Ep. 427: Don’t Delete & More Crying At Work

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah talk about why it’s important never to delete anything substantial. They never know when they’re going to want to put something back into a document. It happens! In Take A Hike, Sarah shares why being at her lake house in Minnesota made her realize it’s important to “look down.” Next, Liz and Sarah revisit the topic of crying at work in Take Two. Listeners have so many observations and insights! This week’s Hollywood Hack is great for summer — try mini soda cans. Finally, Sarah recommends the Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney mystery book series.

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Note: Go to the Happier In Hollywood Facebook Group for Liz and Sarah’s extensive Teens/Tweens Gift Guide. Thanks to listeners for such great ideas! Link below.

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LINKS:

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott:

https://amzn.to/4lfLdi2

Diet Coke Mini-Can:

https://amzn.to/4nzzEE0

The Murder of Mr. Wickham:

https://amzn.to/4lDdoqX

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.2	Sarah, I think we're dealing with the whole, when you're in a different time zone for me and we try to put something in the calendar, it gets incredibly confusing.
0:15.7	Yes, I noticed that. We got an email about setting a meeting today, and I'm like, oh, God, I don't know who should put it in the calendar, not me.
0:24.9	Yeah, I think I put it in the calendar, and that keeps it normal. Okay. Yeah. It's a little dodgy. Let's do our best.
0:52.5	Hi, and welcome to happierier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive, and a backbiting, superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:55.8	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.
1:01.7	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship,
1:06.4	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:11.3	Today we're going to talk about why you should never delete anything substantial.
1:16.6	Then this week's Take a Hike is the opposite of a previous Take a Hike.
1:20.9	We also have a Take Two on crying at work.
1:25.0	So many people rode in with opinions and fascinating observations and experiences.
1:30.6	So that will be our take two today. This week's Hollywood hack is something I recently discovered
1:36.4	and turned Sarah onto. And finally, Sarah has a book series recommendation. But first, Sarah,
1:42.8	we have an update. We have a couple of reminders.
1:45.6	One, we want to remind everyone that we are prepping an upcoming listener questions episode for the
1:51.4	podcast. So email your questions to us at happier in Hollywood at gmail.com. You can also post
1:57.8	them in the Facebook group. And we want to remind everyone that we have a listener question live on Substack every Saturday morning at 9.30.
2:07.8	We also want to remind you that we are doing a slow read on Substack of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird.
2:15.1	It is such a fun book to read and so full of just gems about writing
2:21.4	and it's not too late to join us. If you'd like to, just sign up for our substack and you can
2:26.0	get all the information there. Okay, Sarah, it's time for from the treadmill desk of where we
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