Week four of Happiness: The Iowa State of Mind

Participants were asked to do three random conscious acts of kindness each day. This included holding the door for several people in a row, buying someone a coffee or any other activity the participants saw as kind.

Read here about their thoughts on doing these random acts of kindness. Also included is commentary from Sam Von Gillern, a graduate student who teaches an honors seminar about positive psychology.

Despite this short series ending, I hope both the participants and those who followed along gained some useful skills for improving mood and maybe learned what doesn’t work. I encourage you to keep along with activities that make you happier.