How I'm Celebrating Turning 22

Since I just celebrated my birthday on the 3rd, I'm really excited to share a project I'm working on. Inspired by this story and The Birthday Project, in honour of my 22nd birthday, I pledge to perform 22 acts of kindness, throughout this month and this year. Items that have been struck out have been completed.

Here's what I have planned:

1 Help cats at an animal shelter

2 Get involved with No More/Joyful Heart Foundation

3 Help my mom with her new business venture

4 Compliment a stranger

5 Create another freebie for The Selectively Silent Child

6 Get involved with the Trichotillomania Learning Foundation

7 Write for/about a cause I believe in

8 Donate to Scarleteen

9 Go out of my way to hold the door for someone

10 Buy and flaunt a Cat Tee Mission shirt

11 Send letters to friends I don't talk to often enough

12 Buy a stranger breakfast

13 Slip inspirational quotes written on post-its into library books

14 Sign the HAES pledge

15 Take part in Starbucks Come Together

16 Give a fellow Greyhound passenger reading material and snacks for her trip

17 Explain Health At Every Size to someone who is (unintentionally) not being body posi

18 Learn more (and speak up about) more intersectional feminist issues

19 Leave friendly comments on a bunch of other bloggers' Instagrams

20 Return all the carts at TJ Maxx

21 Contribute to The Birthday Project

22 Host a giveaway at Polish and Sparkle (keep an eye out for it!)

Have you done a similar project? What are your plans for your birthday?

(photo source: PhotosByKim on Etsy)