O, Oprah. Why didn’t I think of that?

5 comments October 8th, 2008

I’ve spent a lot of time releasing stress at the office about the economy and my going, going …. getting-too-close-to-I-can’t-even-bring-myself-to-say-the-words ‘almost-gone’ retirement savings by talking about it a lot to those sitting near my desk. I know, poor them listening to poor me, you say.

I just realized when I read this story in the Chicago Tribune this morning that I should get more creative on the money-making side versus the money-investing side, like Robyn Okrant is doing. She is nine months into her yearlong attempt to follow every bit of advice Oprah Winfrey doles out, whether in the magazine, on the Web site or on her TV show. And she has a high-powered agent waiting for her to start writing a book about the experience.

Even if it doesn’t make Oprah’s Book Club list, I bet Okrant will make a lot of money from the book.

Wish I would have thought of that.

Tell me the hair-brained ideas you’ve thought about doing to make money that never got off the ground or still might.

And don’t tell me to go live at a dog kennel for a week and write a book about  it, because I won’t.