Ep. 405: A Workspace Of One’s Own
Happier in Hollywood
The Onward Project
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Sarah talks about how much her work life has improved since she got an office space in downtown Ojai — and how it’s made her realize that Liz needs to make her office into her own space too. In Take A Hike, Sarah shares how participating in Emily Gaines Demskey’s Three Good Things Substack every day has made her happier. Liz is passionate about this week’s Hollywood Hack: Croc slides. Next, Liz and Sarah both had sort of Celebrity Sightings. Liz saw a crew filming for the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White on her street. And Violet’s nanny, Dawn, almost ran over Ted Danson. Finally, Sarah recommends the Homeschool Moms Unfiltered podcast.
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LINKS:
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Tell Me 3 Good Things Substack: https://substack.com/@emilygainesdemsky
Croc slides: https://amzn.to/4gDcyYt
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| 0:00.0 | Guess what? Discover's accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards nationwide. You heard right 99%. If you don't think so, maybe it's time to face facts. You're stuck in the past. Based on the February 2024 Nilsen report, learn more at discover.com slash credit card. |
| 0:21.8 | Lemonada. |
| 0:31.8 | Sarah, you know, I don't even know the rules of football, but watching that chiefs game was just brutal. |
| 0:33.2 | I kept calling Anna. |
| 0:39.2 | She kept going like, remember, they always come back in the second half, then the second half happened. |
| 0:41.6 | And we're just like, oh, oh, God. |
| 0:42.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.5 | This is not good. |
| 0:44.4 | Not good. |
| 0:54.7 | Hi, and welcome to happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, |
| 0:59.7 | saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial, |
| 1:06.0 | 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 Fane. |
| 1:11.7 | On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, |
| 1:17.1 | and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles. |
| 1:21.5 | Today we're going to talk about the importance of a workspace of your own. |
| 1:26.4 | Then and take a hike, I'll talk about why I am loving the substack, three good things. |
| 1:32.7 | This week's Hollywood hack is feet-friendly, plus I had a sort of celebrity siding on my very |
| 1:38.9 | own street that was super exciting. And finally, Sarah has a podcast recommendation. But first, Liz, we have an update. So in |
| 1:48.8 | episode 403, I talked about how I made a list written down of things I can do instead of |
| 1:55.0 | doom scrolling. Yes. And right after I did that, I saw this thing. It was like a post about Charles Duig. He's the author of Super Communicators. And he totally agrees with this making a list thing. He wrote, indulge a hobby or take a walk or water a plant or pet a dog. We often start doomscrolling because we need a quick break. And checking the news is inherently virtuous, right? |
| 2:19.7 | Wrong. |
| 2:20.6 | There are lots of other relaxing ways to spend five minutes. |
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