Monthly favourites — December 2023 & January 2024
A cheesy drama and some good news.
| 🎞️ | This Is Us |
| 📖 | The Year in Cheer |
Watching 🎞️
This Is Us (TV show)
Jess: It might be new parent hormones at play but this TV show has me hooked. It tells the story of a family over time, with sweet characters and positive messages. It's a total sap-fest, which is exactly what I need right now.
Reading 📖
The Year in Cheer
Jess: There's a lot to be sad about in the world right now, but good things are still happening too. Reasons to be Cheerful is a site that scouts the good news of the world, as a form of self-care. The yearly recap for 2023 is a collection of 177 ways the world got better last year, like:
The Inflation Reduction Act set aside $1.5 billion for urban tree planting
Germany saw almost 100,000 fewer daily car trips in June 2023 than it did in June 2019
Over the course of 10 years, two Indian activists — with help from their network of over 2,000 informants — have prevented 4,500 child marriages