Ep. 429: When Our Job Interferes With Our Career
Happier in Hollywood
The Onward Project
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Liz and Sarah talk about how lately their job has been interfering with their career. So many Zooms! They realize that the new Hollywood definitely has its own learning curve. In Take A Hike, they discuss how watching Brook do an amazing pitch made them appreciate the joy of mentorship. Then they Amplify late poet Andrea Gibson’s “Love Letter From the Afterlife.” This week’s Hollywood Hack will help you organize your closet: a foldable step stool. Plus, Liz had a WNBA Celebrity Sighting — Candace Parker and Anna Petrakova. Finally, Sarah recommends Homeschooling 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started.
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LINKS:
Brook Sitgraves Turner:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8223801/
Andrea Gibson’s “Love Letter From the Afterlife”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZHLvq-gDg
Closet Stool: https://amzn.to/4lTn4hM
Candace Parker:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Parker
Anna Petrakova:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Petrakova
Homeschooling 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Homeschool-101-EBook-13953504
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada |
| 0:02.0 | Sarah Adam gave Jack his first ever real driving lesson, so he's now been behind the wheel of a car. |
| 0:13.0 | How did it go? |
| 0:14.0 | It was good. |
| 0:15.0 | I mean, granted, it was in a parking lot. |
| 0:17.0 | They have not ventured onto the street. |
| 0:19.0 | That's for the best. |
| 0:20.0 | Yes. That'll be for the driver's ed |
| 0:22.8 | teacher. Oh my gosh. That's big. |
| 0:31.2 | Hi and welcome to happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, |
| 0:36.2 | saner, more creative, more successful, and more |
| 0:38.9 | productive, and a backbiting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm Liz Craft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. And with me is my high school friend |
| 0:50.8 | and writing partner, Sarah. That's me, Sarah Fane. On this podcast, we talk about |
| 0:55.6 | being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, and how to survive the war |
| 1:01.1 | of attrition that is life in Los Angeles. Today we're going to talk about why our job is getting |
| 1:06.9 | in the way of our career. Then, and take a hike, we'll discuss the joy of seeing your mentoring come to fruition. |
| 1:14.7 | We're also going to amplify the work of a poet laureate, and this week's Hollywood hack |
| 1:19.9 | will help you use your closet better. |
| 1:22.7 | Plus, I had a celebrity sighting, and finally, Sarah has a recommendation. |
| 1:28.3 | But first, we have an update. |
| 1:30.7 | We want to remind everyone that we answer a listener question every Saturday morning live on substack. |
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