IT’S THE FIRST EVER MOSTLY GOOD NEWSLETTER! 💖

I have to pat myself on the back because this is my FIRST Mostly Good newsletter, like, EVER! And you’re lucky enough to read it!! Cheers to new beginnings, and good news. 🍻 And thanks for being an OG Mostly Gooder.

You’re subscribing to a little bit of happiness every 2ish weeks. In many ways, this is a social experiment of sorts. I want to see if people actually want to hear good news and if they’re into weird tidbits of info. As you may know, Mostly Good started because I was sick of seeing nothing but bad news in my inbox and all over the web. So, this is my little corner of the internet where I share some good news I’ve found lately. I truly hope you enjoy it!

I’m not into wasting anyone’s time, so let’s get to it.

What’s good and new lately? 😊

A stunning mountain in New Zealand has been granted personhood and has access to rights (major slay.) 🇳🇿 Mount Taranaki is now recognized as a Maori ancestor, and will now be managed by the local iwi (tribe). Protecting and keeping Mount Taranaki safe is a huge win for New Zealand Maori; no longer will Mount Taranaki be referred to by its colonial name ‘Mount Egmont’ (ew), and no longer will Mount Taranaki be subject to government land use. This feels like a “we’re returning to ancient ways” type of win, and I’m all for it. Yay nature, yay sacred ancestral lands. We love that. 💗

A super sadsies donkey named Earl who lives in British Columbia accidentally broke his favourite yoga ball toy, and was a complete Depressica Alba about it for weeks until residents of B.C came to the rescue. Now Earl has forty (FORTY!) yoga balls to play with thanks to our generous Canadian donkey lovers, and he’s back to being his happy self. Earl even made some new friends to share his yoga balls with! So cute, and also so Canadian. 🧘‍♂️ 🇨🇦

A future Celtic rainforest is in the works in England, creating some fresh AF air for future generations of UK residents and creating habitats for some incredible wildlife! 🌲🦌🐿 So far, 2500 native trees have been planted at Bowden Pillars, a former sheep grazing site that will soon be home to the Celtic rainforest. This endeavour supports the absorption of carbon dioxide and offers a place for rich biodiversity in the UK. 4500 more trees will be planted by the end of the year. We def need more trees in this world; wildfires and urban planning have razed our forests and we need to bring them back. Amazing work by the Devon Wildlife Trust!

Dogs in the UK are being trained to sniff out bowel cancer 💩 , which is SO amazing and also SUPER weird! Should we be paranoid if a pup sniffs our butt the next time we’re hanging at the dog park? Anyways, what an incredible feat. If trained dogs could sniff out bowel cancer in its early stages, they can save thousands of lives annually. We don’t deserve dogs, they are literal angels. 😇

Fun Factoids of The Week

Did you know reading makes you happier?!

And reading HAPPY stuff makes you even MORE HAPPY? So keep reading Mostly Good newsletters, because they’re pumping happiness (and silliness) into your brains and hearts 🥰️ which in turn can affect our lifespan, lower depression, give us better sleep, and more. Cool eh?

Read more about the happy effects of reading here.

Your farts can fill a balloon. 🎈

Yes, you read that right. On average, you fart enough in one day to fill a standard party balloon. I wonder how many balloons you can fill if you have IBS or some other gastrointestinal condition. 🤔 Maybe this tidbit has you wondering what kind of newsletter this is, and tbh it’s making me, the author, wonder the same thing. And if I could choose the colour of my fart balloon, it would be teal. 🤷‍♀️

WFH has made us look deranged 🥴️

Did you know that working from home over the last few years has literally changed the way we function in front of a computer? Apparently we nod obsessively to appear engaged but it actually just makes us look insane, we wave at our virtual teammates to signal acknowledgement and offer a bid for connection, our posture is absolute shit, and we’re constantly staring at our own faces during calls like a digital Narcissus. If you’re reading this hunched over, SIT UP, YOU LOOK LIKE A SHRIMP! 🦐 (you’re welcome.)

It’s not just Valentine’s Day on Friday, it’s International Quirkyalone Day too 😤

Did you know that Quirkyalone Day is for real a THING? Despite the totally stupid name, Quirkyalone Day is celebrated on Valentine’s Day to celebrate self-love, platonic relationships, and being single (which I think are 3 really awesome reasons to treat yoself; see illustration below). Valentine’s Day results in massive amounts of bio-waste (too many flowers sold and tossed aside after V-Day!) and is purely a ploy for consumerism anyways. Totes overrated. Whether you’re hitched, in a throuple, in a situationship, single, or lost, celebrate this Friday with some good chocolate and a good time because YOU DESERVE IT BAYBEEE

A Quote I Liked And Thought You Would Too

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

Jim Gaffigan

Something Sort of Funny

Somewhat Useful Stuff

WE LOSE AN HOUR 😩😩😩

Daylight Savings Time starts on Sunday, March 9th at 2:00am. I’m preparing you guys well in advance because its going to be absolutely horrid. This is the bad one where we lose an hour of sleep and feel like zombies for a whole 10 days as our bodies adjust to waking up an hour earlier, despite the lies our stupid alarm clocks tell us. 😭

Tips on handling DST madness:

• go to sleep earlier for a minimum of 5 days before DST starts

• if you have them, make your kids go to sleep hella early a minimum of 5 days before DST starts

• make meals and freeze them ahead of time, so you don’t have to cook after work when you’re tired AF

• treat yourself to some sunshine by sitting outside or by a window during golden hour with some hot chocolate or wine or whatever you feel like you deserve

• scream at your alarm clock every day until you feel normal again

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