Category: First & Jenn
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First & Jenn’s January Picks
Each month, I’m going to give you my top picks for what I’m reading, listening to, and watching. Feel free to follow along. Mindset / Lesson / What Life Taught Me Change your mindset about failure and view it as a positive thing. I basically heard this piece of advice through a drunken card game…
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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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PRESS RELEASE: First & Jenn Cuts Pennsville From Coverage — Effective Immediately
DEEPWATER, NJ — Effective Immediately As First & Jenn continues to grow, I’ve had to evaluate where community coverage is actually needed and where it creates real impact. And after reviewing engagement data, local demand, story volume, and—let’s be honest—the way certain interactions have played out, I’ve made the decision to discontinue Pennsville Township as…
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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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Podcast: An NFL Taunting Yap Session
The NFL is back in full swing with referees interjecting themselves in a game they obviously couldn’t get in. If you like me, you’ll subscribe. But if you love me, you’d subscribe and check out more on FirstAndJenn.com IG: @JenniferMcGraw_ X/Twitter: @JenniferMcGraw_ TikTok: @JennRMcGraw
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3 instant winners from the Kevin Durant trade to the Rockets
After a little over two months since the 2024-25 NBA season ended for the Phoenix Suns (36-46), Kevin Durant was traded away after spending the last two seasons in the valley following a previous trade from the Brooklyn Nets in the middle of the 2022-23 campaign. NBA insider Shams Charania reported on Sunday that the…
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Podcast: I Don’t Care About Politics, Give Me Football (14 min)
In this episode, host Jennifer McGraw dives into the First & Jenn Game of the Week, the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears. She then talks about her favorite picks for Week 2. Finally, she gives her thoughts about football-related questions that could have been asked during the second presidential debate. Subscribe to First & Jenn…
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Podcast: Bold & Brave
In this next episode, host Jennifer McGraw does a quick recap of the two first games to kick off NFL Week 1. She then previews the rest of the Week 1 slate and fast forwards to Super Bowl Halftime Show predictions. Subscribe to First & Jenn and never miss a second of the action.
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