Instructions for making “Random Acts of Kindness in a jar”
- Print out the pages with various random acts of kindness. You can print both sided and have 2 random acts per strip or do them as single pages.
- Cut the strips, roll them up and tie with ribbon or just roll them and place them in a jar with small pieces of individually wrapped candies.
- Print out the Randomly Sweet Acts of Kindness Take One! Page and tape it to your jar.
- Place jar in prominent spot.
Randomly Sweet Acts of Kindness
Take one!
Ask a fellow employee about their family.
Vow not to gossip. Instead, relay an overheard compliment.
Surprise a coworker and buy a birthday lunch.
Each time you get a new piece of clothing, donate an old one.
Don’t interrupt when someone else is speaking.
Email or write an old teacher who made a difference in your life.
Compliment someone to their boss.
Smile at someone just because.
Let someone into your lane. They’re probably in a rush just like you.
Forgive someone and mean it.
Cut someone some slack.
Donate an old pair of eyeglasses.
Write someone a letter. Like a real letter, on paper. And mail it!
Give someone a book you think they’d like.
When you go somewhere to get or do something, ask the people around you if you can pick up anything they need.
Give someone ahug.
Try to make sure every person in a group conversation feels included.
Answer that email you’ve been avoiding.
Remind yourself that everyone is fighting their own struggles.
Say thank you to a janitor.
Start a conversation with someone at work that you do not know.
Keep an extra umbrella at work and let someone borrow it on their way home if there’s a sudden downpour.
Make two lunches and give one away.
Be encouraging!
Help someone struggling with heavy bags.
Give someone the rest of your pack of gum.
Be patient.
Leave change in a vending machine.
When you hear that negative, discouraging voice in your head, remember to leave yourself alone— you deserve kindness too!
Make a fresh pot of coffee.
Clean the microwave (even if it isn’t your mess).
Hold the door open for the person behind you.
Be grateful.
Be encouraging.
Be constructive in your suggestions.
Ask someone how they are and really listen to the answer.
Introduce a colleague to a contact in your professional network.
Be nice to someone you don’t get along with.
Be a supporter for someone else’s idea or project.
Tell your supervisor what you appreciate about them.
Tell a coworker what you appreciate about them.
Ask someone for their opinion and consider their suggestions.
Invite a co-worker you don’t normally socialize with to sit with you at lunch.
Share praise with a co-worker’s supervisor.
Give someone else a break.