Freelance by Jen

When you’re feelin real smug because your house looks real good but also a lil sneaky bc u know it’s all right in these boxes. Follow me for more tips on how to have it all.

Eleven hour days when you expected eight feel just fine with this happy lil baby waiting at home!

Memories from my childhood bring me great joy. After being reunited with a lot of things from my early years last summer, I didn’t want to lose any more time with those mems. No matter how small your space is, you still have a lot of potential to utilize it! I got a couple of cheap metal shelves and filled the empty spot under my rolling cart. Boom! Instant happiness. Bonus: I can’t see my ugly dryer vent anymore!

Opening day was a lot bananas and some pretty brutal growing pains, but rebuilding years are rarely highlight reels. Thank you to everyone who has shown up and supported our reopening. It means so, so much to each and every one of us. We’re super grateful! @ Alamo Drafthouse Springfield

Isn’t it Today Still: my new blog post drop about the weirdness of time. What does it MEAN!? Link in bio. Tick tock.

Repost from @fatlosslifestyleschool Instead of obsessing over: How healthy, clean, or natural a food is;... Whether or not it contains ingredients you deem bad: sugar, gluten, artificial ingredients, carbs, etc. What eating a certain food means about you as a person (I ate a bad food, therefore I’m bad.) What punishment to endure for eating said bad food (more exercise, restricting calories, cutting out more foods.) Understand that food is information that effects how you will look, feel, perform. Every time you eat, you impact the hormones that control metabolic sensations like hunger, energy levels, cravings, mood. What and how much you eat also determines whether or not the body is burning or storing fat, and losing or building muscle Better questions to ask: What impact will this food have on my blood sugar? Will this energize and fuel me? What do I need to do today and does this food help me feel and perform my best? Will this cause cravings or trigger over-eating? Do I really want this or am I eating it to avoid boredom, loneliness, sadness, anger, etc. Learn the link between food and hormones in Fat Loss Lifestyle School so you can start making informed choices based on science - not emotion. Take food off the altar and stop giving it so much power by attaching morals to it. Phrases like clean eating and healthy eating are meaningless as far as fat loss is concerned. Instead, put your focus and energy where it matters.

Struggling with boredom snacking? You can juggle that. #jugglersofinstagram #loveyourtemple #hobbiesareimportant #babystepstosuccess

As Gen X laugh-crying middle-age fades into the good night, there's a certain comfort in knowing that the younger gens aren't coming for us.

Freelance Friday: I made it!

Thank you to everyone who has made this tiny business of one become a real, living thing in this past year! I appreciate every resume, cover letter, blog - hell, every word - you allow me to write. Sometimes, even a writer has no words. So today, and this week, and always, I say...thank you. ... #freelancewriter #freelancewritersweek #freelancebyjen