The Happiness Trap: Happiness for the Rest of Us

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The Happiness Trap: Happiness for the Rest of Us

A frustrated victim of motivational speakers, Arena begins her look at the happiness industry with us while reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. She will take us back to a Millionaire Mind Seminar where her quest to live her dreams brought her to a standstill with debt, legal trouble, and living in her worst nightmare - geographically, even.

Amy Arena holds a B.A. in American Studies from San Francisco State University. A respected actress and world-renown singer (at least underground) , Arena has written several peer-appreciated, but not-yet-produced plays, has published poetry and won awards for her short stories on websites that no longer exist, and produced an album that she can't afford to hype with the finesse of the happiness experts.

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    You know how it goes.  I just finished typing a blog about money and suddenly I found myself on an entirely different page.  I may have to suggest to tumblr that they save drafts as frequently as gmail does.  I’m on my eleventh post and this is the second time that’s happened and my work’s been gone.  Poof.

    I know what you’re thinking.  I could write this in word or even google documents and not have this happen to me, but let’s get real here.  How naturally can I pour my thoughts out, unadulterated, if I need those words to pass through a whole sequence.  Basically, I have a lot to do.  

    Much of it I have to do over because I think my keyboard is a bit of a subversive.  It claims to be ergonomic and strewn with conveniences, but I suspect it’s the source of many of the ditches I run into.  

    Yesterday I submitted a press release about my album while I was still writing it.

    This morning I was repeatedly signed out of a music site I’m trying to submit my tracks to.

    These are all things that, if done succesfully, would contribute to my happiness. Unfortunately, each time I think I’m moving forward, this cushioned, over-blown typewriter mocks me.  Such is my life.  Striving IS a trap!  Aha!

    Posted on January 25, 2011

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