20 good things you can do today

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Good done to someone returns to you like a boomerang. And these are not empty words at all. I think you yourself know how often it happens: after doing some kind deed, after a while you receive an unexpected gift of fate. Let's remember what good deeds we can do regularly to cheer ourselves up and those around us and make the world more humane.

1. Hold the door when you leave

It would seem a simple rule of politeness, but how many people in a hurry forget about this simple trifle. And the person following you will certainly appreciate the fact that you stopped for a second and held the door for him.

2. Do a small charity

Finally, disassemble your closets and give unnecessary things to orphanages or to another place, for example, where a natural disaster has recently occurred (such collections are carried out regularly). You don't need these things at all, but they will bring joy to someone, they will warm someone and, perhaps, even save them from death.

3. Leave a positive review about your favorite cafe

We do not skimp on negative reviews. It is worth offending us, and friends from all social networks will find out about it. When everything is fine, we somehow do not rush to shout about it at every corner. If you liked a cafe or some other institution, leave a positive review about it. It will not take you long, and the cafe will acquire several new visitors. And your friends will surely thank you for your advice on a good place where they spent a wonderful evening.

4. Donate blood

If you were not too lazy to go to the blood donation point once, you have already saved someone's life.

5. Try volunteering at a nursing home for a while

Oh, it's not easy. You need to have a certain temperament in order to spend at least a few hours in a nursing home, where there are mostly elderly people who, probably, burden their loved ones too much or who have no loved ones at all. A few hours spent with them for a conversation or some kind of game will be remembered by them, because for old people it will be a whole event in a series of rather boring days.

6. Help new neighbors to settle down

Are new neighbors moving into your entrance? It would be nice to say hello to them for a start. Offer help in moving, perhaps suggest something, answer questions. A few simple steps to help you strengthen good neighborly relations, and maybe even make new friends.

7. Skip someone in line at the supermarket

If you have a full basket of groceries and a customer is languishing behind you with a single bottle of water, why not skip ahead, especially if you are not in too much of a hurry. I am sure he will not only be very surprised, but also very grateful to you.

8. Send an unexpected gift to a friend

No need to wait for the holidays. Just in honor of a good mood, send a book or some kind of trinket to a friend who lives in another city, but at least just a postcard. It is always so joyful to receive parcels!

9. Bring something tasty to the office

Why not treat your colleagues to muffins or donuts in the morning? Why not bring a watermelon to the office, for example, and eat it all together? Everyone's mood will undoubtedly improve.

10. Offer your parking space to the approaching car

Parking near the mall is a real challenge, especially during the holidays. If you are about to leave and, approaching your car, noticed the driver who is looking for a parking spot for himself, indicate to him that you are leaving now so that he can slow down and get in your place.

11. Help the motorist on the road

If you are an experienced driver and see that a car has stopped on the side of the road with the warning lights on, stop and offer help.

12. Lend someone in line a change

If you are standing behind someone in line at the checkout and the person suddenly lacks 50 kopecks to pay for the purchase, or there is no change to give without change, lend them to him. It is clear that he will not return the money to you, but after all, this is not such a great value, and you will save a person from the need to refuse one of your purchases. And the line behind you will be grateful that you did not keep waiting for the cashier to issue the cancellation of the goods.

13. Make way for the metro, minibus or tram

Here it is not only about the elderly, who, of course, should give way. Give in if you see that it is hard for the person next to you to stand, he is too tired, he is unwell, or he has heavy bags.

14. Leave leftover food at the trash can

My mom never just throws away leftover food, which, in principle, can still be eaten, or dried bread. She folds it neatly into a bag and hangs it near the street trash cans. Some homeless person will not need to dig in the garbage for a long time to find food, they can just take a bag.

15. Pick up what someone dropped

If someone drops a glove or something else, be sure to call out to the person and point out the loss. And if you are standing nearby, then pick up the thing and hand it into his hands.

16. Teach someone what you are a pro

I recently explained to a female photographer how to use Dropbox. It took a few minutes, but she was happy that she could now use such a handy tool. If you're a pro at something, teach others what you know.

17. Invite tourists to take pictures of them

If you suddenly see tourists on the street who are trying to photograph themselves at arm's length, offer them help. Surely no one wants all their photos to be as one: huge faces and tiny sights somewhere in the background in the ear region.

18. Bring Your Friends Pet Treat

Do you have meat bones from lunch, and in the evening you go to visit friends who have a dog? Take the bones with you. Friends and their pet will be grateful to you.

19. Share with your neighbor greens and vegetables from your garden

If you or your parents have a garden and have produced far more greens and vegetables than you yourself can eat, share them with your friends or neighbors.

20. Share discounts

If you have extra discount coupons that you are unlikely to use, give them to those who need them. Do not store until the very end to discard later.

These are far from all ideas of small good deeds that can be done regularly without spending a lot of effort and money. Tell us in the comments about your options for small good deeds.