A 30 Day All Kind Commitment to your SELF
Choose one from the list that you aren’t already doing. Commit to it for 30 days!
Research shows that self-compassion is instrumental for emotional, mental and even physical health.
Being kind to yourself can begin with mindfulness. Being mindful means you are aware of thoughts and feelings without judging. Being kind also includes gentleness on yourself-eliminating shame, and accepting that we are all on the human journey and learning and growing. In other words-no one is perfect.
Self-compassion is related to lower levels of stress, increased motivation and the capacity to then be all kind, to all kinds.
Be All Kind to your Self by choosing one of the following commitments (that you aren't already doing) to follow for 30 days.
- Practice Mindfulness throughout your day
- Write in a daily mindfulness
- Spend time in nature today
- Do yoga daily
- Spend two minutes each morning reflecting on your amazing worth
- Meditate every day
- Eat healthy
- Care for your body-refrain from drinking alcohol
- Seek natural ways to get energized-cut out caffeine
- Prove to yourself that you can do without sugar-choose foods that are naturally sweet instead
- Exercise daily
- Spend time every day with someone you love
- Spend time each day doing something you love
- Spend time each day being creative in some way
- Set aside time each day to devote to your spiritual or religious practice
- Write in a gratitude journal and include good things about yourself in each entry
- For one month, only think thoughts about yourself that are kind and gentle, forgiving and understanding.
- Engage in healthy kind acts versus those without boundaries
- Read something kind and gentle before sleep
- Choose to take in good news and avoid taking in negativity
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A 30 day all kind commitment to OTHERS
Choose one from the list that you aren’t already doing. Commit to it for 30 days!
- Smile to everyone. you see, every day and look at them in the eyes
- Visit people regularly in an elderly facility
- Become a big brother or big sister
- Volunteer at a local food pantry
- Decide to talk nicely about others rather than gossip
- Make an effort to find the good in others rather than judge
- Give away something valuable of yours each day-time, money, things
- When you travel, collect the complimentary toiletries and donate to a homeless shelter
- Commit to listening more and talking less
- Say please and thank you every time there's an opportunity- and mean it
- Give your kids your full attention when they are talking to you
- Spend time in nature with your children daily
- Give your full attention to the people you are with-put your phone away.
- Call, visit, or send a note, text or email to someone new each day
- Be gracious even to those you struggle to appreciate-make it a point to respond with honesty and not ghost
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A 30 day All Kind commitment to OTHER LIVING THINGS!
Choose one from the list that you aren’t already doing. Commit to it for 30 days!
Respect all life on this planet-do not kill any living being-not even a spider
Volunteer at the humane society
Volunteer at a local animal sanctuary
Adopt vegan practices
Challenge yourself to serve peaceful meals-refrain from serving factory farmed animal products to your family or guests
Foster a shelter pet
Commit to only patient and kind ways of treating and talking to your pet
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A 30 day All Kind commitment to the PLANET
Choose one from the list that you aren’t already doing. Commit to it for 30 days!
Shop only at thrift stores
Choose products not made with palm oil
Choose to shop for the majority of your food at local farmers
markets
Treasure water-refrain from wasting it
Allow your lawn to grow naturally-don't mow
Choose to avoid using pesticides
Pride yourself in only choosing reusable bags when you grocery shop
Volunteer to pick up trash in your community any time you see it
Cut back on your use of plastics
Bike more, drive a car less
Challenge yourself from only purchasing non factory farmed products
Shop local
Carpool
Kids-choose one from the list and do it for 30 days!
For Kids-A 30 Day All Kind Commitment
Say please and thank you any time you can
Write in a journal and write good things about yourself every day
Think great things about yourself
Do a nice thing for someone every day-it can be different people
Clean up after yourself instead of littering
Be kind to all living things-even spiders
Eat Healthy
Exercise
Meditate
Do yoga
Find the good in others instead of judging them
Say good things about people and avoid all gossip
Spend time in nature every day-(with an adult)
Think of new ways to be kind to family
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For 30 days I will...
Be All Kind
Spend 30 minutes or more each day making yourself more aware of ways to be kinder. Begin on this site to raise your awareness-through the suggested books and films
Spend time each day towards launching a kindness project
Each day, do one act of kindness consciously-something you normally wouldn't think of doing. It can be different each day.
Filter every thought, word and action through, "Is this all kind?"
And hopefully it will continue on...
Challenge yourself to continue the 30 day practice while you then add another 30 day challenge!
Share your experiences! Write down how it felt and the impact it is making and send it in to us to inspire others!
