The Good Stuff

Every Monday we'll be sharing the good stuff with you.

Author:
The Fold Team
Publish date:
Apr 6, 2020

We need some good right now — thoughts, ideas, actions and (actual) goods. Here are a few on our radar:

Author Glynnis MacNicol in her NYC apartment. Image credit: Naima Green, via The New York Times

Good Perspective

"I had become very good at being on my own. Now, suddenly, I see myself everywhere." Author, Glynnis MacNicol, whom we spoke with about her book No One Tells You This, wrote a beautiful piece on living alone right now for the New York Times.

Some Good News

John Krasinski (Jim!) launched a homemade show on YouTube, covering only good news "for an incredibly trying time" but... "somehow the human spirit seemed to break through". Steve Carell was his first guest, and the Hamilton cast was his second—everything we never knew we needed.

Good Cheer

Every night at 7pm EST NYC-ers cheer for frontline healthcare and essential workers. It's beautiful and uplifting.

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“I don’t know how somebody can look at somebody, without knowing anything about them, and just project all this negativity that then turns into hate,” she says. “It’s hard for me cause I just don’t get it because I don’t look at anybody and feel that way.”

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"We both knew we wanted a different kind of independence for our futures. Hailing from Ireland and Minnesota and living in LA - purchasing property here is out of our reach. We share the love of creation and also the love of a different kind of financial freedom."