NEWS!!!

Tomorrow starts up Project Nice 2.0!!!

Are you giddy with excitement? I am.

This time around it's a little different. I've asked other people if they would join in.

I asked my friends on facebook. My writing group. My co-workers. My students And I posted a discussion at Nerdfighters.ning

Facebook friends= 4 people signed up.
Writing group= 4 people signed up
Co-workers= 8 people signed up
Students= 2 former students signed up
Nerdfighters= 11 Nerdfighters!!!!!

Grand total of people participating: 29.

People who signed up have to complete 7 nice things in 28 days. They will write up the experiance in the same format that I've been doing for the blog.

Then they will ask one friend to do something nice for someone.

Total number of good deeds projected to be accomplished?
30 things by me
29x 7= 203
29 nice need from the friends

Grand TOTAL 262 acts of kindness.

You can see it, but I'm doing a pretty nifty dance in front of my computer.

Questions from an imaginary person on the internet who from this point I will call, Imam Visible. Get it, I'm invisible. Ha!

Imam: Hey, Erinn!
Me: Yes?
Imam: I read your blog, and I didn't sign up, can I still sign up?
Me: Of course you can!

Please e-mail me @ projectnice2.0@gmail.com. I'll send you all sorts of cool information and tips and tricks to being nice.

Imam: Um, Erinn, I'm not exactly what you would call a social person... I don't like talking to strangers, but I do like being nice... what do I do and can I still sign up?

Me: Excellent question... YES you can sign up and my next round of tips will be covering that very topic!

Imam: Erinn, I have one more question?
Me: Yes, how can I help you?
Imam: I dig what you're doing, but I don't really have the time or energy to be nice to people, but I DO want to help you out since you're SO cool and awesome and nice.
Me: ::blush:: why, thank you.
Imam: How can I help?
Me: For starters you can follow the blog by hitting the follow button on the side.
You can also leave me comments-- comments make me VERY happy-- as long as they are nice comments.
You can also follow Project Nice on twitter http://twitter.com/Projectnice2

We'll I'm off to do nice things for someone... I've got to get a jump start on this.

Thanks everyone!

A new logo will debut tomorrow too!

Month off

Well it's over, being nice to people. I don't have to be nice any more and the instant I stopped, guess what happened?

Some of you might think, "She's so awesome she continued being nice anyway."

Nope. But I'm flattered you think that of me.

Nope. I reverted. Take this facebook Status update from January 1st.

Dear NOT NICE PERSON * (edited) , if you are an able bodied adult, please do not push your way into the elevator filled with strollers and elderly people and then yell on your cell phone. No one cares you're meeting your friends at the mall, we (the people in the elevator) know you are at the mall, because we were ALL at the mall.... Thank you. It's nice not having to be nice to people like you.* (edited)

Here are some more updates via Facebook:
January 4th

Dear Winter, I'm over it. I'm over the snow and it's prettiness. I'm breaking up with you. It's not me, it's you. You're cold and depressing and I get sick whenever you come to town. Good luck- Erinn

January 6th

Wish I had something clever to say. But sadly I'm too sleepy and sick to be funny.

January 14

I am the most tried human being on the planet. Daughter's asleep already, I might take a cue from her and go to bed. Now. right now

What have I learned? I am the crankiest person ALIVE!!!
Seriously, yesterday I yelled at student so loudly the rest of the class peed themselves a little bit.
Ok that was a joke and a hyperbole but still you get my point.

I need to be nice to people.

But why?
1) It gives me a focus and easy attainable goals.
2) It makes me think about something else that isn't HOW COLD I AM. I hate winter and the arctic wind isn't helping much.
3) The most basic answer, being nice to people makes ME feel good.

So I'm going to start it back up again. Being Nice To Strangers will start back up February 1st and continue until my birthday March 2. It's another 30 days.

But this time it's going to be a little different, this time I'm asking for help.

I'm asking people to do 7 nice things for people during February. They will have 28 days to do 7 nice things and write about their experience.

My goal: Turn this whole thing into a book. Show doing how nice things can be very easy and brighten up someone's day.

Not that I'm trying to start up a whole movement or anything but I want to change the name too. From be nice to a Stranger... drum roll please.... Project Nice.

What do you think?

If you're interest in helping out during February and you have NOT already approached me about it... Please leave a comment below.

More info to come soon.

I'm off to design a cool logo with my subpar PhotoShop skills.