Book of D: The Rosie O'Donnell Effect is Worth Two in the Bush

So, I was at a crossroads regarding what to write about today, and I decided to google topics to write about. I was even going to summon Julia Cameron's "Morning Pages" if need be. lol. I decided to write about this morning's episode on Howard Stern's show via Sirius XM; it was a rerun interview he did with Rosie O'Donnell in early September 2022. O'Donnell spoke about the multi-million dollar deal she had made with a premium entertainment cable conglomerate. O'Donnell explained how she fought for the same type of deal (first royalties) that Oprah Winfrey had asked for of the same conglomerate, which ended up garnering O'Donnell around 27 million dollars. O'Donnell went on to tell Stern that with all the money she has earned in her career, she is done with worrying about making more money. She added that she is completely satisfied with how much she has made and is content to just enjoy her life knowing she has enough money to live out her life in a comfortable manner.

The O'Donnell Effect to me is simple: make enough money to enjoy life and time with loved ones. I added the "is worth two in the bush" in the title because often, as the idiom suggests, humans are plagued by wanting more and are willing to risk losing the certainty they already possess. The toiling of inequities.

I replayed in my head what O'Donnell said about having enough money, and I thought to myself how sublime it must feel to never have to worry about money or taking care of your loved ones and yourself. Sadly, in this life, money is needed for almost everything. Unfortunately, most people don't come into a lot of money until someone they love passes away. Terrible, right?!! I have known people who lost a loved one, and they ended up with a nice monetary settlement via a lawsuit or life insurance claim, but the money changed things for them - and not for the better. Of course the money did not make up for the loved one they lost, but it helped them in some sort of crude manner. I say "crude" because it was somewhat offensive to me to see them enjoying life immediately after receiving the money. I silently refer to it as a sellout. But, what do I know. I never received a huge payout of this kind, and I never want to receive such a thing - for it would mean that someone I dearly loved had died. So karma, please hear me when I say that I don't want such a settlement. I would, however, welcome the kind of payout that O'Donnell's career has earned her. Although I am not a huge fan of O'Donnell's, I will say that I do respect her hard work and ability to remain steadfast and significant in Hollywood. On a sidebar, I must add that Hollywood is a cesspool of barracudas, bottom-feeders, and pimps, so I am not willing to earn money being part of that exclusive crowd. lol. Wake-up, D, you're in no danger of being a Hollywood elitist. In the end, I truly believe one does not have to be filthy rich to assemble a nice life for oneself.