January – One Random Act of Kindness Each Day RECAP

Posted on February 1, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today marks the completion of 6 months of 30-Day Life Experiments, the halfway point to a year-long adventure of learning, growing, and challenging the young and urban lifestyle that I’m living. In August I did a month of Living Without … Continue reading →

Day 31 – Edited my Roommate’s Resume

Posted on February 1, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

My roommate is a paralegal downtown and his contract is up in a few months so he’s been actively searching for a new gig in the Boston area. This led me to ask him about his resume and if he … Continue reading →

Day 30 – $1 for a Patriotic T-Performer

Posted on January 31, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I have to admit that I’ve had this random act of kindness planned for the entire month but the opportunities slipped through my fingers each time (mostly me forgetting and not noticing). The act was to give a dollar to … Continue reading →

Day 29 – Pumping Gas for a Friend in the Winter

Posted on January 31, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

We finished a great day of ice climbing with a stop by our favorite local diner: Tilton Diner. Across the street we typically stop for gas. I offered to get out of the car and pump the gas for my … Continue reading →

Day 28 – Picked Up Someone’s Hat off the Sidewalk

Posted on January 31, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today was gross, weather-wise that is. I left my apartment after work in a downpour and headed to my buddy’s house for a ride to NH. On the sidewalk about a block from my apartment I came across a women’s … Continue reading →

Day 27 – Paid Someone’s Bill at a Dunkin Donuts Drive-Thru

Posted on January 31, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

We spent the entire day ice climbing in NH and on the way back we stopped at a Dunkin Donuts to get some coffee. We usually stop at White Mountain Bagel because they’re both awesome and local, however, they closed … Continue reading →

Day 26 – Directions for a “Tourist”

Posted on January 31, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today it was half-raining and half-snowing, or as we call it in the Northeast a “Wintery Mix”. I was walking home and came across a guy trying to shield his smartphone from the elements while (stressfully) trying to find something … Continue reading →

Day 25 – Paid T-Fare & Conversation Fail

Posted on January 31, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

As always it was getting late and I hadn’t done a random act of kindness yet. I was going out to the Tufts area to do a winter safety seminar after work and as I got on the T, I … Continue reading →

Day 24 – A Candy Cane for the Homeless

Posted on January 30, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today’s random act of kindness happened kind of serendipitously. It all started while I was at work dropping off used batteries into the recycling bin near the admin of another team. She smiled at me, thanked me for recycling, and … Continue reading →

Day 23 – Blind Navigation on the MBTA

Posted on January 30, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

A few days ago I saw a new person on the daily commute getting off at the same stop as I do. Usually it’s pretty easy to tell who is new because it’s typically the same 12-15 people who commute … Continue reading →

Day 22 – RelayRides for Groceries

Posted on January 27, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

We got back to Boston from two days of climbing sore, tired, hungry, and happy. Immediately after returning to civilization, a few of us gave a winter climbing safety seminar to students from the Tufts Mountain Club. There was no … Continue reading →

Day 21 – Paid Someone’s Highway Toll

Posted on January 26, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

The morning after hot tubing at my buddies house, my group of four other stoked ice climbers headed north in search of some fat ice flows. On the way the discussion in the car converged on my random acts of … Continue reading →

Day 20 – Bottle of Wine: Random Act of Kindness or Peace Offering?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

After work I headed north in a Honda Fit, loaded to the teeth with four other stoked 20-somethings and a trunk-full of ice climbing gear. We had planned to drive two hours north to spend the night but our plans … Continue reading →

Day 19 – Paid for a Traveller’s T-Fare

Posted on January 25, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I might be biased because I’ve lived in Boston for four years and currently live in the city, but I think that the process of getting money loaded onto your Charlie Card for the T is extremely easy; there are … Continue reading →

Day 18 – Public Transit Directions to a Group of Drunk Celtics Fans

Posted on January 25, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

It was a particularly dark evening today after work so naturally I was half-asleep on the train heading back into Boston. Reason #127 why taking the train is better than driving: you can sleep on the train but you can’t … Continue reading →

Day 17 – Picking up Trash in the T-Station

Posted on January 24, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

There are very few things that drive me crazier than people littering, especially when there are trash cans everywhere. Tonight on my way home from work I was walking up the stairs to exit the T-Station and ran into a … Continue reading →

Day 16 – Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies at Work

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Last night for some reason I was jonesing for some kind of baked good (urban dictionary definition of “jonesing“): cake, banana bread, cookies, fudge, it didn’t matter. After looking around the internet with Sarah we found a recipe for oatmeal … Continue reading →

Day 15 – A Nice Note to Our Champion Waiter

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

After getting back from NH I was really interested in three things: eating an entire large pizza, drinking a few beers, and warming up. So Sarah and I went to this place called Picco in the South End that does pizza, beer, … Continue reading →

Day 14 – High Fives While Hiking

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I had spent the week trying to figure out how I was going to perform a random act of kindness while hiking in the middle of the woods on a Saturday in January. We hiked a 4,000 footer in NH … Continue reading →

Day 13 – A Mountain of Dishes

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

This past weekend I went on a winter camping trip in NH with two of my buddies from the NYC area. It was epically cold but I think that we had enough warm gear to outfit a small village of … Continue reading →

Day 12 – Recycled Newspapers Left on the T

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

On my way back from work today I noticed that there were more newspapers scattered throughout the train car than usual. I know it can be easy to forget things on the train (cell phone, wallet, backpack, newspaper, I’ve done … Continue reading →

Day 11 – Pep Talk to a Coworker

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today’s random act of kindness happened without me even realizing it until after the fact. It was the end of the work-day and I was talking to my coworker about her training regimen for her first ever half-ironman (1.2 mile … Continue reading →

Day 10 – Cliff Bar for a Homeless Man

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I spent my entire day today at an offsite conference for work. It was a pretty standard affair with coffee, snacks, a decent lunch, and a lot of presentations. No complaints though because the food was decent and I was … Continue reading →

Day 9 – Kindness with a Charlie Card

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

One of the only reasons that I could afford to move into the city and go car-less was because my work pays for my $200 monthly T-Pass. It’s definitely an awesome perk that allows me to commute for free. Otherwise, … Continue reading →

Day 8 – Grocery Shopping for My Roommates

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today was the first Sunday in four weeks that I’ve spent the entire day at my apartment in Boston. I didn’t quite know what to do with myself having an entire day with nowhere to be and nothing in particular … Continue reading →

Day 7 – Kindness at the Drive-Thru

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today I was way up in northern Maine just for the day visiting family. I had been keeping an eye out for random acts of kindness but I didn’t really notice any overt opportunities. I mean I helped a few … Continue reading →

Day 6 – A Rose for My Girlfriend

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today I took off from work to head to Maine for my Grandfather’s funeral, he passed away earlier in the week at the young age of 80. Also on the same day, Sarah was flying into Boston for one night … Continue reading →

Day 5 – Donated to a Kickstarter.com Campaign for Kindness

Posted on January 20, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

I tried twice today to do a random act of kindness for someone and both times I was shut down. I was doing my laundry and decided to stop by the convenience store across the street for a snickers bar. … Continue reading →

Day 4 – Laughter on the Bus

Posted on January 6, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

My 30-Day Life Experiment back in September of One Conversation per Day on Public Transit helped me to meet most of the people I commute with. One of them I didn’t write about on my blog because I didn’t feel … Continue reading →

Day 2 – Lost Tourists

Posted on January 6, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Today I spent the afternoon debating the meaning of life and various other topics with my brothers and then in the early evening I got on a bus back to Boston. Again I kept my eyes out for an opportunity … Continue reading →

Day 1 – New Years Day, My First Piece of Meat, and a Hand Written Thank You Note

Posted on January 5, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

Life has started out pretty good in the New Year. Last night I hung out at an old friend’s house in Maine drinking bourbon, playing board games, lighting a bonfire, and drinking champaign well into the night. Today I woke … Continue reading →

January 2011 – One Random Act of Kindness per Day

Posted on January 5, 2012 by The Young Urban Unprofessional

In the spirit of Christmas and the New Year I decided that for this month’s challenge I would do at least one random act of kindness every day for 30 days. Growing up in a small town we routinely did … Continue reading →