Ep. 108: A Cacophony of Choice (And Goodbye To Mary)

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah start with a poetic update— a reading of Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese.” Then in From The Treadmill Desks Of, they discuss the “cacophony of choice” they’re dealing with now that their overall at ABC Studios is over. It’s exciting that they’re free to do ANYTHING— but also overwhelming. As they analyze how to navigate their opportunities, they decide to stretch but also stay in their wheelhouse. One this is for sure— they’ll be Riding The Dragon, which they discuss in The Mailroom segment. This week’s Hollywood Hack: Take No For An Answer (something they wish they’d done sooner on a recent endeavor). Finally, Liz and Sarah bid Mary farewell as she offers a final Celebrity Sighting — Damon Wayans Jr. at the HaHa Comedy Club. Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese:” http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html Livingston Taylor: http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html Stage Performance by Livingston Taylor:https://www.amazon.com/Stage-Performance-Livingston-Taylor/dp/1461068843/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UET3Q49X6AIP&keywords=stage+performance+livingston+taylor&qid=1559685914&s=gateway&sprefix=Stage+Performan%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1 HaHa Comedy Club: http://hahacafecomedyclub.com/ You can follow Mary Mehrkens: Instagram — @marymerkdog and Twitter — @Mehrkdog If you want to watch the PBS pledge show Liz recorded with her sister Gretchen, click here to check your local listings for show times. Many stations start airing it on June 1st. Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts-- Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Side Hustle School, and Do The Thing. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends to Do the Thing. Photo by Hans-Peter Gauster on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.4	So I was thinking about this cacophony of choice.
0:07.4	It really amounts to a lot of opportunity for us to do free work.
0:12.1	You're so right, so God.
0:17.2	It's the era of free work and prayers.
0:20.3	Yeah.
0:26.1	Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood,
0:28.1	the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:30.2	sane, or more creative, more successful,
0:32.2	and more productive and a back-fighting superficial chaotic,
0:35.5	unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:38.3	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer, living in LA,
0:41.5	and with me is my high school friend and writing partner
0:43.8	of 19 years' lives.
0:45.4	That's me, Liz Kraft.
0:47.0	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood,
0:50.3	how we balance a career in friendship
0:52.3	and how to survive the war of attrition that
0:54.9	is life and Los Angeles.
0:56.7	This week, we discuss how we are navigating
0:59.0	a cacophony of choice.
1:01.2	Then we revisit our ride the Dragon Development motto
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