2022 Update: Action for Happiness has updated its website and program offerings. For the most-up-to-date information and calendar, please visit https://actionforhappiness.org/
From Action for Happiness: This month, we’re encouraging you to carry out small acts of kindness. This has been another difficult year of uncertainty and ups and downs for many of us. Kindness is contagious, and helping others has been proven to make us feel better too! Let’s try to focus on being generous with our time and attention rather than money – it’s free and better for everyone, as well as our planet! For more information, visit https://www.actionforhappiness.org/december
The Action of Happiness calendars are packed with actions you can take to help create a happier and kinder world. Visit https://www.actionforhappiness.org/calendar to find more information and other language versions too.
Daily actions to help you be kind and help others:
- December 1 Wednesday: Spread kindness and share the December calendar with others
- December 2 Thursday: Contact someone you can’t be with to see how they are
- December 3 Friday: Offer to help someone who is facing difficulties at the moment
- December 4 Saturday: Support a charity, cause or campaign you really care about
- December 5 Sunday: Give a gift to someone who is homeless or feeling lonely
- December 6 Monday: Leave a positive message for someone else to find
- December 7 Tuesday: Give kind comments to as many people as possible today
- December 8 Wednesday: Do something helpful for a friend or family member
- December 9 Thursday: Notice when you’re hard on yourself or others and be kind instead
- December 10 Friday: Listen wholeheartedly to others without judging them
- December 11 Saturday: Buy an extra item and donate it to a local food bank
- December 12 Sunday: Be generous. Feed someone with food, love or kindness today
- December 13 Monday: See how many different people you can smile at today
- December 14 Tuesday: Share a happy memory or inspiring thought with a loved one
- December 15 Wednesday: Contact an older neighbour and brighten up their day
- December 16 Thursday: Look for something positive to say to everyone you speak to
- December 17 Friday: Give thanks. List the kind things others have done for you
- December 18 Saturday: Ask for help and let someone else discover the joy of giving
- December 19 Sunday: Contact someone who may be alone or feeling isolated
- December 20 Monday: Help others by giving away something that you don’t need
- December 21 Tuesday: Appreciate kindness and thank people who do things for you
- December 22 Wednesday: Congratulate someone for an achievement that may go unnoticed
- December 23 Thursday: Choose to give or receive the gift of forgiveness
- December 24 Friday: Bring joy to others. Share something which made you laugh
- December 25 Saturday: Treat everyone with kindness today, including yourself!
- December 26 Sunday: Get outside. Pick up litter or do something kind for nature
- December 27 Monday: Call a relative who is far away to say hello and have a chat
- December 28 Tuesday: Be kind to the planet. Eat less meat and use less energy
- December 29 Wednesday: Turn off digital devices and really listen to people
- December 30 Thursday: Let someone know how much you appreciate them and why
- December 31 Friday: Plan some new acts of kindness to do in 2022
Contributed by Diane Ahern. She had been contemplating her New Year’s Resolutions and was searching for a monthly Kindness Calendar. She stumbled upon a series of monthly calendars from Action for Happiness, a movement of people committed to building a happier and more caring society. Diane is providing this calendar as information to those in our University City community who may want to spread more happiness. UCCA neither supports nor endorses the Action for Happiness organization or movement … but likes the idea of spreading happiness and kindness throughout University City. For more information about UCCA, visit https://www.universitycitynews.org/ucca-about-us/
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