Personality
He loves local businesses...because they're attached to delicious buildings.
The Be Good Monster
Field Guide
Every Be Good Monster has a story.
Some are funny. Some are wise. Some are wonderfully confused.
All of them are trying their best.
Observation
Be Good Monsters are shy. They are most often found helping others, making mistakes, learning from them, and trying again tomorrow.
Residents Observed
Resident No. 001 — Eli (Eat Local) Resident No. 002 — Beep (Be Present)More residents will be added as they are discovered…
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Resident No. 001
Meet Eli
aka Eat Local
“Doing his best to follow the rules. Sometimes he takes things a little too literally.”
Believes
Believes cities should keep growing. He has a healthy appetite.
Favorite Snack
Cookies. Pizza. Cheese. The moon. Basically everything he's ever been compared to!
Worries About
Tiny villages.
Biggest Misunderstanding
Doesn't understand why people get upset when he takes "just one bite."
Superpower
Bullet-proof intestinal tract.
Best Friends
Construction workers.
Field Note #17
Eli has been asked several times to stop nibbling on historic buildings.
He insists he's simply “supporting local.”
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Resident No. 002
Meet Beep
aka Be Present
“Look what I found.”
Personality
Beep notices ordinary things extraordinarily well. She'll stop to admire moss between sidewalk cracks, watch shadows move across a fence, or listen to rain long after everyone else has gone inside.
Believes
The best moments are usually the ones right in front of our eyes.
Favorite Snack
Honey. She insists it's ethically sourced.
Worries About
People spending so much time thinking about yesterday and tomorrow that they miss today.
Biggest Misunderstanding
People think she's distracted. She's actually paying closer attention than almost anyone else.
Superpower
Helping someone discover the present moment. Nothing changes about the world—they simply notice it again. The present has been waiting for you.
Best Friends
Butterflies, dragonflies, and children who stop to look at bugs.
Field Note #6
Beep once spent forty-three minutes watching a snail cross the sidewalk.
“I didn't want him to feel rushed.”