This blog is over.

I am incapable of kindness. I bring only pain.

Day 10: Stay after school with someone

If your friend is not getting picked up for ages, just stay with them. Keep them safe.

Maybe you owe them that much.

Regards,

365daysofkind

Day 9: Take your sibling out

Siblings are prone to arguing, and let's not forget, that we're often harsher to them than we are to anyone else.
My sister has been making somewhat of an effort to be nicer to me recently, and to treat me with less hatred. As a result, I asked her to go to the cinema with me and treated her to a nice afternoon out, because I know she wanted to see a movie and also, because I don't think she feels she gets out enough. It was nice spending some quality time with her, laughing at Spiderman's antics.

I'll definitely do this more, because she felt so much happier as a result.

Next time, I'll go all out.

Regards,

365daysofkind

Day 8: Give up a Saturday

Some people recoil at the idea of giving up a Saturday to over 150 children to give them a social day. But it's important that, when you're about to start Year 7, i.e. secondary school, someone quells your qualms and just gives you a chance to get to know your future class mates.
So, a bunch of us (school prefects) gave up the best part of our Saturday, despite being already exhausted from Sports Day before, to give the new Year 7s a good welcome and hopefully, help them get to know more about their new school and friends-to-be.

It was honestly much better than what I had planned (lounging around on tumblr) and was definitely worth it. I guess I've even made some new friends. They might not have enjoyed the disco as much as us sixth formers, though.

We managed to answer a lot of their fear-filled questions and some of them seemed to get on like houses on fire. I'm glad we did it and organised it ourselves, and I'm glad that they know they are welcome into our school, and that secondary school is nowhere near as scary as it's made out to be.

Lending an hand to the rest of the team was definitely worth it.

Regards,

365daysofkind

Day 7: Make someone laugh

Often, people are having a mediocre/bad day, and all they need is a laugh.
Enter, blonde wig, pink clothes, ridiculously oversized hat, and extremely short shorts.

Enter, Nicki Minaj.

Now, it could've gone downhill, but the hype was built up so that everyone WANTED this to happen. (Good thing for me, gave me encouragement!) So I dressed up, rapped, did the macarena for a mile, helped a teacher with the high jump to let the others rest, amongst other strange but wonderful things to keep the jolly spirit and create a good atmosphere.

Today, someone made my day. They told me what I secretly wanted to hear: that they saw me being the CEO of a massive company (with a six-figure salary, but that's not as important). That sentence made my day, and that person doesn't even know it.

It's literally being fun, letting your hair down, and saying kind things that can make someone's day.

And when it's your school Sports Day, cheer for everyone and anyone. A simple high-five for someone who clears the high jump can go a long way.

Regards,

365daysofkind

Day 6: Lend an hand

You have 180 girls and their parents, sometimes siblings coming into your school. They need entertaining, need to be sold to, and there are billions of other things to do and questions to answer at the same time.

So what do you do?

You muck in and help as much as you possibly can, stay longer than you need to, and do more than you need to.

Sometimes, kindness is showing you care by going the extra mile in times of need, especially when everyone's depending on you.

Regards,

365daysofkind

Day 5: Random Acts of Kindness

A person has no money and can't get lunch? Lend them money (I usually don't let people pay me back)

You have a lot of cake that you realistically aren't going to sell anyway? Give it away for free to people who WILL eat it, rather than throwing it away.

Your old Head of Year is up on stage singing even though she used to sing with a now-at-peace teacher a while ago? Scream, cheer, and clap like you've never loved anyone ever before, and just keep going until all they can hear is the sound of happiness ringing like ecstatic bells that won't cease.

Sometimes, it's the small, random acts of kindness that can make someone's day.
Sometimes, it's the small things you do that help people to remember that no, it's not all bad out there. You may not have moved the Heavens or the Earth for them, but that does not mean you were unkind. You were kind, and surely, that's what we all strive for?

Food for thought.

Regards,

365daysofkind