You Should Care About Having Debt

The Suze Orman column in the July 2008 issue has one stand-out question:  What’s so wrong with having debt?
Suze goes off.  It’s fantastic!  The writer has $20,000 in credit card debt, owes $165,000 on a first mortgage, has an unspecified home equity loan, and car payments.  She says if it weren’t for debt, they wouldn’t [...]

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You Can Change the Past!

Hello again!  It’s been a while since I’ve written.  Sorry for that, but I got to working on some other projects.  I love to write, but it’s always way more time-consuming than I think it should be; therefore, my side projects often get kicked aside for a few days (or a week.  Or two.) while [...]

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Starting Up the Topic of MEN

I kind of like looking at the latest issue–that way, if some part of it interests you, you can still go out and buy it. Therefore, next up is July 2008: Men! What Are They Thinking? Plus, summer reading recommendations.
Men is a popular topic with O Magazine. It’s been covered [...]

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What I Know About Beauty

Well, I’ve wrapped up another issue (yippee!!!!). I’m not doing a separate “What Oprah Knows For Sure” entry because Oprah doesn’t talk about beauty in the beauty issue. Maybe Oprah feels ugly. Maybe she doesn’t feel like she knows something about beauty for sure. What she does know is that when [...]

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You’re Normal if You Don’t Like the Way You Look

The beauty-themed articles in the April 2006 O are useful.  Several pages are short stories from people who have had body issues but have learned to get over them and love the “imperfection.”  I always enjoy reading personal stories.
“Beauty and the Bitch” talks about your inner voice, the one that doesn’t allow you to like [...]

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Breathing Space, African Style

In the April 2006 issue, there’s a fashion spread that was shot in Africa.  It seems only fitting that the “Breathing Space” photo comes from there as well.  This shot is along the River Kwai in Botswana at sunset.  A few trees are scattered around the landscape, and those that are near the banks of [...]

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Don’t Believe These Beauty Lies!

Here’s a useful beauty article that debunks 12 popular beauty myths.  With each one there’s a bit of explanation, but the main thing to remember is don’t believe them:

“Eighty percent of your lifetime sun damage occurs before age 18.” (nope!  only 23%!)
If you’re sleep deprived, you’ll get dark circles under your eyes.  (apparently that’s genetics)
You [...]

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More Beautiful Things to Buy

One feature I think I’ll still continue to comment on is The O List. I know I probably get a little snarky about it, but since I don’t have much money, it makes me feel better to say, “You paid how much for that???” However, I’m sure that if I had Oprah’s money, [...]

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Thinking About Beauty

In April 2006, O still published the “Something to Think About” questions, so I’ll keep doing them, simply because they do force me to examine myself, no matter if I like it or not.

“How much time and money do  you spend each week on your appearance?  Is it more than you spend on your inner [...]

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Patricia Volk is my New Hero

O features articles by some good writers.  Anne Lamott pops up a lot, and I love her writing.  I’m always happy when I come to a piece by her.  However, “My Dinner With Marion” (vol. 7 iss. 4) by Patricia Volk is incredibly funny and is really one of the best magazine pieces I’ve read [...]

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