I cannot believe you're spending the day at Disney Land two days after we finish the retreat.

Neither can I. I got one day of rest. Now I'm just gonna like scream on the matter of unbops let.

Okay, well have fun. I'm gonna be here in bed.

Okay, I'm jealous.

Bye.

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 backbiting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

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

That's me, Sarah Fein. 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.

Today we're gonna look back at the happier and Hollywood retreat. What went well? What can we change to make it better?

Then we'll talk about the magic of community. We're feeling very inspired by our community of writers after the retreat this weekend.

We also have a craft and fame that will help you figure out your story and Sarah has a sitting hack plus a fiction podcast recommendation.

But first we have an update. This is a letter from Kate. She wrote,

Hi, Liz and Sarah, just listening to your latest episode and I know you like learning terms from other industries.

I work in agile UX design, think apps, digital services, etc. And we have a term for when we've finished a chunk of work, a retro.

It's short for retrospective and describes looking back on what you did, what worked, what could be improved.

I think this is a nicer option than post-mortem as we typically only do this when something has gone drastically wrong as in a real post-mortem when you're looking at something that died.

I'm sure your retreat will go very well. So maybe you want a retro rather than a post-mortem when it's over.

Another good technique is actually called a pre-mortem, which is where you sit down ahead of time and ask the question, what would it look like if this completely failed and it helps you prepare for that not to happen.

Thank you for that, Kate. Fortunately, that did not happen on this retreat.

Which brings us to our segment from the treadmill desk of where we talk about what's most pressing in our work psyches. And this week, thanks to Kate's new term, it's our retreat retro.

We had planned to do a post-mortem, but thanks to Kate, we're changing that to a retro.

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