In a press conference today, amidst lots of information about self isolation and the extreme measures we all need to be taking right now, President Trump indicated this “new normal” could last into July or even August. And the stock market crashed AGAIN. And NY, Chicago and LA are closed. Ya know, just your normal […]
Day 3 – The Tone Has Changed
I will say, as a country, you can feel people’s what’s the word? Gravitas, maybe? But yet there are so many great stories and so many great people and I feel 100% sure we were get out of this. My hope is that some of the vitriol we’ve been harboring towards “the other” (whatever that […]
Coronavirus Social Isolation Day Two – Feeling Super Weird
So, it occurs to me that this journal may someday be important. But I doubt it. Although I do think I may want to look back on what I was thinking as just a normal, American citizen so maybe it will be important to me. Today I really tried to just act normal. Which was […]
Coronavirus Day One – A Daily Journal During This Unfortunate Time
I’m dusting off the blog for this very, um, uncertain and maddening time. I will be blogging daily until the schools are back, Disney has re-opened, and my Costco has toilet paper. Not sure which thing needs to come first. Today I learned that it doesn’t take me all that long to clean my kitchen […]
Post I Sent to Patrons
Below is my end of the year letter, sent to my patrons. I felt it would be good to put it here as well for those of you that have been faithfully following me since the beginning. Even if you don’t support me over there, I know you’re out there and I appreciate you!! Here’s […]
New Channel is Up!
I only talked about it everywhere non stop last week, but in case you missed it, my second channel is up on THE YOUTUBE and I couldn’t be more excited to introduce you all to Joyful Living with Jen Lefforge! I particularly had my faithful blog followers in mind when I started thinking about this […]
Website Update!
If you are reading this, you are a FAITHFUL reader of the blog and I have so much love for you I can hardly stand it so THANK YOU!! As you know, this space has been woefully neglected as I have been building my YouTube channel and as much as I want to have the […]
Lessons From The Grown-Up Gap Year – Lesson 1, Take Up Space
This first lesson from the Gap Year has been a long time in coming for me. I have spent a literal lifetime making sure that I don’t inconvenience others. Be it in line at a store, while pumping gas at Costco, or, and this one is big, while exiting an aircraft. I have trouble taking […]
Grown Up Gap Year is OVER! Now What??
Greetings, Faithful Blog Post Readers! Although my time here on the blog has definitely become more limited in the past year, I am ever mindful of this particular space on the internet as the place where my words have lived for years. I know there are a few of you who still follow me here. […]