1. Play, genuinely play, with a little kid.

2. Tell someone you love them.

3. Donate unused computer time to cancer research (and other types of research) with BOINC

4. Use your blinker when you turn.

5. Pick a stretch of highway. Walk along and pick up all the trash you can. (It gets you exercise, money from recycling, and it makes the world a better place!)

6. Smile at someone. Just smile. Saying “Hello” often brightens a day too.

7. Round up a few loose coins. Put them in the next charity box you see.

8. Do something unexpected and artistic that will inspire people and shake them out of the sad mentality of the daily grind.

9. Plant flowers.

10. Search through your cabinets for a few cans of food you’ll probably never use. Donate them.

11. Hold the door for someone.

12. Pay a random stranger a compliment.

13. If you have a car, give people rides.

14. Volunteer your time to a suicide hotline

15. ...or volunteer your time as a mentor!

16. Return your shopping cart to the corral or to the store instead of leaving it loose or propped on a planter in the lot.

17. Offer someone a mint or a piece of gum or candy.

18. Park your car further from the store and walk the short extra distance. This frees up spots closer for people who may need them more than you, and gives you additional exercise too!

19. Take a child to the park or pool.

20. Kiss someone you love.

21. Donate things you don’t use to your local thrift store.

22. Donate time or materials to Habitat for Humanity

23. Bake cookies for someone.

24. Bring donuts to work one morning. (It costs next to nothing and makes everyone happy)

25. Clean house for someone you know who is too busy to keep on top of it.

26. Babysit for couples or single parents who don’t get out much so they can have some time alone.

27. If you see a piece of trash on the ground, pick it up.

28. Take a risk and do something major instead, like adopting a child.

29. Knit, quilt or crochet a blanket and send it to Project Linus

30. Instead of buying new batteries, buy rechargeables.

31. Make breakfast in bed for someone you love.

32. Find something you’re good at and use it to help someone else.

33. Learn a new language, then volunteer as an interpreter.