Category: First & Jenn’s Morning Coffee
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First & Jenn’s Morning Coffee: Running First & Jenn From My Bed
Some mornings, ambition looks like a laptop and a blanket. There’s this myth that success has to be loud, rigid, and aesthetic. Early alarms. Perfect desks. Full glam before emails. Productivity that looks good on the internet. Real life is quieter. Running First & Jenn from my bed doesn’t mean laziness. It means adaptability. It…
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First & Jenn’s Morning Coffee: The Roman Empire of Cooking
Everyone has that one thing they think about more than they admit. For some people, it’s the gym. For others, it’s money, history, or productivity systems. For me, it’s cooking. Not in a Pinterest-perfect way. Not in a chef-coat, influencer-kitchen way. In a practical, comforting, “what are we eating tonight and how do I make…
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First & Jenn’s Morning Coffee: The Power of Walking Into a Room Like You Own It
Confidence is less about how you look and more about how you arrive. People clock energy before they register outfits, titles, or credentials. The way you walk into a room sets the tone long before you speak. Shoulders back. Eyes up. Steady pace. No rushing, no shrinking, no scanning the room for approval. Walking like…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: Get the Little Treat. Life Is Too Short.
Somewhere along the way, we decided joy had to be earned. No coffee unless you finish the work. No candle unless the house is spotless. No little treat until everything is perfect. That’s exhausting. The little treat isn’t about indulgence. It’s about permission. It’s saying life doesn’t need to be miserable to be productive. A…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: Everyone Needs an Alter Ego
There are days when motivation is nowhere to be found. Confidence is quiet. Self-doubt is loud. That’s when the alter ego steps in. An alter ego isn’t fake. It’s intentional. It’s the version of you who does the thing anyway. The one who speaks clearly, walks taller, finishes what she starts. You don’t need to…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: Psychological Desk Decor Tips for a Calmer Brain
Your desk is not just a workspace. It’s a psychological environment. Every extra object is a micro decision. Every pile is visual noise. Your brain notices even when you think you don’t. Minimalism isn’t about aesthetic perfection. It’s about reducing stress you didn’t realize you were carrying. A clean surface gives your mind room to…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: The Delulu Morning Routine That Actually Helps
I used to roll my eyes at “morning routines.” The cold showers. The journaling. The manifestation talk that feels one step away from pretending your problems don’t exist. Then I realized something. Discipline doesn’t show up when life is calm. It shows up when you do the thing you don’t want to do first. That’s…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: Dear December, I’m Coming in Softer, Not Smaller
Dear December, I’m not rushing into you this time. I’m not sprinting to the finish line or trying to prove that I did enough this year. I’m walking in slowly, quietly, with intention. This time, I want peace to be the priority. This year taught me how loud the world can get when you forget…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: The Bye Week Mindset
Every team needs a bye week. A moment to rest, reset, and remember what they’re playing for. It’s not a luxury — it’s strategy. And maybe life works the same way. We all love to stay in motion. To keep producing, performing, pushing. But just like a team that runs the same plays too long,…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: Maybe the Universe Is Pacing You
We live in a world that glorifies speed. Quicker results, faster growth, instant validation. It’s always about how fast you can get there — to the job, the dream, the recognition, the version of yourself you thought you’d be by now. But what if the reason things feel slow isn’t because you’re behind, but because…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: A Letter to my Hometown
As of today, I am no longer saying I come from the township in which I was raised in. In an effort to not dox myself, I will say I do identify with the town / borough I grew up in, but not the township itself. The township itself is poison to the mind and…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: When Goals Stop Feeling Like Growth
At some point, chasing goals starts to feel different. Not exciting, not even stressful — just heavy. You look around and realize you’ve been measuring yourself by progress charts instead of peace levels. You’re achieving, but not evolving. That’s when you know growth has shifted into autopilot. We’re told to keep moving, to stay ambitious,…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: I Built a Life Around the 50-Yard Line
If you’ve ever loved football the way I do, you know it’s not just a game. It’s a rhythm, a mindset, and a metaphor for every single thing we go through. I didn’t just grow up watching football — I grew up learning from it. I learned patience from the huddle, trust from the play call, and…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: The Girl Who Outgrew Her Checklist
→We spend so much of our lives chasing the next goal that we forget why we started running in the first place. We call it ambition, and maybe it is, but somewhere along the way it becomes autopilot. You hit a goal, then another, then another, and yet you still feel like you’re falling behind.…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: You Have to Get Smart to Survive These Times
We don’t live in the same world our parents did. Back then, it felt like you could work hard, stay loyal, and build a decent life off stability alone. Now, stability is a moving target. Everything feels expensive — from groceries to peace of mind — and we’ve had to adapt just to keep up.…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: The Villager Version of Me
In case you didn’t know, I started a new daily morning discussion on First & Jenn. Check out my first one here for more information. If you really want to know who I am, look at my Animal Crossing island. Not my résumé, not my social media — my island. Because that’s where the villager…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: You’re Still in it, Even When You’re Not There Yet
In case you didn’t know, I started a new daily morning discussion on First & Jenn. Check out my first one here for more information. Sometimes it feels like life keeps fumbling you. You put in the work, show up, and give your best, only for something to slip right through your fingers. You start…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: My Life Feels Different When I Talk Like It’s Already Mine
This might seem crazy to say, but I’ve basically spoken everything I have right now into existence. It took a lot of hard work and many hours – some of doubt, others of excitement, others of just straight up work. But there hasn’t been anything in my life that I basically haven’t manifested. I’ll give…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: Animal Crossing and the Art of Doing Nothing Productively
In case you didn’t know, I started a new daily morning discussion on First & Jenn. Check out my first one here for more information. I started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons again after realizing I still had access to a treasure island, which I was using to speed run my game again to get…
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First & Jenn Morning Coffee: My Rebuild Year
Today is my birthday. I feel a little weird knowing that it’s my first birthday in a while that I’m really kind of alone for. Granted, I’m also not complaining because I get the freedom today to do what I want, but it is a little quiet in my life right now. The past few…
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