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Kind things to do online

From a phone, in a few minutes. Mostly writing something true where somebody will see it — a review, a message, a word to someone's manager.

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• Send the criticism privately and the praise publicly

  The default is backwards: people praise in private and criticize where everyone can see.

  5 minutesFreeA stranger

• Ask the carer before you ask about the patient

  Every single conversation starts with how the ill person is doing. The carer is asked second, or not at all.

  5 minutesFreeA caregiver

• Stay friends with both of them

  Friendship groups split after a separation, and the person who moved out usually loses everyone.

  OngoingFreeA friend

• Check on the friend who is visibly fine

  Support goes to people who are obviously struggling. The competent ones are assumed not to need any.

  5 minutesFreeA friend

• Write the review for the small place

  For a business with forty reviews, one more genuinely moves the number. For a chain, it vanishes.

  5 minutesFreeA stranger

• Send a specific memory, not a check-in

  "Thinking of you" asks for a reply. A memory just hands someone something.

  5 minutesFreeA friend

• Tell someone's manager they were good

  Complaints reach managers constantly. Praise almost never does — which is exactly why it carries weight when it arrives.

  5 minutesFreeA stranger

• Do the thing you keep saying you'll do

  You already promised, and somebody is quietly still waiting. The kindest thing available today is the thing you have already said you would do.

  Half an hourFreeA friend