WHY DON’T YOU…APPROACH every role in life, be it mother, lover, friend, or professional, with the absolute commitment of Meryl Streep. If she can tackle Danish accents, Polish tragedy, inhabiting the British prime minister, and embodying a bitchy magazine editor (twice) with equal aplomb, you can tackle the drudgery of a 6 a.m. Pilates class and also turn what could be the tragedy of a friend’s divorce into a glorious celebration of emancipation.
WHY DON’T YOU…INCORPORATE the theatrical grandeur of 19th-century French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who once said she’d rather die on stage than live in the audience, into your day-to-day. She slept in a coffin, traveled with a menagerie, and made every entrance feel like the parting of the Red Sea. Now, I think traveling with your own cheetah may be…
