December 2020 This month, practice generosity and connect with your loved ones.

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1 Happy Giving 2
If there’s tension 3 After an intense 4 Overcome your 5
Instead of
Tuesday! Here’s in one of your election, find a reluctance to ask texting, call a
how to choose the relationships, take way to help your for help at work. friend today.
most meaningful steps to repair it. community heal.
ways to give.

6 Keep an eye 7 Remember 8

Help young 9
How strong 10
Commit 11
Try a breathing 12
Say thank you
out for kindness in how valuable people make are your social to practicing practice to calm to a grandparent
your community— your time is sense of a divisive connections, online empathy even your anxiety. today!
or create some when making election. and off? Take our when it’s hard.
yourself! decisions. Social Capital quiz.

13
Help your 14
Practice 15
Consider a 16
Make your 17
Try letting go 18
Struggling 19
If you want
kids learn to love mindfulness during donation to the holidays special, of anger through these days? to persuade
giving. a difficult political GGSC. All gifts will even during the compassion. Understand how someone, be wary
conversation. be matched through pandemic. your brain reacts to of using polarizing
the end of the year! uncertainty. language.

20
Be a moral 21 Hold on to 22 Reflect on 23
Spread 24
The end of 25 Practice 26 Create a time
rebel and stand connection and your family’s goodwill and the year can be mindful eating capsule of your life
up for what you gratitude during communication kindness this stressful. Try these over the holidays. right now.
believe in. the pandemic style before having holiday season. practices to help
holidays. a hard conversation. you cope.

27 Join Kristin Neff 28

Imagine 29 Make a list 30 Take our 31 Reflect on the
and Chris Germer what your ideal of New Year’s Science of Happiness story you’re telling
for a workshop relationships resolutions. course for a happier yourself about your
on mindful self- would look like 2021. life this year.
in the future. ggsc.berkeley.edu
compassion. greatergood.berkeley.edu