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Episode #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! :)
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Things mentioned in the video:
Facebook Manufacturing Outrage
What it Takes to Get Back an Account from Meta
Facebook Perhaps Guilty of Stoking Civil Unrest Abroad
Meta -- The Tech Monopoly
Meta Layoffs, Including Customer Service
Optimistic Nihilism
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl Movie
High 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
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Episode #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] !!
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Things mentioned in the video:
Why We Procrastinate About The Things We Care About
The Addiction of Seeking Perfection
Using Anger as Motivation
Humans Need to Belong (Sometimes to Our Detriment)
Kinship Altruism
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution Coursera Class
Rich Roll Podcast Clip about Showing Up on the Hard Days
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
Joey Diaz On Rogan
Richard lewis & Larry David -- A Match Made in Purgatory (in the best possible way)
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Episode #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 Hard
Impressionist Paintings of Leisure
History of Leisure
Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins
Goggins on Leadership
Rogan and Goggins the First Time Around
BUD/S & Seal Training
The Compound effect
Keats' "When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be"
Masterpieces of World Literature Class
Goethe book I Bought
Harvard Classics and Their Lore (including both the good and the bad)
Goggins' Cookie Jar
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
Acromegaly and Goliath
Diseases in the Bible
The American Child Conundrum
The Over-parenting Crisis You Probably Haven't Realized is a Problem
The History of the Protestant Work Ethic and Puritanical America
The Origins of Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps
Existential America Returning Perhaps?
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Episode #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. :)
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Things mentioned in the video:
Scrivener
The Stamet's Stack
Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson
The Baháʼí faith
Dwight Schrute's Descriptive Personality Statistics
The Office’s Rainn Wilson on meaning and happiness
Harrison Butker's Speech
The Religious Battle Behind Harrison Butker’s Culture-War Speech
TikTok I filmed responding to Harrison Butker's speech
Carl Jung Archetypes
An Interesting Idea in Gender Existentialism
Beauvoir | an overview
The Importance of Crop Diversity
Beyond the Binary in Nature
Beyond the Binary in Nature 2
Simone de Beauvoir Books
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
A Hero's Journey Makes you an existentialist -- and Happier?
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Episode #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. :)
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Things mentioned in the video:
Libby Library App
Books by Eckhart Tolle
Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
Transcendental Meditation
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
What happened to Salman Rushdie, all from a book
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Episode #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.
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Things mentioned in the video:
The Atlantic Babysitter Article
Over-parenting article 1
Over-parenting article 2
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Book
The Importance of Third Places
Cul-de-Sacs in America
A More Walkable Community
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00:00 - 01:1
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Episode #33 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast.
this was filmed a month ago
Join 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.
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Things mentioned in the video:
Social Contract Theory
How to Revamp the Social Contract in our Modern World
An interview about bullshit jobs
Bullshit jobs book
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Episode #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.
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Things mentioned in the video:
Changes by Jax Anderson Lyrics:
Scared to Start by Michael Marcagi Lyrics:
Ohio by Stephen Markley
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
The B3 Chair
John Ruskin's Essay "On Restoration"
The story of the British Bicycle Racing Team & Marginal Gains
Identity and the Concept of Change
Cal Newport Video that includes deciding upon your values
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Sopranos
Severance
CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life
How Your Nervous System Works & Changes | The Huberman Lab Podcast
Rejection Therapy Ted Talk
100 Days of Rejection Videos Playlist
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Timestamps:
00:00 - 01:19 Intro
01:20 - 05:58 What I've been listening to
05:59 - 20:58 What I've been reading
20:59 - 22:05 What I've been watching
22:06 - 24:50 What I've been learning
24:51 - 31:15 seeking rejection
31:16 - 39:20 Quotes & outro
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Episode #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.
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Things mentioned in the video:
Martyr by KiNG MALA Lyrics
Ohio by Stephen Markley
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
The influence of Classical architecture in our modern world
Tenets of Gothic architecture
The two sides Le Corbusier
The cult of le corbusier
The history of Villa Savoye
A darker history of Villa Savoye
Visit Villa Savoye
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Sopranos
Severance
What is a misogi?
Weight gain and protection
The Huberman Lab Podcast
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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 + resolutions
Nicolas Berndt -- How To ACTUALIZE Your 2024 New Year Resolutions // 7 DAY PLAN
Nike Erculj-- ELEVATE YOUR LIFE in 2024: Crush Goals, Design Your Best Life + Exit Lazy Girl Era for Good:
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Episode #30 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast.
Join me, Alessandra, as I do a deep dive on my microdosing journey thus far. It's been a ride, to say the least. :)
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Things mentioned in the video:
Diary of a CEO, Bryan Johnson interview mentioning Kernel
Bipolar and psilocybin
Pros and cons of psychedelics
Esketamine for treatment resistant depression
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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/nasal-esketamine-works-better-alternative-treatment-resistant-depressi-rcna118841
Pyschedelics and their histories and misconceptions
The theory of Charles Manson and MK ULTRA
1960s music scene, laurel Canyon and the role of drugs
Timothy Leary, the "modern founder" of psychedelics
John M. Allegro book about the Bible and psychedelics
Native Americans and Psychedelics
Panpsychism
Conscious book
Psychedelic research now
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-robin-carhart-harris-the-science-of-psychedelics-for-mental-health
Associated risks
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More books and articles and videos about psychedelics:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (a novel about the experience of being on drugs by a gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson)
Terrence McKenna and what he learned from psychedelics
Benefits of microdosing with Joe Rogan and Paul Stamets
Renewing research on psychedelics
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Episode #29 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast.
Join me, Alessandra, as I discuss the concept of searching, muse about the magic that is serendipity and synchronicity + read a snippet of my book. 'Tis the season of self development and shedding victimhood.
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Episode #28 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast.
I'm back bb. Join me, Alessandra, as I make my very anticlimactic return, muse about where I've been + have an honest moment or two. It's really good to be back, you guys:)
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Episode #27 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I close out the 2022 season, muse about my relationship with change + whine about people cutting down trees. This episode was definitely more sad than happy, but juxtaposition is the spice of life, right? :)
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Episode #26 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open with the complaints surrounding my massive hangover, wonder if I will ever get over my imposter syndrome + question if there is such a thing as an ethical billionaire. This episode is all about the journey, baby. :)
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Episode #25 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open with, of course, another ankle update, ruminate on why I hate my birthday + dig into my season of newfound discipline. This Thanksgiving episode, as always, is filled with high-highs and low-lows. :)
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Episode #24 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I open with another ankle injury update (I swear it connects to the rest of the ep lol), dwell on the influx of terrible tragedies lately + question how the immense power that is human resiliency has come to be. This episode vacillates between me thinking that human beings will be the author of their own demise or very well might come to their own rescue and save the metaphorical day. :)
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Episode #23 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. A little bonus episode introducing my Sober October Challenge.
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Episode #22 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast. Join me, Alessandra, as I give another update on my ankle injury, brainstorm about how I can improve my empathy + detail how I ironically find altruism in caring for myself. This episode is all about learning lessons when you're down out and out in the not so magic kingdom:)
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**sorry the episode cuts off so abruptly and is so quiet, my audio was damaged at the end of the video**
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Join me, Alessandra, as I try to learn a lesson from my current ankle injury, give an update on my latest spin on the 75 Hard(ish) Challenge + pontificate on the fallibility and fragility of the human being. This episode is more Schadenfreude for you and mostly Schaden for me. :)
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Join me, Alessandra, as I give an update on my attempt at The Rachel Carson Trail Challenge, introduce a new challenge I'm starting that's inspired by the one and only 75 Hard + I give my own review on the book "4000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals." Overall, it's just a good time, filled with complaints and some epiphanies!
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4000 Weeks (affiliate link): https://bookshop.org/a/82160/9780374159122
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