The Happiest Sad Person Podcast

Send us Fan MailEpisode #40 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. I''m back baby. Join me, Alessandra, as I give a brief update to where I've been, why I have so humbly returned and what's on the long-met horizon, or tentatively so, as you know I am always a bit up in the air:)Also, feel free to check out my linktree below for my book! (it's still so wild to write that!)My book: https://linktr.ee/ajacobs777Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #39 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I explain how on earth I was hacked in the year of our lord, 2024. Yep, you heard that right. I talk about how I'm trying to learn something from this whole experience and how I maybe manifested it by accident. (Whoops:( ) It's really a take on trying to make lemonade from some nasty lemons. So, take a listen and commiserate if you too are going through it -- or get some relief that you're not in my situation. As always, it's a choose your own adventure experience. Also, feel free to report my hacked accounts to help a girl out. They are linked below! :)----------------------Things mentioned in the video:Facebook Manufacturing OutrageWhat it Takes to Get Back an Account from MetaFacebook Perhaps Guilty of Stoking Civil Unrest AbroadMeta -- The Tech MonopolyMeta Layoffs, Including Customer ServiceOptimistic NihilismGone Girl by Gillian FlynnGone Girl MovieHigh Taste/Low Skill Quote: “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it's normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through."― Ira Glass---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------Timestamps: -----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #38 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open up about my desire not to film today and my futile addiction to perfectionism (always to my own detriment). I also give my own spin on the notion that the grass is not greener on the other side and how social media makes me feel behind and depressed. It's really an ode to the idea that there's nothing more hollow than fulfilling someone else's dreams. So, listen to this pod -- and then go get those dreams, girl! [or guy, ambition don't discriminate here] !!As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:Why We Procrastinate About The Things We Care AboutThe Addiction of Seeking PerfectionUsing Anger as MotivationHumans Need to Belong (Sometimes to Our Detriment)Kinship AltruismBehave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert SapolskyIntroduction to Genetics and Evolution Coursera ClassRich Roll Podcast Clip about Showing Up on the Hard DaysThe Compound Effect by Darren HardyJoey Diaz On RoganRichard lewis & Larry David -- A Match Made in Purgatory (in the best possible way)---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------Timestamps: -----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #37 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss designing my own hodgepodge syllabus for my life-long education plan (or at least for the foreseeable future). I also muse on the sadness that is adulthood, how we "childify" America, and how to find the simple joys as a grown-up -- for me it naturally involves dry erase markers.It's a perfect combo of social commentary and self-betterment, what's better than that? :)Things mentioned:75 HardImpressionist Paintings of LeisureHistory of LeisureCan't Hurt Me by David GogginsGoggins on LeadershipRogan and Goggins the First Time AroundBUD/S & Seal TrainingThe Compound effectKeats' "When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be"Masterpieces of World Literature ClassGoethe book I BoughtHarvard Classics and Their Lore (including both the good and the bad)Goggins' Cookie JarDavid and Goliath by Malcolm GladwellAcromegaly and GoliathDiseases in the BibleThe American Child ConundrumThe Over-parenting Crisis You Probably Haven't Realized is a ProblemThe History of the Protestant Work Ethic and Puritanical AmericaThe Origins of Pull Yourself up by Your BootstrapsExistential America Returning Perhaps?Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #36 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I embrace the unemployed yet somehow constantly busy life of a creative. I also muse on Harrison Butker's commencement speech and how repulsive I find that way of thinking and how to potentially use existentialism as the salve -- spoiler alert, it always comes back to existentialism. Just like for another YouTuber it always relates back to tuberculosis. :)As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:ScrivenerThe Stamet's StackSoul Boom by Rainn WilsonThe Baháʼí faithDwight Schrute's Descriptive Personality StatisticsThe Office’s Rainn Wilson on meaning and happinessHarrison Butker's SpeechThe Religious Battle Behind Harrison Butker’s Culture-War SpeechTikTok I filmed responding to Harrison Butker's speechCarl Jung ArchetypesAn Interesting Idea in Gender ExistentialismBeauvoir | an overviewThe Importance of Crop DiversityBeyond the Binary in NatureBeyond the Binary in Nature 2Simone de Beauvoir BooksThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirA Hero's Journey Makes you an existentialist -- and Happier?---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------Timestamps: -----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #35 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss being unemployed whilst keeping up my spirits -- and keeping myself busy. I end with an excerpt of my book that connects to the conversation, and I promise it relates. :)As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:Libby Library AppBooks by Eckhart TolleMaslow’s Hierarchy Of NeedsTranscendental MeditationThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieWhat happened to Salman Rushdie, all from a book---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------Timestamps: -----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #34 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss the limitations of love our modern society has created -- but I tried to end it with some tangible suggestions for actually fixing the problem. My rule to live by: You can't complain about something unless you're actively trying to work on it. As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:The Atlantic Babysitter ArticleOver-parenting article 1Over-parenting article 2The Five People You Meet in Heaven BookThe Importance of Third PlacesCul-de-Sacs in AmericaA More Walkable Community---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:1-----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #33 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. this was filmed a month agoJoin me, Alessandra, as I document a bout of depression mode in my life. It is a bit of woe mixed with, hopefully, some optimism at the end. Always a bit of happy entangled with a whole lot of sad. As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:Social Contract TheoryHow to Revamp the Social Contract in our Modern WorldAn interview about bullshit jobsBullshit jobs book ---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #32 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I try to repair my relationship with rejection and seek out getting no's in the wild. It's regular therapy alongside rejection therapy in 2024. As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:Changes by Jax Anderson Lyrics:Scared to Start by Michael Marcagi Lyrics:Ohio by Stephen MarkleyThe Architecture of Happiness by Alain de BottonThe B3 ChairJohn Ruskin's Essay "On Restoration"The story of the British Bicycle Racing Team & Marginal GainsIdentity and the Concept of ChangeCal Newport Video that includes deciding upon your valuesAtomic Habits by James ClearThe SopranosSeveranceCitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban LifeHow Your Nervous System Works & Changes | The Huberman Lab PodcastRejection Therapy Ted Talk100 Days of Rejection Videos Playlist---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)-----------------Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:19 Intro01:20 - 05:58 What I've been listening to05:59 - 20:58 What I've been reading20:59 - 22:05 What I've been watching22:06 - 24:50 What I've been learning24:51 - 31:15 seeking rejection 31:16 - 39:20 Quotes & outro-----------------FTC Notice: Some of the above links do contain affiliate links in which I do receive a payment.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode #31 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I get real with myself and choose actual goals I can actually accomplish in 2024. It *actually" is new year, new me. As always, email suggestions to [email protected] mentioned in the video:Martyr by KiNG MALA LyricsOhio by Stephen MarkleyThe Architecture of Happiness by Alain de BottonThe influence of Classical architecture in our modern worldTenets of Gothic architectureThe two sides Le CorbusierThe cult of le corbusierThe history of Villa SavoyeA darker history of Villa SavoyeVisit Villa SavoyeAtomic Habits by James ClearThe SopranosSeveranceWhat is a misogi?Weight gain and protectionThe Huberman Lab Podcast-------------------------More videos about 2024 goals that I found inspiring: Fernanda Ramirez -- HOW TO CREATE A 2024 LIFE BINDER | the SECRET to creating your dream life + ULTIMATE vision board !!UnJaded Jade -- How I Set My New Year's Goals 2024 | free templates, vision board, reflections + resolutionsNicolas Berndt -- How To ACTUALIZE Your 2024 New Year Resolutions // 7 DAY PLANNike Erculj-- ELEVATE YOUR LIFE in 2024: Crush Goals, Design Your Best Life + Exit Lazy Girl Era for Good:---------------Links: Podcast InstagramPersonal InstagramHow I host my podcast (affiliate link)Logo (affiliate link)Support the show