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The Know Daily - Friday 31st March 2023
🌻 A guide to finding your flow
Friday Edition ∙ Read in 5m 56s ∙ Listening to Shania Twain
Dear readers,
Today’s edition contains the usual roundup of the week’s biggest headlines, plus recommendations for things to watch, read and listen to over the coming days. And, if you scroll down to our “weekend treats” section, you’ll also discover our guide to finding your flow.
Finding your flow - or the experience of becoming lost in whatever it is that you’re doing - is a topic which I’m really passionate about. For me, I’m in my flow when I’m cooking or painting - time literally feels as though it’s slowed down, and nothing else seems to matter. We could all do with experiencing these moments of pure mindfulness, so I hope you find our guide useful if you need a hand finding your flow.
Love,
Lily x
Growth & Partnerships Manager
Two: The number of days left to apply for Finland’s four-day happiness masterclass in June - and ten lucky applicants will get to go for free.
13: How many sides a new shape has. Nicknamed “the cap”, the shape was identified by a “nonprofessional mathematician” called David Smith.
£5,617: The average annual household bill for groceries, with year-on-year price increases hitting an all-time high of 17.5%, according to the latest figures.
10:30pm: The curfew set by the US state of Utah for social media users under the age of 18. The law is set to come into effect in March 2024.
POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🇺🇸 Donald Trump is set to become the first former US president to face criminal charges, after a grand jury voted to indict him over a hush money payment made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election.
🏴 Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s new first minister, unveiled a majority-female cabinet after winning a divisive leadership contest on Monday.
🇮🇱 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would delay controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judiciary, following 12 weeks of protests - but he rejected US President Joe Biden’s call to “walk away” from the reforms.
CULTURE
🥀 Tributes poured in for presenter and comedian Paul O’Grady - who rose to fame with his drag queen persona Lily Savage - after he passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday aged 67.
📞 Prince Harry and Elton John appeared at the High Court this week as legal arguments began into alleged privacy breaches and phone hacking by Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers.
🇮🇹 Italy’s right-wing government backed a bill that would ban lab-grown meat and other synthetic foods in a bid to protect the country’s food heritage.
WORK & INNOVATION
🛍️ Apple launched a buy now pay later service - Apple Pay Later will initially be rolled out to “randomly selected” users in the US.
📱 France’s government banned civil servants from downloading any social media or video-streaming apps on their work phones, citing cybersecurity concerns.
🔬 A major trial is underway to examine whether a simple blood test could help thousands of bowel cancer patients avoid unnecessary chemotherapy every year.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🎻 London concert venue Wigmore Hall announced a trio of “low stimulus” classical concerts for neurodivergent audiences in its 2023/24 season.
👩🎓 In a UK first, the University of Birmingham opened a “recovery flat” for students with various addictions, to help them complete their studies.
🏕️ A teenager known as the “Boy in the Tent” set a Guinness World Record for the most money raised by camping. Max Woosey, 13, made more than £750,000 for North Devon Hospice.
🤔 Friday Quiz
What could be a better way to round off the week than a quiz?
Check how closely you’ve been paying attention to this week’s biggest stories by playing our Friday News Quiz via our Instagram Stories.
Hit reply to let us know what you think of the quiz - and how well you do in it!
🌻 How to find your flow
Finding your flow - also known as being “in the zone” - refers to the experience of becoming lost in whatever it is that you’re doing, entirely absorbed beyond the point of distraction. Time might even feel as if it’s slowed down.
Hearing Lily, our Growth and Partnerships Manager, extol the virtues of finding her flow inspired us to try and find our own flows. Here’s what we learned along the way - and our tips for helping you find your flow, too.
📰 Read: To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility, which takes place on 31 March each year, we’re recommending this heart-warming Vice article where five writers share what trans joy means to them.
🎧 Listen to: Peltz-Beckham: A super-wedding gone wrong. The latest Tortoise Media podcast dives into why, eight months after his daughter’s wedding to Brooklyn Beckham, billionaire Nelson Peltz filed a lawsuit against two wedding planners. It’s the perfect easy listen for an overcast weekend.
🎥 Watch: John Wick: Chapter 4 (out in cinemas now), The Power (Prime Video), Wellmania (Netflix), Six Four (ITVX).
🙌 Spring clean your finances: If you, like us, are trying to stay on top of your life admin, we recommend downloading fyio - an app which makes paperwork that bit easier to manage. It’s super easy to use and works like a digital filing cabinet, plus it has a highly secure document share function. Even better? Anyone who signs up before midnight tonight will have access to fyio free for life - just use our code theknow.
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Today’s spotlight is shining on Rachael H., the lucky winner of our latest giveaway! ✨
Rachael (@butterybean) is from North Wales, and will soon be enjoying a super relaxing two-night tipi stay for two at Hill Farm Glamping in Warwickshire. She’ll have access to a wood fired bath, comfy king size bed, gorgeous countryside views and a delicious breakfast hamper - no, we’re not jealous at all…
And to our readers who entered this giveaway but sadly did not win, we have plenty more competitions lined up for you throughout spring and summer - so keep your eyes peeled! 👀
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