The Kindness Challenge Day 8 – Thank ‘ EM Find one thing your person has done recently that you can be thankful for and send them an e-mail, text, or note of thanks. (“I saw that you put away the DVDs...

The Kindness Challenge Day 7 – Accountability Check How are you doing at saying nothing negative, either to your person or about them to somebody else? Look back on the past week and identify any cases where you...

The Kindness Challenge Day 6 – Offer Encouragement Everyone make mistakes and is touched by unconditional support and encouragement, especially when they don’t deserve it. The next time your person suffers...

The Kindness Challenge Day 5 – Share Snacks Leave a snack of their choice (would that be a healthy food bar or a doughnut?) on the counter (at work, in the house) or wherever you know they will see it. —...

The Kindness Challenge Day 4 – Compliment the Questionable What is one thing your person probably likes about themself but perhaps thinks you don’t? (Their strong opinions, which you see as being...

The Kindness Challenge Day 3 – Offer Understanding Is your person a complainer you think is wrong? Today (or the next time this comes up), no matter how off base you might think they are, provide no corrective...

Day 2 – Share the Load Choose a task you know your person dislikes and do it with a cheerful attitude and no expectation. Take your neighbor’s garbage can to the curb on trash pickup day; clean the dirty...

Doing the Challenge for Anyone Pick a member of your personal, professional, or geographic community (your boss, romantic partner, child, neighbor, in-laws) as your target for kindness in the hopes of improving your...