Thank you everyone for following my days of kind acts.

Check out the tab that I've added at the top titled "The End" to read my final words.

And with that....I am signing off.
:)

Happy October 3rd Everyone!  We made it! 
This is the very last day of a project that has spiraled into so much more than I ever intended it to be.

What to do for the last day?  That has been on my mind for the last few months.  I had two that I wanted to do, so I'm going to squeeze them both into this last day.

Firstly,  for anyone that knows me, knows that the core of who I am has been heavily influenced by a whole lot of world traveling.  Though I am a mom and a student teacher now, I spent my 20's jet-setting around the globe to more than 20 countries.  Many of which were with my husband. I can't even begin to tell you about all the moments of kindness I have experienced in the far corners of this world. 
A stranger let me borrow her hat when I was freezing in Amsterdam...a friend of ours made us a hot meal at his house in Manila...numerous Japanese went out of their way to teach us their culture in Yokohama...locals offered us directions in Brazil.  The list would go on forever. 
Traveling the world when you are young is not easy.  It challenges you and changes you.  The kindness of strangers certainly helps!
I wanted to repay the universe in some way.
So, for my Conscious Act of Kindness, I put together a care package and sent it to a Youth Hostel in Buenos Aries, Argentina.   I've been to so many places in the world, but I chose this because it holds a special place in my heart.  I left a note asking the head of the hostel to please give it to the next traveler that came in.The package contains a whole bunch of items that I KNOW for a fact that backpackers and travelers would greatly appreciate.  I know I would have. 

The second part of my final Conscious Act of Kindness is to be a ROLE MODEL.  365 days....I think I accomplished that.

Again, I have failed to get my post in on time.  My deepest apologies everyone.  Of course I'm not quitting at the very end.  Who runs a marathon and then walks off the path a foot from the finish line?  Not this girl!

I recently found out that a former co-worker/friend of mine just received a very sweet promotion.  I am SO PROUD of him!  With this promotion, he will be moving out of the cubicle world into an office.  Now, I know this guy.  He's a minimalist.  While everyone else's walls and desks were decorated with photos and calendars, my friend's walls remained bare for well over a year.  My friend and I were joking about how the office this guy is moving into used to be very well decorated, but now will probably look empty.

That gave me an idea.  So, for my PENULTIMATE Conscious Act of Kindness, I purchased this guy a poster and sent it his way.  It's my way to tell him that I miss him...to say CONGRATULATIONS...and to make sure that he has at least ONE thing to put on his office wall.

Stay tuned everyone.
Today is THE DAY.
My VERY LAST POST will be in before midnight once I've completed my FINAL ACT of KINDNESS....

Tuesday night is soccer practice night in my house.  Well, if truth be told, almost every night is soccer practice night for us.
There is a kid on my youngest son's team who always shows up to practice without his water bottle.  I know this because I always hear him ask his father for his water and 99% of the time, he says that he forgot it.  I feel bad because the kid is obviously thirsty and also because I know his parents are fried with getting all their kids where they need to be.

Every week I say to myself that I should bring an extra water bottle, just in case.  I always forget.  But not today.
So, for my Conscious Act of Kindness today, I did bring an extra bottle.
The Dad did forget the water bottle again.  I think he was grateful when I said that I brought an extra one just in case.

Some of my favorite acts of kindness this past year have involved leaving random notes and gifts on the windshields of cars.  I love it so much, that I wanted to do one more of these types of kind acts.

So, for my Conscious Act of Kindness today, I created a handful of "Kindness" flyers and left them on some random windshields in a parking lot.

Did you know that it's National Coffee Day?

Today is an absolute repeat of another kind act I did, but I thought it was appropriate.

Of course I celebrated this wonderful day by stopping to get a cup of coffee.  I felt that it was very fitting that I buy the person behind me a cup of coffee as well.  So, that's what I did.

Oh my goodness, here we are.
The final few days of this amazing project and you are NEVER going to guess the predicament that I am in.  I don't know what I'm going to do for the next few days.  I usually plan my kind acts out and this is the FIRST time in 361 days that I can honestly say that I have run out of ideas.  Well, I have a few ideas, so that is not entirely true.  But my schedule is insane and I probably won't be able to pull off the ideas that I do have. 

I'm sure I'll figure something out.  Stay tuned everyone, we are ALMOST TO THE END!!!!!!

Today for my Conscious Act of Kindness, I wanted to do something really nice for a complete stranger.  I was out and about around lunch time. I walked into a restaurant, but had no plans of being seated.  Instead, I asked the host if she could bring me the bill of someone who had ordered, but who hadn't paid yet.  She did and I paid it...anonymously.  Then I walked out.  It was by far the best lunch I never had.

I was out with some friends tonight and decided that, for my Conscious Act of Kindness today, I would share with them a really cool story of love and generosity.
I heard this story on the news a few days ago and it had such a positive impact on me.  I can't get it out of my mind.
There is a couple in Atlanta, Georgia that had paid for their daughters wedding only to find out that their daughter called off the wedding less than 2 months before the wedding date.  Everything had already been paid for, so the bride-not-to-be's parents decided to keep the reception hall and invite 200 homeless people to enjoy the 5 course meal.
How awesome is that!
I think this couple is amazing.  I think what they did was amazing.  I think that stories like this should be put on the news more often.

Someone had passed along this book to me called The Happiness Project.  It's a book about a woman who decided to spend her time focusing on the things that make her happy and that really matter.  The book is "ok", but I like how this woman decided to make conscious steps to make herself a happier person.
For my Act of Kindness today, I donated this book to the High School Library in my town for them to put on their shelves.  Maybe it will inspire someone to be a kinder and happier person.

I know this woman who is working two jobs.    She is amazing at her job, but she is tired...no, she is exhausted.  I know how that feels.  To have to fill all these demanding roles with little sleep.  It takes a lot of digging down deep to make it work.  I heard her say that she likes Starbucks and usually only gets it on paydays, so for my Conscious Act of Kindness today I bought her a Starbucks gift card and left her a little note.  I figured she could use a caffeine boost.