The Mission




Well, 2012 brought us enough tragedy and heartache for a lifetime (and sadly that's still an understatement). I wasn't terribly shocked when 12/21 came and went and we were all still here. But by the time New Years rolled around I was still hoping for some change. So, my New Years Resolution: To complete at least one random act of kindness every day for a year. And so, I present to you a beam of hope from my little corner of the internet. Here is a running list of 365 random acts of kindness for 2013. Some of these may be a little ambitious but most of them are things you could easily do every day. This blog is not for any sort of attention or recognition and any hate or nay saying will not be tolerated. My simple hope is that this blog inspires other people to look at the world around them and help make it a better place for all of us.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Day Seventeen

Back at school I feel like it might be a little bit more difficult to complete a RAK everyday because I'm somewhat confined to staying on campus all week; so any and all ideas are welcome! (And much appreciated). Im sure there are just as many Random Acts of Kindness I can do without leaving school; I just haven't figured out what they are yet.

Today I went and got dinner with my friends and when we were done eating there was kind of a big crowd next to the trash can so I gathered up all of my friends' trays and brought them over.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Day Sixteen

So by now you might be able to tell I like to use my pocket change to work for a random act of kindness. Today I went into town with my parents and before we left we all put our change into the parking meter to fill it up for the next person who parked there.  And I'm glad my parents decided to put their pocket change to work today as well and help me with my random act. 

Some other exciting news; I got interviewed today by the lovely Shannon Bryan from Mainetoday.com about this blog. And I would like to extend a very special thanks to her for helping me get the word out about my blog so that we can inspire some change =] Look for a link to the article sometime in the next week; I'll be sure to post it as soon as it comes out.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Day Fifteen

Sorry this post is coming so late! I moved down to school yesterday and spent the better part of my day unpacking. Oy! However, I still found time to do my Random Act of Kindness because there's always time in the day to do a little bit of good deed doing. So I bought some of those "make your own business card" kits and printed out business cards with little inspirational quotes about kindness and left them on the windshields of parked cars across campus. Although, maybe I should've checked the weather because it's snowing today! Oh well, I still have a few dozen cards left so I can leave those for another day. 

Monday, January 14, 2013

Day Fourteen

So, more cleaning before I go back down to school tomorrow. I took all the books off of my book case and dang, I didn't realize how many books I had. So After pulling out all of the keepsake children's books and the classics I decided to donate the rest to my town's library. Hey I'm not going to read them again and they were just sitting on my bookshelf collecting dust.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Day Thirteen

Hey everyone, sorry I'm posting so late. I spent the day with family a few hours away and drove straight home after the football game. GO PATS! (sorry if your a Houston fan). Because I spent the whole day up north I couldn't really go out to do my RAK so I had to find something to do inside. Since my aunt cooked brunch for us I rounded up the dirty dishes for her and loaded them into the dishwasher. By now you guys should know what a fan I am of "the little things".

I kind of took it easy this weekend since it's the last weekend I'm spending at home before going back to school. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow for a RAK yet because I tend not to plan these things in advance but I have something really good planned for Tuesday!

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Day Twelve

Today I helped my mom run some errands in town. We tried to hunt down a flu shot but apparently those are in short supply these days. While we were out my mom suggested that we return a few of the shopping carts scattered around the parking lot to the cart return. You know... those little stalls that take up like one or two parking spots that no one can ever seem to find? So bam, there was my random act for that day.
And yes, I know it's just a little thing, but lets be honest... If everyone in the world took 5 minutes out of their day to do something nice I think the world would be a vastly different place. And thank you to my mother for her help today in completing a random act of kindness.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Day Eleven

Ahh, well today I had to run some errands in town and I had to take the toll highway. I usually use an EZ pass but I also scrounged up a dollar in coins and paid the toll of the person behind me as I went through the toll booth. I doubt I'll miss that dollar and I like to think I made someone smile when they went through the toll booth and the toll operator gave them a free pass.