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This week was my final week! On Sunday I completed the last Kindness Countdown challenge, and it was probably my favourite so far. For this week, I went with my grandpa to a retirement home he goes to visit every Sunday.  When I was creating my proposal for my project, I knew I wanted myContinue reading “Love to the Lonely”

The weeks are quickly flying by and I am already on my second last challenge. This week my goal was to spend some time with my family. I have four younger siblings and each of them have very full schedules. Because it can be difficult to make time for them, I decided to dedicate thisContinue reading “Kindness Close to Home”

This week’s challenge took place internationally in the beautiful country of Northern Ireland. On Friday, February 12, 2020, I hopped on a plane and arrived on Saturday morning to what has to be the greenest place on earth. It was a breath of fresh air from the grey atmosphere that has loomed over Toronto sinceContinue reading “Kindness Around the World”

This week’s challenge was to perform four acts of kindness for people I care about. This was to encourage me to show appreciation for the people in my life who go above and beyond for me. I am a person who is easily stressed out and overwhelmed, but I have a really amazing support system.Continue reading “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”

This week’s project was a little more difficult than last week. This week I decided to reach out to five different people that I have either lost touch with or failed to message in a long time. I found it hard to know who to start a conversation with, but there were people who IContinue reading “Initiating Connection”

To begin my kindness countdown, I started by complimenting six different people. The goal was to compliment six strangers, but as I began it was much harder than I thought it would be. Complimenting people is not difficult, but I thought I did it much more frequently than I do. As the week progressed, IContinue reading “Be the Light:Compliment a Stranger”