No News is Good News Day
Take a break from the constant deluge of news and appreciate your own little world on No News is Good News Day, rather than the big world of bad news and stress.
Position your wellness, mindfulness, or positive-news platform as the antidote to news fatigue—encourage digital detox and mental-health-focused content consumption.
- Digital detox challenge: unplug from mainstream news for 24 hours and share your mental-health wins
- Curated 'good news only' feed takeover featuring positive stories from your community
- Mindfulness & meditation app promotion tied to news-free relaxation
- Wellness brand partnership: 'No News Day' self-care bundle or discount
The phrase “no news is good news” in English can be traced back several centuries, to 1616 when King James of England wrote it out. Then, in 1640, English author James Howell makes a reference to the king’s phrase in his book called Familiar Letters. But the concept actually goes back even further because in his first writing of the idea, King James gives credit to the Italians when he writes, “I am of the Italians’ mind that said “nulla nova, buona nova”.
The modern version of No News is Good News Day has less clear roots, but it was created in more recent years to offer people an opportunity to unplug from the negative influences of daily life and simply enjoy the present moment. With grass roots some time in the early 21st century, No News is Good News Day began to gain traction around the world by 2021. Now, it is celebrated each year by folks who are excited to let the bad news wait until another day!
Unplug from the News
Turn off the TV and radio, unhook from the web, and leave those newspapers at the newsstand or lying on the front porch. If the weather really seems to matter, just take a look out of the window. And the traffic report on the radio? Be honest, when was the last time a traffic report actually turned out to be useful for driving? Just use a maps app on a smartphone to offer that information. If it seems the news is always bad news, now is it possible to put that to rights on No News is Good News Day. The world isn’t all that bad when there’s no-one to report just how awful it all is!
Read Some Good News
Instead of filling that head with sound bites or snippets of troublesome thoughts and ideas, change things up a bit and check out various sources of information that only offer good news on No News is Good News Day. From following groups on Facebook or Instagram, like The Good News Movement, to intentionally reading sources of news like Positive News or the Good News Network, it can be fun to suss out ways to brighten our day and celebrate the things in life that are great. Because there are so many!
Focus on the Good
No News is Good News Day might be the perfect time to make some habit changes and flip some of that negative thinking into positive thinking. It can be difficult to make such a switch, but it is definitely possible with some intentionality. Instead of being a nay-sayer, consider making some personal changes that might provide opportunities to be the bearer of good news. Check out some of these books that feature some important tips for positive thinking: The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale (1952)Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman (1990)Eliminate Negative Thinking by Derick Howell (2020)The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health and Longevity by Catherine A. Sanderson PhD (2019)