Feeling the effects

This weekend it dawned on me: my pre-Living Oprah responsibilities are taking a beating as a result of following the advice I'm being given to live my "best life." For instance, I'm finishing my thesis now in graduate school and I'm finding it challenging to devote all the time I need to it. I'm definitely staying up later to accomplish all my work and my freetime in dwindling toward non-existence.

I really do see Oprah's advice as well-intentioned. In a perfect world (in my perfect world, I don't need to make a living and can devote my time to living in a state of complete fulfillment which includes spending hours each day luxuriating in a bubble bath, but that's just me) following her suggestions would probably not be as much of a cause of stress. But, let's face it, Oprah doesn't have to do all the legwork we, in the real world, have to do in order to accomplish her recommendations. I'm guessing she doesn't have to shop for every scrap of clothing, balance her checkbook, cook meals for her family, clean her house, juggle her appointments, research the "best deals" for the perfect crisp, white shirt.

When she uses a phrase such as "you must have," I hope she understands the ramifications those words have on those who believe they'll find the happiness that seems implicit in her turn of phrase, tone and excitement. When Oprah endorses a product or activity, it all seems so simple when it comes out of her mouth. She makes it look easy. I bet if I had a staff and limitless funds, I could make it look easy, too!

All right, I can't blog all day, I have A New Earth homework to complete for tonight. No assignments on the show except to tune in or download tonight's webinar.

And on a side note, did we really watch a ventriloquist performing disco with his turtle-puppet on the show today? Or was I hallucinating from all the vitamins and flax seed I've been consuming?