![]() | Weekend KindnessTop 5 Acts of KindnessPosted Friday, December 28th, 2007 and visited 377 times, 1 so far today by Colleen |
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Now that Christmas has passed, we have a vision of a new year upon us. I imagine in the next few days we’ll be seeing many “the best of 2007″ recaps! It’s always fun to see the highlight of the past year and I wanted to pass along my top 5 ways of showing kindness over the past few years. It stemmed from a few “new years resolutions” gone right!
5. Call your parents twice a week and siblings at least once. I had received a daily desk calendar with lots of great daily tips, this one stuck out to me, so I’ve carried it from office to office and had it sitting out so it’s a visual reminder that family is important!
4. Small things matter - send a birthday card! Typically at the beginning of each month I’ll sit down and sign and address all my birthday cards for the entire month! I’ll write the date of the birthday on the back in a small lettering. I’ll keep them with me and send them out according! A frugal tip: Buying a package of the large note card looking cardstock from Michael’s or another craft store and just make my own! Otherwise, several store are now coming out with .48 and 1.00 cards!
3. This is a recent act of kindness from a colleagues that when said, made complete sense! In my career path, we all work long days, weeks and months at different points in the semester. We try really hard to support other offices in their programs and services, but sometimes there’s just not enough time in a week! My colleagues suggestion was just to take a few minutes to check in with those other people to ask how said program went or said event! In addition, he’s really good about following up with people he hasn’t seen in a few days! Check in on your friends and family - ask questions, be involved AND interested!
2. Establish a community. This has always been super important to me. I love being able to walk with others and be able to lean on my friends and family! In order to have friends you need to be a friend. I’ve tried so hard to establish a firm foundation in all my friendships and those relationships have lasted over the years! It’s not how many friends you have, but keep those friends you have close to your heart!
1. Love. Love. Love. (nuff said)
So, what are you top ways of offering kindness?
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December 28th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
I could work on all of these… my parents I call, but my siblings– yikes! Not every week. Whoops!
December 28th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
I can too, Melissa! There just never seems to be enough time in the day! Thanks for stopping by!
December 29th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Thank you for the comment! Great site & for some reason, that birthday present graphic in some of your posts is like really pretty to me haha.
December 29th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Thanks, Mollie! Glad you liked the post!
February 9th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Great ideas - and simple to follow if we just do it! I just got off the phone with two of my sisters. I’ll call Mom next.
February 13th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I think that’s part of the problem, Claudia. We’ve become a much more networked society, but we still have to take the time to do things.
Isn’t it weird how our stress level is higher now that we have more time on our hands?
February 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pm Subscribed to Comments
I’ll tell ya, a handwritten notecard means way more than an email.
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