The Kindness Challenge: 5 tips for a kinder, happier you

Did you know that being kind to others can tend to make you kinder towards yourself? And it comes with the added bonus that it makes your world, and the world around you an altogether much nicer place to live. 

What's not to like? Why not take our kindness challenge and say goodbye to winter with a new Spring in your step!

Here are our top five tips for being kinder this week:-

1. Be grateful - take two minutes of each day to write a list of the things you are grateful for. It's an instant mood-booster.
2. Say it out loud – don’t hold back, express even the small things, like thanking a fellow commuter for letting you get off the train before them. Even small expressions of gratitude can make someone else’s day.
3. Stop judging  - the more you judge others, the more you tend to judge yourself, and who needs that negativity in their life anyway?
4. Stop criticizing, start encouraging – switch your thinking from telling your kids or colleagues or partner what they are doing wrong, to acknowledging the things they did well, and encouraging them to do other things better.
5. Ditch the drama– Ever noticed how some people are so addicted to drama and conflict, that you’ll never win an argument with them? Conflicts are a waste of your time and energy, so don’t get drawn into your colleague’s latest drama over who used the last nespresso. There are better things to spend time on in life.

   So on, take up our kindness challenge, and see how much better you feel by the end of the week.