Happy Tuesday to you! Here's me knowing we're about to hit your inbox and make your day a little brighter: 

It was a bit of a heavy week in the news, so I hope you take this edition of Positive DONUT to remind yourself that there are good things still happening all around us 🥰. Let me know which sections are your favorites, I love hearing from you! 

Have a fantastic week.

- Kailyn

🚀⏰ Ready, Set, Go: Today's newsletter should take ~2.83 minutes to read (753 words).

I choose to be grateful for all I have. I am creating a beautiful life.

Ten years ago, Panikos Panayiotou built a restaurant in his backyard. The father of three originally built the structure in honor of his own father, who passed away two years prior from small-cell lung cancer. 

It started as a passion project; now, ten years later, people book months in advance to try his famous cooking. 

Let's rewind: Panikos' father was in the middle of building his own backyard restaurant when he passed away. Panikos told Fox News Digital that to honor his Dad, along with his Greek heritage, he decided he would make the restaurant happen himself.

• The whole project took five months to complete; the Greek kitchen now seats up to 75 people and is only open six weeks out of the year. Panikos donates almost all of the profits to charity. 
• "My father always wanted to run a traditional Greek taverna from his home," he shared, "so it’s a way of keeping his memory alive and raising much-needed money for charity."
• Panikos and his wife, Michelle, volunteer their time for six weeks each year to cook and serve the community. In the ten years since their founding, they've donated $70,000 to local charities.

It's not just the charity aspect that has people booking tables. The food is seriously good. Panikos opens online table reservations two months in advance, and they're almost always booked within a few days.

❤️ Do it for Dad... Regardless of his restaurant's success, Panikos has never forgotten the reason why he started it all a decade ago: 

• "Our traditions are to have a relationship with your loved ones in the afterlife, so you do good deeds in memory of them. And this is what we do here every year. This is for him." 

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, predicted this game-changing tech would be worth $17 trillion by 2037 back in 2017. But now, she’s saying it could be worth $80 trillion by 2030.

To put that into perspective, that’s:

• 🛍️ 42 Amazons
• 🖱️ 25 Microsofts
• 📈 27 Nvidias
• 🤖 37 Alphabets
• 💻 And 519 IBMs

And a Shark Tank billionaire expects it to create the world’s first trillionaire. What could be worth so much? It’s a radical tech breakthrough transforming every walk of life. And the entire movement is wholly dependent on one tiny company…

Learn more about this game-changing company here at The Motley Fool.

The Seoul Government recently held an international contest to find the best new design for the Jamsu Bridge, which sits in the center of South Korea’s capital.

• The contest sought "innovative" proposals to transform the semi-submersible bridge into a new pedestrian-only river crossing – and you're looking at the winner👆. 

🏆 Winner-winner, chicken dinner... Top prize went to Arch Mist of the Netherlands, whose proposal will transform the bridge into a half-mile-long art gallery, along with multiple balcony spaces and ramp connections offering a sequence of panoramic viewpoints over the river.

Check it out here.

💸 No Mo' Loans... Students at John Hopkins University received the surprise of their lives after Bloomberg Philanthropies donated $1 billion to the school, making medical education free for most of them. “America needs doctors, and we need the best minds in medicine,” dean Dr. Ted DeWeese said. “So this gift that Mike Bloomberg gave is going to help us find those students, those brilliant students, who might have otherwise not gone to medical school.”

🐝 Save the bees... A population of rare bilberry bumblebees (is that not the cutest name ever?) is seeing a huge population increase after active conservation efforts in Shropshire, England. The effort involved replanting wildflower meadows in the area – and the bees came buzzing back🪻.

🥲 Who's chopping onions... Just because it's sweet, check out this video of a grandfather and granddaughter sharing the healing power of music together.

Trust me, I understand how hard it can be sometimes to prioritize self-care. If you know you need to take more concious care of yourself but are at a loss as to how, try something from the list below. And don't forget: you matter! 

❤️ Self Care List:

• Go for a mindful walk or hike 
• Meditate for 10 minutes 
• Practice yoga or hit the gym 
• Have a spontaneous dance party at home! Put on your favorite song and move
• Have spa day at home (or an actual spa if you can😍)
• Take yourself on a date 
• Read a personal growth book 
• Take three deep breaths 
• Watch a movie in the middle of the day – give yourself permission to relax
• Plan a weekend getaway
• Reach out to someone you love 
• Do something that makes you happy for the sole purpose of making you happy 💕

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Welcome to my favorite part of the newsletter, What's Your Win, where we celebrate the good news happening right here in our Positive DONUT community. Big or small, there are things every day to celebrate and be grateful for 🎉.

Check out the submissions we received this week! 

❤️ Wendy from Manitoba, Canada, is grateful for her honorary daughter...

• "I have had a very rough year, including separating from my husband after ten years under not great circumstances," she said. "His kids are 11 and 14, so I have been a part of their lives for most of them. They will always be children of my heart. Today the 11 year old sent me the most beautiful message thanking me for all that I have done for her and making sure I know that I will always be her family no matter what happens going forward. It was so lovely that it brought tears to my eyes." 

😎 Julia T. from Connecticut is excited for her new career path...

• "I just started my first 'real person job' after graduating college, and I'm loving it! My team is so wonderful, and I had my first business trip to Pittsburg last week to meet everyone in person. I'm really excited to keep growing within the company and see where my career takes me."

To preface, this isn't easy for me. I mean it when I say the "What's Your Win" section is my favorite part of the newsletter. But lately, we've been struggling to get submissions. And before we change the section entirely, I want to ask you all how we can make this better.

🚗 The driving idea behind What's Your Win: I want the Positive DONUT Community to be supportive, optimistic, and a place where we all feel encouraged to share the good – big OR small – happening in our lives. I can't stress the small part enough, because through sharing, the general idea was that it'd possibly help us find a little more joy in the monotony of everyday life.

So, let me know! Is there something we could do on our end improve What's Your Win? How would you feel most excited to share the good in your own life? 

• Just reply to this email with your thoughts. I always love your feedback and want Positive DONUT to grow along with us🤗. 

🙏 Pretty please?... And of course, if you have something exciting happening for you, submit your everyday wins here. 

👆 Check out the referral prizes you can get, just for introducing people you know to little old us. 

What to do: Copy your unique link below, then send it to anyone who you think would like Positive DONUT. Once you hit each milestone, you'll get an email with a link to claim your prize.

Start referring.👇

Hit that reply button and let me know, I read every response. Have a great week!🥰

–Kailyn

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