Please note, this episode was recorded before the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer led to nationwide protests.

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Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive in a back-biting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah.

That's me, Sarah Fane. On this podcast we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

In today's episode we're going to talk about our decision to take control of our career and why you might want to take control too.

Then in Take 2 we'll share listeners' suggestions about how Sarah and the rest of us can have a smaller life during this global pandemic.

We've also got a mailroom question about how we organize our creative process.

This week's Hollywood hack will help you enjoy all that extra time at home just a little bit more, but before we get to all that we want to tell you all about a fascinating and necessary live COVID-19 speaker series.

Yes, Sarah. This is part of the excellent podcast called Catch a Break, which is the Insiders Guide to Breaking Into and Navigating Hollywood.

We're actually going to have some of the people behind Catch a Break on Happier Hollywood next week.

But before that we wanted to highly recommend listening to their live series called The Way Back, all about navigating the film industry in the era of COVID-19.

It's a series they're doing every Thursday at 1pm Pacific May 28th through June 18th.

And I think you don't have to listen live. You can go back and listen.

So go to catchabrakepodcast.com to register for that and it is free, best of all.

And we will for sure be listening to them.

Yes.

Okay, Sarah, it is time for from the treadmill desu, in which we discuss what's most pressing in our worksikies.

And this week it's taking control, specifically taking control of our career.

Yes. And of course we thought we'd take control of our career when we decided to sign with our new manager, Diane Frazier.

Yes. And that was definitely a step in the right direction.

Yes.

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