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joie de vivre#2 little girl

I told her she was beautiful in her cerise dress. 5 days ago


joie de vivre#1 purple platform heels

I would never wear shoes like that, but she carried them off just fine. 5 days ago


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Stretch goal: 6 months 1 week ago


joie de vivre 1 week ago


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HippieChick2Doing this almost evertime I go out

It is getting easier and coming to me more naturally every time. Not hard at all 4 weeks ago


littlemaxine93 4 weeks ago


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alaskagirl2010 1 month ago


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borntoresistyes!

this is sooo worth it, and I need to do it a lot more. I remembered how happy I was when someone did this to me. I loved doing it even more. 4 months ago


borntoresist 4 months ago


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Vicky 13 months ago


MichaWUntitled

Seems so easy to do, yet I rarely (if ever) see strangers complementing each other. I just think one compliment (which is basically one sentence to say) might make the receiving person happy for the entire day. Appears to be a good deal. Let’s give it a shot. 7 months ago


MichaW 7 months ago


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♥loverr girrl♥ 7 months ago


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koalakat 17 months ago


koalakatDone(ish)

Well, I’ve figured out how I’m most comfortable complimenting a stranger…and that is by not over-fixating on it. I don’t compliment strangers on a regular basis, but it does happen naturally, when I’m not striving for it in a “must cross it off my list” kind of way! =P I must say I’m happy enough with this, and feel that I can now cross it off my list!

It often starts out with an urge to simply talk to a stranger, for example, when I want to ask them about something (like the book they’re reading, something they’re wearing, etc.) and then that naturally leads to a compliment. When I first embarked on this goal of complimenting a stranger, I spent many a commute trying to work up the courage to say something, fighting with myself about whether saying something would be weird/creepy, when might be the best moment to do it, and then not saying anything at all. (Honestly, there are much better things to be thinking about!)

In the end, not actively thinking about it at all, and instead, just going about my daily life keeping my eyes open for what catches my interest and curiosity was the secret. This method may not lead to lots and lots of compliments to strangers, but it works for me and feels a lot less contrived and forced. =) Yay! 10 months ago


Renee 10 months ago


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