“Whether it’s by delivering a compliment, sending a nice text to a friend when you think of them, taking care of a chore for someone, or donating to charity—do it right when you have the thought to do so. We might delay doing the thing today, but don’t delay kindness. Do it before the moment passes. After all, isn’t it the people in our lives rather than the things that are of the utmost importance? Perhaps that’s one way we can all be day artists—we may not be able to shape our day entirely”