What is something outside of work that is bringing you joy lately?

We asked some of the most inspiring local entrepreneurs and creatives what was bringing them joy and we hope the responses below inspire you to find more joy in your day-to-day life as well.

Philip Carrera

Lately, what’s been bringing me the most joy outside of work is watching stories find new lives as microdramas. I love the quiet, almost meditative process of breaking my short stories into tiny, readable moments and releasing them into the world on Tik Tok as micro-episodes, then seeing readers react in real time. Read more>>

Barbara Jimenez

Lately, discovering film photography has been bringing me a lot of joy. I’ve always loved photography, but film feels like a completely different world…it’s slower, more intentional, and full of surprises. Learning a new discipline and creating without fully knowing the outcome has brought back some of that magic I felt when I first started creating. Read more>>

Mourad Ben slimane

It’s my wife who makes me so happy in my daily life Read more>>

Jason Sean Weiss

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a passion for food, restaurants, and to a lesser and more unsuccessful extent, cooking. I am really, really good at blowing all of my disposable income on dining. Recently, I started a very un-serious talk show with my dear friend Chris Alvarez-Jett, who is a Chef de Partie at Seline in Santa Monica. Read more>>