It’s Random Act of Kindness Week

Random Acts of Kindness Week lasts til Feb 20th. In order to inspire you to do your own random act of kindness, the folks at Skout, the global app that helps you meet new people and expand your social circle, conducted a survey of 2,700 of it's users. The results are pretty interesting. 65% of people surveyed say they perform a random act of kindness daily, and 83% say they randomly do something kind for someone at least once per week. Do you?

• The majority of people surveyed (56%) perform random of acts of kindness because it just makes them feel good.
• 23% say random acts of kindness are something they do because of their religion, and 16% say they do kind things because they believe in karma.
• Only 4% of people say they do kind things in the hopes of receiving accolades from friends or family, and 1% of people do kind things hoping for financial gain.

• Don’t just leave a 15-20% tip at a restaurant, leave a more than generous tip for your waitress.
• Pay it “backward” at a coffee shop or drive-thru.
• Hug a friend when they least expect it.
• Take flowers to a nursing home and ask that they be delivered to someone who doesn’t get many visitors.
• Buy flowers or a piece of chocolate, and give them to someone who looks like they would appreciate it.
• Write a nice message on a sticky note and put it somewhere, where it can be found by somebody else.
• Empty your spare change into the charity collection box at your local convenience store. For extra kindness points, break out the dollars!
• Send a text to a friend, just thanking them for being your friend.
• Hold a door open for someone.
• Borrow a friend’s car and fill it up with a full tank of gas.

Maybe this will inspire you to do a random act of kindness this week!