thoughtful. A grumpy note about parking doesn't count.
- Pick up litter at the park. Pick up litter you spot at the park.
- Run an errand for someone. Already heading to the post office or grocery store? Offer to grab something for a friend.
- Bake cookies for the office. Bring them in on a boring workday and share them out with your coworkers.
- Make a playlist for a parent. Older parents can find building one slow, so do the favourites for them.
- Handwrite a letter to a friend. Bucket List Journey says a handwritten letter beats an email or text for warmth.
- Tell a boss about a good employee. The roundup's author is a boss who says many days they only hear about poor performers.
- Feed someone's parking meter. Spot a person who could use a little help and save them the trouble.
- Give outgrown toys to a shelter. Pick a shelter for families near you. New toys are fine too if you can afford them.
- Send flowers for no reason. A grandma or a teacher you admired will be glad someone thought of them.
- Hide a love note. Tuck it in a lunch or a wallet, where your person will stumble on it.
- Thank a teacher with a gift. Send a heartfelt gift to the teacher you still think about, to say thanks.
- Fill a food shelf box monthly. Doing Good Together suggests adopting a local food shelf as a monthly family tradition.
- Ask the reflection questions. Ask how it would feel if someone did this for you, and whether you'd try it again.
- Add your own ideas. Brainstorm a few of your own, or start a new list to keep the habit going.
- Set up a kindness corner. Make a cozy corner at home for your kindness list.
- Plan a family celebration. Mark the finished list with a family celebration.
Tick them off on your phone and skip whatever doesn't suit. No foil to scratch off, and you can share the list with a partner or kids so everyone claims a few.
When to use it
Use it when you want a stack of easy good deeds for a family, a classroom or a quiet stretch of the year.