JENNIFER
JENNIFER HAZARD COME THE AUTHOR OF THE MAINE PLAYBOOK HAS A LIST COVERING DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE STATE .
>>>4@4@ FIRST, WE MAKE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DECISIONS EVERY
DAY.
IF YOU COULD TAKE ONE OF THOSE
DECISIONS OFF YOUR PLATE, WHAT
IT SAVE YOU TIME OR MAKE YOUR
LIFE EASIER?
>> BETH McEVOY SPOKE WITH A
WOMAN WHO DRES4@SED UP HER
DECISION WITH ONE LITTLE 4@BLA
DRESS.4@
>> WELL MANY PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY
TRYING TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC,
OTHERS ARE 4@PUSHING THEMSELVES
CHALLENGING THEMSELVES IN NEW
AND SOMETIMES EVEN FUN WAYS.
A WOMAN WHO SPENDS 4@TIME IN
MAINE HAS FOUND HOW TO DRESS
FOR SUCCES4@S DURING A PANDEMIC
AND SHE IS TURNING HEADS ALONG
THE WAY.
>>4@ I AM KI4@ND OF 4@A CHALLEN
JUNKIE.
AS LONG AS IT'S GOOD FOR ME.
>> SARAH LIKES TO TEST
YOURSELF.
>> I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF ACROSS
THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW WHICH
IS A 30 DAY 4@CLEAN EATING,
EXERCISING HIM A STARTING GOOD
HABITS CHALLENGE.
I READ A BOOK A WEEK FOR A YEAR@
THE FIRST ONE I DID WHEN I WAS
22 AND RUNNING A MARATHON.
THOUGHT I WAS SEE HOW I CAN DO
THIS IN 4@THREE OR FOUR MONTHS
ACTING LIKE THAT.
>> SHE LIVES WITH HER FAMILY
AND DOGS IN BOSTON AND 4@SPENDS
PART OF EVERY SUMMER IN MAINE.
>> THE COLLEGE WERE AT WORK ,
WE SPOKE TO 4@THE STAFF AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC4@ AND
SHE SAID WHAT YOU REALLY NEED
TO DO IS EVERY MORNING GET UP
AT THE TIME YOU USUALLY GET UP,
PUT YOUR CLOTHING ON4@4@4@. IF
WEAR MAKEUP, PUT YOUR MAKEUP
ON.
FIX YOUR HAIR.
PUT YOUR SHOES ON.
WALK OUT THE DOOR INTO THE NEXT
ROOM WHERE YOU ARE WORKING OR
WALK OUT AND WALK BACK INTO
YOUR BEDROOM IF THAT'S WHERE
YOU'RE WORKING BECAUSE YOU NEED
TO SET A SCHEDULE FOR YOURSELF
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SURVIVE
THIS.
>> GOOD ADVICE THAT SHE HAS
BEEN STICKING TO.
>> HELP ME KEEP MY HEAD IN 4@MY
BANK4@.
>> SHE'S AN EPISCOPAL PRIEST
ANY COLLEGE CHAPLAIN HAMMERS
ADDRESS ALMOST EVERY DAY. 4@
>> WHEN I SAW THE CHALLENGE
INVOLVED I THOUGHT THAT'S NOT
SO HARD.
I CAN DO THAT.4@
>> IT'S CALLED THE 100 4@DAY
DRESS CHALLENGE AND SHE POUNDED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THE 4@IDEA IS 4@TO GET WOMEN
WEAR THE DRES4@S FOR 100 DAYS A
YOU CAN WASH 4@IT DURING THOSE
100 DAYS.
AND THEN SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.
>> BUT WHY WERE THE SAME DRESS
FOR 100 DAYS IN A ROW?
IT SAVES TIME.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
AND IT SPARKS CREATIVITY.
>> ABOUT IF I WOULD WEAR THIS
DRESS I WO4@ULD HAVE TO STYL4@E
DIFFERENTLY EVERY DAY.
CLEARLY NOT OF4@ PEOPLE ARE
SEEING ME SO IT'S FOR MYSELF.
A LOT OF SCARVES AND JEWELRY.
LEGGINGS.
TYPE. SHOES.
>> THE COMPANY THAT ISSUED THE
CHALLENGE IT STIPULATES
PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO POST A
PICTURE EVERY DAY SHOWING THEM
WEARING THE DRESS4@. CALL
STARTED AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
AND STRUCK A POSE.
>> IT WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR A
WIDER AUDIENCE.
I TOLD MAYBE ONE OR TWO
FRIENDS.
MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY4@4@ AND ALS
THE STUDENTS I'M WORKING WITH
BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT THEM TO
THINK I WAS COMPLETELY WEIRD
WEARING THE SAME DRESS ALL THE
TIME.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN SURPRISED BY
HOW MUCH INTEREST THIS HAS
ATTRACTED?
>> ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY.
>> HER INSTAGRAM4@ HAS GAINED
THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS AND SHE
HAS ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA ATTENTION.
>> WHAT I'VE LEARNED MOST
RECENTLY WHICH I WANT TO SHARE
FIRST IS HOW KIND THE WORLD IS.
I HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY REALLY
KIND MESSAGES ABOUT YOU 4@ARE S
INSPIRING.
YOU'RE AMAZING.
AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO THEM
AND HOW PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING ME.
IT'S REALLY TOUCHING.
>> SHE MADE MANY OF HER POST ON
INSTAGRAM FROM HER HOME.
>> ANOTHER POPULAR4@ ONE IS I
STYLED IT WITH AN APRON I
BOUGHT FROM A STORE IN NORWAY,
MAINE AND I WAS THE END ABOUT
WHERE DID THE APRON COME ?4@
>> THE CHALLENGE OPENED HER
EYES TO THE RIPPLE EFFECT
DECISIONS MADE AT STORES CAN
HAVE.
>> WHAT IT MADE ME REFLECT UPON
IS THAT OUR SHOPPING HABITS
MAKE A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
OUR ENVIRONMENT SO THOUSANDS OF
LEADERS, MAYBE 800 GALL4@ONS OF
WATER GOES INTO PRODUCING ONE
COTTON T-SHIRT. 4@SOMETHING LI
82 POUNDS OF CLOTHING ENDS UP
IN LANDFILLS 4@EVERY YEAR4@ FRO
EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THE UNITED
STATES.
ONCE UPON A TIME I THOUGHT I
WAS DOING A GOOD DEED EVERY
TIME I BROUGHT MY CLOTHING TO A
CHARITY SHOP BUT THEN I FOUND
OUT THAT CHARITY SHOPS DON'T
ALWAYS HOLD ONTO THAT CLOTHING
AND THAT CLOTHING CAN END UP IN
THE THIRD WORLD WHERE IT
OFFSETS A LOCAL MARKET.
BY THE FIRST WORLD SENDING
CLOTHING TO THE THIRD WORLD
WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA
YOU'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING SOMEONE
ELSE OUT OF BUSINESS.
AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT SPOKE
TO ME 4@THE MOST.
>> SHE SAID NO ONE NOTICED SHE
WAS WEARING THE SAME DRESS FOR
MONTHS 4@ON END4@ OR AT LEAST N
ONE COMMENTED ON THE FACT.
>> WE THINK THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON
MONTHS 4@ON END4@ OR AT LEAST N ONE COMMENTED ON THE FACT. >> WE THINK THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON@
US MUCH MORE THAN IT REALLY IS.
FOR PEOPLE WHO FOUND OUT ABOUT
THIS CHAL4@LENGE THROUGH THE
PRESS WHO I KNOW, THEY GOT BACK
TO ME AND 4@SAID HOW COME I DID
NOT NOTICE YOU ARE DOING THIS
CHALLENGE?4@
PEOPLE REALLY DON'T NOTICE WHAT
YOU WEAR.
>> THE CHALLENGE ALSO STARTED A
CONVERSATION WITH HER STUDENTS
ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> I TOLD THEM EVERY SINGLE
POST I MAKE HAS BEEN CURATED.
MY HOUSE IS NOT THAT TIDY.
I'M NOT THAT 4@PUT TOGETHER.
THERE WERE A DOZEN PHOTOS THAT
I CHOSE ONE OUT OF4@ SO IT WAS
LESSON FOR ME ABOUT DON'T
BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA4@. THAT WAS
GENUINELY ME.
THOSE OF THE CLOTHING I WORE
BUT IT JUST LOOKED MORE TIDY
THAN MY LIFE REALLY IS.
I'M AS MESSY AS EVERYONE ELSE.
>> NOT CHANGING HER OUTFIT4@4@
>> TRYING TO GROW AND LEARN AND
BE FLEXIBLE IN A WORLD THAT'S
ALWAYS CHANGING.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> HELPED CHANGE HER LIFE FOR
THE BETTER.
>> WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID TO BE
GREATEST YOU HAVE TO CHANGE
OFTEN. 4@
I KNOW I MANGLED THE QUOTE BUT
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH CHANGE
AND TO PUSH OURSELVES 4@TO
CHANGE.
>> A COUPLE OF ANSWERS TO SOME @
OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE RIGHT
NOW.4@
THE DRESS IS MERINO WOOL.
SHE DID NOT WEAR IT WHEN
WORKING OUT AND SHE TOLD BETH
THAT SHE ONLY WATCHED IT ABOUT
A DOZEN TIMES.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THIS CHALLENGE
JUNKIE?4@
COLE HAS DECIDED SHE WILL NOT
BUY ANY CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES
OR SHOES FOR HERSELF THIS YEAR.
4@THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.
>> THIS REMINDS ME OF A STORY
FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND
YOU MAY REMEMBER IT, AMANDA.4@
IT WAS A MALE TV NEWSCASTER IN
AUSTRALIA WHO WERE THE SAME
SUIT EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR AND
NO ONE COMMENTED ON IT.
>> WASN'T HE TRYING TO PROVE
THAT IT'S 4@DIFFERENT 4@FOR MEN
VERSUS WOMEN?
>> HE WAS TRYING TO SHOW THERE
IS A DOUBLE STANDARD IN THE WAY
PEOPLE PERCEIVE MEN AND WOMEN
IN TELEVISION NEWS4@4@. IS
ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE MAIL
THAT IS SENT FROM THE ERRORS TO
PEOPLE ON TV4@ FOR MORE THAN 35
YEARS NOW AND TH4@ERE'S NO
QUESTION THE VIEWERS ARE WAY
MORE CRITICAL AND MORE
OBSERVANT ABOUT WOMEN 4@THAN
ABOUT MEN.
>> I WAS WONDERING IF CINDY OR
I COULD GET AWAY WITH DRESSING
UP A DIFFERENT DRESS, THE SAME
DRESS, DIFFERENT