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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  • Purpose is the Key Ingredient

    Last night I stayed up until 4AM working on voiceover auditions, then realized I couldn’t submit them.  I wasn’t allowed to.  Gate keepers are everywhere. 

    Though I had nowhere in particular to be today, I stepped out of bed at 9:30 AM still in need of sleep.  I quickly discovered a radio station in the Netherlands wants me to send my CD.  Nice.

    Around 10:30 I began working with a friend to polish up my website.  Productivity = Happy.

    Shortly before two, my neighbor came by with the portable soundproof booth he’d been working on in his garage for me. 

    When he left, I returned to my phone lesson about my website, but I was anxious to figure out how to make my booth fit so while we talked about politics I started moving things. 

    I’ve lost a lot of space.  I’m going to have to get rid of things.  But I feel so good about moving forward. 

    Unfortunately, once I finished “making space” I was too tired to record.  My enthusiasm has gone whuumpth.  Did I mention I slept about 5 hours?

    Also, I may need a storage space to make room for all of this happy. 

    Tagged: soundproofing voiceover voice over diy sound booth clutter success

    Posted on February 10, 2011 with 16 notes

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