Taking a Little Breathing Space

It’s probably not a good idea to start a project when you have a lot of freelance deadlines looming over you (for the record, I have a full-time job, and I do some freelance writing); however, I probably started this as a way to procrastinate, and boy, did it work!
I’ll be taking a break for [...]

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Buy Me!

If you run a business, getting the Oprah Seal of Approval can mean you hit the jackpot.  People go crazy and buy whatever she says, and sometimes I don’t understand how a regular person can spend money like Oprah can spend money.  Oprah can spend a lot of money–she earns a lot.  Me?  Not so [...]

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I’m Thinking About

One of the features that sets O apart from other magazines is the personal “workbook” sheet that has questions for you to ponder in creating your best life.  This is not the stuff I go for, but OK, I’ll do them.  I won’t like it though!
Something to Think About questions:
1. Am I satisfied with [...]

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Savin’ Money With Suze

One thing I do like about Oprah’s agony columns is that she’s got a financial one–personal finance whiz Suze Orman joins the gang to give advice about money, which is really an important topic. Women have all sorts of issues with money–if you’re a homemaker, you don’t have any income, so if your situation [...]

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Dr. Phil Brings It

Since the beginning, Dr. Phil has been a columnist in the magazine. It’s a self-help magazine, but sometimes you need experts to help with some specific problems or you need to read some specifics to help you. At any rate, what’s a woman’s magazine without an agony column?
For the purposes of this blog, [...]

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Oprah’s First Talk

The first issue has a lot of Oprah in it. She put a lot of her words into this first issue, so it’ll be interesting to see how much she writes throughout the magazine’s run. Her “editor’s letter” page is called “Let’s Talk.” In this issue we see what she wants the [...]

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The Courage in my Journal

Since time is of the essence, I’m going to go through my Courage Journal a little quickly.  Some points are “stuff to do,” so I don’t need to reflect here.  I do think I have a fair amount of courage–I like trying new things, and I’m not necessarily afraid of putting myself into a new [...]

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Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It

After the table of contents, the first thing you come to in the premiere issue is the calendar. I believe Martha Stewart popularized the calendar in her magazine–it was what she planned to do for the month. Oprah’s calendar is full of quotes and tasks for you to write about in your journal [...]

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And We Begin

I own every issue of O, the Oprah Magazine (hereforafter called “Oprah”).  At first it was cute–there were only a few issues, and since they’re all themed, if I had a particular problem, I could pull out that issue and read about it until I felt better.
Now my problem is eight years’ worth of magazines stacked [...]

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