With our TV screens, newspapers and social media feeds so often filled with bad news, the world can seem like a scary place sometimes. However, although so many things are out of our control and we cannot undo the negative actions of others, we can make a conscious effort to do our bit for humanity.
By going out of your way to do kind things for others, you can make the world a better place and introduce lots of positive karma to your own life.
If you want to make the world that little bit brighter, why not take our 30 Day Kindness Challenge? Tackle each of the steps below one day at a time and before you know it, you’ll have helped to transform the world around you.
- Ask to sit with someone who is eating alone
- Pay for the order of the person behind you
- Offer to babysit or pet sit for a friend (free of charge)
- Call a loved one you haven’t spoken to in a long time
- Give a generous tip to your server
- Pick up litter
- Run an errand for someone
- Write a thank you card to someone who has helped you
- Surprise a friend with a gift
- Write a list of all the reasons you love someone and give it to them as a gift
- Next time you go shopping, place money in a purse on the shelf as a nice surprise for the person buys it
- Pay someone a compliment
- Donate money to a good cause
- Give someone else your seat on the bus
- Go out of your way to make a new friend
- Help someone with their bags
- Donate blood
- Sign up to be an organ donor
- Buy a meal for a homeless person
- Bring sweet treats to the office and share with your colleagues
- Leave a friendly note in a library book for someone else to find
- Let another driver go in front of you
- Give some food to a food bank
- Volunteer at a charity shop, animal shelter or nursing home
- Cook a meal for someone
- Donate clothes you no longer need to charity
- Give someone a shoulder to cry on
- Forgive someone who has wronged you
- Spend a whole day only saying positive things to people
- Be kind to yourself






