ASSIGNMENT OF THE DAY: Oprah says about the movie 27 Dresses: "Go with your girlfriends and then go have margaritas." I know, I know, it's not our usual movie of choice, but keep an eye out for an invitation, girlfriends of mine. We might even have fun at the film. Or as my friend Grace said, at least we'll have fun AFTERWARDS.
So let's see - I'm up to my eyeballs in the work it takes to allow me to live my "best life." Or at least what Ms. Winfrey imagines my "best life" to look like. The to-do list really seems to be growing fast. I feel like I did in high school when I had hours and hours of homework to complete and I was so overwhelmed, all I wanted to do was watch Twin Peaks and eat a pan of brownies. Of course, as I signed my contract to myself when I joined the Best Life Challenge, the brownies are out.
There's so much work to do that every moment I relax, I feel guilty. Which leads to resentment toward Oprah...which I know is crazy since I am the one who created this project in the first place, not her. Working toward my more enlightened, enriched self is emotionally exhausting! I feel like I just need to accept my new lifestyle and not hold so tightly to the ways I want to do things. Surrendering to Oprah might chill me out.
I've gone to a Martha Beck article on O's website: Wait! Stop! It's All Too Much! I've read it and am going to take the steps she advises to chill the heck out and start to refocus. It looks like next week on the show, there's going to be a lot of anti-aging and decluttering steps to follow and I want to be in a good frame of mind on Monday morning.
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There was a brief period of time that we were receiving O Magazine in the mail, and my favorite articles were often the Martha Beck ones - she just always has a calm, sensible, realistic approach, I found.
I happened to catch Oprah this morning (by accident) and coincidently enough was seeing 27 Dresses tonight after martinis with the girls. 27 Dresses was cute. Matinee cute.
Also thoroughly enjoyed the matchmaker portion of the show. I know you're not single, but as a single 36 year old woman, it was quite interesting.
Thanks Emily for the Martha Beck heads up! I'll keep that in mind. I like her writing.
LMS - I'm so glad you mentioned the matchmaker! I found that really interesting too. I was saying to a friend of mine that I wish I had a hidden camera following me around so I could witness how I behave around others. It seemed to be a really amazing learning tool for those women. Ouch.
I definitely thank my lucky stars that I met my guy. I was struggling out there and could really see myself reflected in the women on the panel. I liked that she told one woman to just stop dating - that's what I had to do for a while, too. Ugh. I haven't been married long enough to avoid grimacing when I think of my mess of a dating life.
I love that matchmaker. She's so midwest, accent and all! I wanna go have a beer with her. After just reading a couple of your posts, I'm now atuned (is that a word?) to when Oprah says "you must do xxx"...like when she said go to the movie and then get margaritas...I was thinking of your blog. I never noticed how much she orders us around!
If you ever decided that keeping it up for a whole yr. is too much, you could take your favorite show of the week and follow Oprah's ideas. Just a thought....but good luck anyway!
I'm totally up for the movie & margaritas; count me in! And, it is definitely a "chick flick," so Brett won't mind missing this one!
:-)
Jeanne
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