In my attempts to survive alongside a similarly-themed blog, I’ve used O Magazine to build up my self-esteem a little bit. Now I’m going to look at the “Excellence” issue (December 2003) to challenge myself to produce good work–the best I can. Then I’ll look at “Success” (September 2001) to see how I [...]
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Introducing Excellence
Posted in Dilemma-LO, Excellence, Here We Go, Vol. 4 Iss. 12, tagged Dilemma-LO, Excellence, life, o magazine, oprah, personal, Vol. 4 Iss. 12 on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Oprah Knows Self-Esteem
Posted in Self-Esteem, What Oprah Knows For Sure, vol. 2 iss. 3, tagged life, o magazine, oprah, personal, Self-Esteem, vol. 2 iss. 3, What Oprah Knows For Sure on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
In the last column of the self-esteem issue (March 2001), Oprah tells a story from her childhood when she went way over the top on a book report, and was publicly acknowledged in class by her teacher. The teacher went on to say that everyone should put in as much effort as Oprah did. Needless [...]
Views from Four Women
Posted in Monthly Mission, O Interview, Self-Esteem, vol. 2 iss. 3, tagged christiane amanpour, gloria steinem, life, marion jones, o magazine, personal, Self-Esteem, toni morrison, vol. 2 iss. 3 on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Instead of doing one O Interview this month, Oprah talks to four different women (”phenomenal women”) about self-esteem: Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, Christiane Amanpour, and Marion Jones. It’s interesting to have the four different takes–these women aren’t psychological experts, but they are successful, and being successful does take a bit of self-esteem. [...]
More to Think About
Posted in Confidence, Dilemma-LO, Dreams, Something to Think About, Vol. 3 Iss. 9, tagged Dilemma-LO, Dreams, goals, o magazine, Something to Think About, Vol. 3 Iss. 9 on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The “Something to Think About” questions usually paralyze me, and lately there have only been a couple per issue. This time there’s FIVE. I dread these, mostly because I don’t want to sit down and think about them [you're actually supposed to rip out the page and make your own workbook--has anyone out [...]
Dream Big Daily
Posted in Calendar, Confidence, Dilemma-LO, Dreams, Vol. 3 Iss. 9, competition, tagged Calendar, dream big, inspiration, o magazine, Vol. 3 Iss. 9 on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
The Dream Big calendar has a few ideas that may help me. Others, not so much. I’m honestly a bit lazy to create a support group of friends who meet together monthly to help each other reach their goals. Isn’t that a big like group therapy? I’d much rather create a [...]
Give It All You’ve Got
Posted in Giving, Racism, What Jill Knows For Sure, generosity, vol. 1 iss. 6, tagged generosity, Giving, o magazine, Racism, vol. 1 iss. 6, What Jill Knows For Sure on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Done with another issue! Done with volume one! Can you believe it? That in and of itself is a gift–the knowledge that I’ve reached a bit of a milestone. One volume down, seven+ to go.
I liked the giving issue because I think giving is fun. It’s good to remember that [...]
You: Someone to Trust
Posted in Monthly Mission, Vol. 1 Iss. 4, trust, tagged o magazine, trust, Vol. 1 Iss. 4 on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
This month’s calendar has tasks to help you trust yourself a little bit more. In looking at the action items to think about, I don’t think I need to worry about them so much. Part of that has to do with my age–I’m in my mid-30s (though I believe that’s part of the [...]
More Great Stuff to Buy
Posted in The O List, Vol. 1 Iss. 2, tagged o list, Vol. 1 Iss. 2 on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s what’s on Oprah’s list for this month:
Givenchy short hosiery: $12
Hand-painted Scott Potter dessert plates: $125 each
Donna Karan Intimates nightshirt: $150
l.a. vie l’orange body lotion: $25
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle: $22
JoyCam by Polaroid: $25
Hat by Anne Moore: $185
Gap flip-flops: $10-13
Oprah’s total: $554-557 (about [...]
Doing a Restart
Posted in Vol. 1 Iss. 1 on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK. A couple of things have happened in the last couple of months: I quit my day job to write full-time (following the dream, which is in issue 1, but Oprah’s not the reason I quit), and we re-upped the lease on the apartment, so we’ll be here another year. That doesn’t [...]
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