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52 Ways to Begin Changing Your Life Today

(No-Cost or Low Cost)

  •     Do it!
  •     Stop Complaining!
  •     Serve someone less fortunate
  •     Collect quotes
  •     Volunteer
  •     Mentor a child
  •     Do something without personal glory
  •     Turn off the news
  •     Get rid of the stuff in your home (6 month rule)
  •     Make cookies for a neighbor
  •     Organize a neighborhood cookout
  •     Send one encouraging card a day
  •     Write a nice note and do not sign it
  •     Cut a neighbor’s yard
  •     Rake someone else’s leaves
  •     Offer to babysit for a young couple
  •     Stop checking email
  •     Attend church services
  •     Assist someone carry groceries to their car
  •     Put the buggy back at a supermarket
  •     Buy your wife flowers or your husband a box of chocolate
  •     Take your children to breakfast before school
  •     Send your parents a thank you note for raising you
  •     Buy someone’s dessert in a restaurant
  •     Leave a large tip
  •     Paint a picture and hang it in the living room
  •     Grow a garden and share your vegetables with others
  •     Plant flowers
  •     Bake a cake with your children and deliver it to the elderly.
  •     Take a walk and think
  •     Let someone in while in traffic
  •     Turn off the radio while driving and listen to the wind
  •     Read a book about something you disagree with
  •     Print photos you have taken and make a photo collage.
  •     Write “your story”
  •     Learn a new hobby
  •     Fast for a day
  •     Clean your closet out and donate your clothes to the homeless
  •     Plant a tree
  •     Giveaway some extra jewelry you have to a single mother
  •     Call your parents and tell them ‘Thank You”
  •     Volunteer to speak at school regarding your profession or hobby
  •     Donate your used cell phone to a woman’s shelter or a solider overseas
  •     Pay for a couple to attend a marriage retreat. (Do so anonymously)
  •     Take off work early and spend time with your family.
  •     Write a letter to a soldier and tell them how great a job they are doing. (http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/)
  •     Smile
  •     Donate school supplies to children in need.
  •     Send a widow some flowers
  •     Read 1 book a month
  •     Begin journaling
  •     Turn off your computer for a day and get out of the chair.

Changing the world does not start with a gigantic event, it starts with you and what you can do at this moment.

Chris Gallagher