If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why?
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I sat for a long time thinking about who I would want to switch with. And for each person I realized that I want their lifestyle but not their responsibilities.
I thought about being president for a day but I don’t think that I want to deal with all of what that entails. Then I thought about being Oprah for a day. But immediately thought about having to run a network, and a magazine/website, and all her business responsibilities that will fall on me. For each person, I would love to have the good parts of their life but I will have to take the hard stuff too….
And I realized, I just want to stand in my kitchen and look out on my grove of trees. I just want to wake up and not have to think about if I have enough money to buy food today. I want to know what it is to not have to choose between gas in the tank and dinner on the table. I want to be vegan on purpose not because I only have enough meat for my daughter and not myself. I want to know what it’s like to have more money than I could ever spend.
And what I don’t want is to take on the responsibilities and the problems that come with being someone else. I don’t want to deal with the family drama that they might be involved in. I don’t want to deal with their undisclosed health issues. I don’t want to be the decision maker who their staff comes to sign off on major decisions.
I don’t want to take on their problems. I just want their money. Is that wrong? 🤣
Blessings!
Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist
