Happy Monday!

Hi blog, 

Looks like it'll be just you and me for a while. But that's okay since I'm mostly doing this blog for me. 

I really like the Secret Agent L idea, about being generous to strangers. The interesting thing with that is that you don't stick around to see their reactions. You might brighten someone's day (likely) but it's also possible that the receiver may not take it well, may be skeptic of a free gift, or might dislike the message altogether. It's possible! Like in my previous post, where my Operation Beautiful note was found in the garbage... Not sure what happened there... So anyway, I don't think I will do Secret Agent L (or Affiliated Agent K) every week - maybe more like monthly, due to budget constraints - but I think I'll definitely put up a nice note every week! Here's one: I put it on a random car in the parking lot at work!

Celebrate Mondays!

But, because I'm starting and it's gotten me excited, I left another gift again this week: I purchased a 2$ maple-syrup scented candle at the pharmacy and left it in a locker at the gym, with a note with a clever use of the word "brighten" ! I went to the gym 2 days later and found it was still in the same locker. I didn't move it around though, but 3 days after that, it was gone! excellent! I'm glad.

Anonymous gift at the gym

At my work there is someone who I once liked very much and when he was happy, I was happy. He understood my silly sense of humor and it was great! I would sometimes give gifts such as a batch of cookies for the whole team (i knew he loved sweets) or a small joke item that was sort of like an inside-joke for us. I'd always be nice to him, since I appreciated him and appreciated his niceness towards me. But then at some point, he started refusing my helpful self and stopped being thankful for the little things, and instead started ignoring and purposefully insulting me. That was a few months ago. Things now are alright, and I'm glad, but I wouldn't go back to being my generous self just yet... not with him anyway... because it's not worth it. The thing is, it's only fun being generous when the other party is happy as a result! And that's probably something I need to work on, because willingly stopping myself from being me, the generous me I used to be, well, that too is mean, and I definitely don't want to be a mean person. 

So Secret Affiliated Agent K is kind of a compromise. I can be nice ...to strangers! and I don't have to stick around to see the reaction. I can just imagine the best! 

And I am keeping anonymity in the gifts too by only attaching the Secret Agent L card and not my own blog address!

Until next time,
-agent K