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Challenge #12 - Commit an Act of Kindness (or two or three ♥). Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post about your experience if you feel comfortable doing so.

Does it count as an act of kindness for this challenge if it's something that came up in the last couple of days that I would have done anyway? *scratches chin*

I agreed to go carpet and furniture shopping with my mother last weekend... and then again later today, when she asked yesterday. Not my preferred way to spend a big chunk of my Saturday two weekends in a row, but. She hates shopping alone. And she often ends up with choice paralysis when shopping for expensive things. My role is usually to help narrow it down to the most likely options and present their most significant pros and cons in a clear manner. I don't mind that much though, so. And we are going to see a movie beforehand as compensation! (Bad Boys for Life.)

I also agreed to cover the phones for lunch yesterday for the gal who mans the front desk at work, so that our supervisor (who's the usual secondary backup, when our primary backup isn't there, as is the case most Fridays) could do time-sensitive errand-y things instead. I have always detested answering the phones with the fire of a thousand suns - but it's something I have developed coping mechanisms for due to my years of temping in admin roles before snagging my current job, and it was only for an hour, so I'd have agreed anyway for that, too?

Hrm: maybe giving a polite, cheerful answer to another entitled inquiry-to-my-inbox about whether I was going to continue a short story written specifically for a challenge because seeing that it was marked finished made them sad? :)

Specifically because the challenge made me think of it, though, a few kindnesses-to-self: on the way home, I picked up a can of chocolate stout and a square of tiramisu to go with my dinner, gave myself permission not to get those last thousand steps to meet my FitBit goal for the day, sat awhile reading with my cat purring in my lap, and went to bed an hour earlier than I had planned to. I do feel better for it today!

I'll keep on looking for more instances where an act of kindness would feel natural rather than something forced, though! I do usually enjoy adding smiles to other people's days, when I have the spoons for it.