After winter break, we are POPPING back with the first newsletter of the year! Excited for all that 2024 has to hold! 

The Weekly Poll Results! 🎈

2024 is well underway and so are those resolutions. Or are we going to start them tomorrow? Are we going to take that class? Are we going to exercise more? I don't know maybe those are lofty resolutions... It looks like we are just going to let the yea year. I hope everyone has had a great start to the year and finds what they are looking for this year too!

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In The Headlines! 

• The deforestation rate in Brazil's Amazon fell by nearly 50% compared to the prior year! A win for our trees! Read more about it here!

• In New Zealand, some Kiwi birds were born in the wild for the first time in over a century! This is a big deal for our conservation efforts! Read more here.

• Scientists discovered a new antibiotic! This new one can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that kills thousands of people every year. Read more here!

The news here might be small but, it was good news! If you want consistent good news updates, follow The Happy Broadcast on Insta! Want to be featured "In the Headlines" or have an article that you want to feature? Share your good news here to have it featured in the next newsletter!

Friendly Reminders and Affirmations

• It's okay to a break or some time off. You don't need to be productive all the time.
   

•  Take yourself out on a date - sometimes you need to just go on a date with yourself!

•  Do the thing that you keep saying you'll do! You will be happy you did or even tried it!

Alex's Book, Show, and Music Corner

• Mean Girls the Musical the Movie: Okay sooo I LOVED this so much! The movie I loved. The musical I loved. The movie musical I loved. Each of them are all a little different but, still a lot of fun! If you loved Mean Girls, you should watch this BUT watch it not expecting an exact recreation. Really would recommend.

What's Alex Working On?

Conversations with My Thoughts

Tap in Tap Out

Tap in. This view, I need to share it with everyone. I need to let everyone know what I’m doing. I need them to know that I am having fun and that I am interesting. I need the pictures, I need the content, I need the proof. I need the validation. Tap out. 

Tap in. The picture is the highlight reel. The thing that I deem noteworthy believe this is the story that should told. But the true story is everything surrounding that moment. What did I do to get there? What were the laughs made and the jokes cracked? What were the conversations had? The thing that made that picture “noteworthy” isn’t portrayed in a single image. That can only be told in story. In conversation. Tap out. 

Tap in. I share the picture because I am craving connection. The connection I go for is instant but it is fleeting. It isn’t something that stays around and lingers. No, it enters just as quickly as it leaves. Tap out. 

Tap in. I have somehow tapped out. I disconnected from what was going on around me. I am living through a screen and a lens. Tap out. 

Tap in. Tap out. Tap in. Tap out.

Tap out. I have somehow tapped into what matters. Tap out. 

This Week's Newsletter Poll!

The new year started and we fly right into award season! With award season in full swing, I want to know what your favorite award show might be! So, what is your favorite award show?! Maybe one day you will be on it! Fingers crossed!

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