We are often bombarded with scary and shocking headlines that make us feel like the world is falling apart.
While it is important to report problems and issues, I believe there are so many good things in this world that just need to be found and promoted. This is especially true after the last few years we have had with COVID, political and social unrest and seemingly more negative headlines than we want to count.
That’s why I started Happy Broadcast and, this year, that’s why I’m so proud to announce WHOLE, the free happiness app. WHOLE is a culmination of what we started 4 years ago with The Happy Broadcast, a positive site filled with activities aimed at improving your mental health and happiness. We collaborated with science to identify activities that are known to increase happiness and then built them into a daily tracker that suggests simple things you can do to boost your mood.
Consuming positive news is a well-known activity that can boost your perspective and mood. We need more positive news to accept that the world is actually getting better little by little. So with that said, here are some of the best illustrations of positive news from 2021.
You can find my previous articles about Happy Broadcast Panda here (2020), here (coronavirus) and here (2019). And if you want to read about the good news in more detail and see the resources I have used, you can go to my website, here.
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2020 and 2021 feel very much the same. The challenges facing the human family are now great and frightening and there is no guarantee that we will overcome them ALL. But, as millions of people have demonstrated in the last 24 months, action is possible, better solutions are available, and a better future can be built. Science has really helped us overcome a pandemic, but it is the people who have shown their kindness and love for each other.
One by one, we can all have a positive impact. Although I do not want to be cynical and stop believing that the world can be made better, I am also not naive to think that the world can change if I do not contribute. This is why the future will be better if, instead of drowning, we celebrate and be inspired by the millions of people who have shown us that we can all have a positive impact.
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I am always optimistic. Every year is better than the one before and even in the last two challenging years, there have been a few silver rows. The new generations are becoming more and more aware that we need to advocate for a better future and we need to do this quickly. I see more and more kindness and more and more people acting selflessly to change what is wrong and to help anyone in need.
Even small acts of kindness to the environment, on the other hand, will benefit everyone and I see that happening. That’s why I built The Happy Broadcast, to highlight the selfless actions of many amazing human beings.
2021 has been a wonderful year filled with hard work, fun, kindness, pizza and dogs. I always have to keep my mental health under control, but that is why I like to use my art as a beacon of positivity for me and people who are kind enough to pursue my projects.
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