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Nov 1, 2016

What To Do With Your Freelance Business When You’re Having A Baby

Posted in Pregnancy and Baby, Writing.

Hey, did you know I’m having a baby? And quite soon, too? It’s true. Baby A is now fully cooked… Read more »

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Jan 26, 2016

Five Things I’ve Learnt Since Turning 30

Posted in Home, Writing.

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Feb 15, 2015

30 Before 30 (A Realistic List)

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Feb 12, 2015

Being Well

Posted in Food, Home, Writing.

I’m not entirely comfortable with the word ‘wellbeing’. It sounds a bit faddy and unobtainable, like ‘paleo’ or ‘no carbs’. I… Read more »

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Jan 25, 2015

What To Do If You’ve Screwed Up Your Tax Return

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Jan 11, 2015

Goals for a New Year

Posted in Beauty, Fashion, Food, Home, Writing.

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Oct 6, 2014

On Becoming More Confident

Posted in Beauty, Writing.

Generally speaking, I’m quite a confident person. As soon as I finished university and realised confidence doesn’t have to be tied… Read more »

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Sep 9, 2014

Welcome to JforJen.com

Posted in Blogging, Writing.

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Apr 13, 2014

Growing Up Online

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Dec 31, 2013

Favourite Outfits of 2013

Posted in Blogging, Fashion, Writing.

2013 has been the hardest, toughest, most stressful year of my life. It’s also been wonderful, fantastic and beyond-brilliantly rewarding…. Read more »

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May 21, 2013

Grazia – My Mulberry Recommendation

Posted in Blogging, Fashion, Writing.

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Apr 21, 2013

Photography – The DSLR Alternative

Posted in Blogging, Travel, Writing.

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My name is Jen.

I'm a freelance online writer, dividing my time between Leeds and London (and sometimes New York City). J for Jen is the place I write about fashion, beauty, travel and life in general.

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  • Introducing my new chonky boi mirror (see Stories if that makes no sense) to the grid with an outfit snap - swipe to see him in all his glory! I’m keeping it casual in these last few weeks of pregnancy - 37 weeks today so we’re on the home stretch! #37weekspregnant #jenspregnancyoutfits

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I’ve been writing things online since the late 90s, when my mum finally gave in to my pleas and installed dial-up on my PC. I signed up for MSN Messenger, opened a Live Journal account, set my desktop background as a funny picture of a cat and never looked back.

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  • Introducing my new chonky boi mirror (see Stories if that makes no sense) to the grid with an outfit snap - swipe to see him in all his glory! I’m keeping it casual in these last few weeks of pregnancy - 37 weeks today so we’re on the home stretch! #37weekspregnant #jenspregnancyoutfits
  • 36 weeks preggo! Phew, that came around fast. I remember taking a really similar photo around this time when pregnant with Hazel, sharing the same aches and pains but powering through with the excitement of meeting her for the first time. Second time round I’ve found late pregnancy lots harder, physically and emotionally. Trying (and failing) to be ‘on’ for your toddler when all you want to do is sit down. Feeling frustrated that your body simply cannot do the things you need it to (lug said toddler about, push a buggy, bend down to pick up an endless number of crayons). Waking up a million times a night, not due to your first kid (who is peacefully sleeping like an angel), but because of hip ache, toilet trips and 3am womb-kicking parties. Yep, pregnancy is definitely harder second time round, but I’m reminding myself not to take it for granted. Soon he will be here in the world and all these worries and stresses will be replaced with a whole host of other, more pressing concerns. As well as, I hope, a massive amount of love that makes all that stuff totally inconsequential. Almost ready for you, Little Lad... just let us finish decorating the bedroom first, please 🤞💕 #36weekspregnant #jenspregnancyoutfits
  • Now we’re almost settled into our new house, it’s time to concentrate on the next major life event we’ve got going on - the new baby! Hazel absolutely loves my ‘baby belly’... she offers it her toys, kisses it and is generally adorable around her baby brother. Hoping this is a good sign of things to come when Little Lad is on the outside in around four weeks! 🤯💕 #36weekspregnant #nationalsiblingday
  • Last family selfie outside our old house! Yesterday was moving day - we packed up the whole four-storey place in 24 hours (😅) and shifted the lot into our new space. I’m so, so excited to start this next chapter in a more family friendly home... but man will I miss this house! We moved in just after our wedding in 2013 and have had an absolute blast living in this beautiful Victorian terrace. Yeah the steps up to the front door were a nightmare to navigate with a pram, moths ate most of the carpets and we could hear our neighbours having sex BUT just look at that light, the period features and those ceilings (swipe to see)! We brought our first baby home here, but Little Lad will have a new space to explore alongside his big sister, with loads of room to run about both inside and out. That’s worth more than period features to me... I did shed a small tear saying goodbye to the fireplace, though 🙃
  • We’re (almost) packed, the removal van is arriving at 10.45am and we’ve cancelled the internet. Time to shift all our shit into our shiny new* house! Right now I’m a broken woman (packing at 8 months preggo is not recommended) but this time next week it’ll all be done. Remind me of that tomorrow, please! 🏡 *Actually built in the 1930s 😅
  • Today is (hopefully) the day we get the keys to our new house, so this could well be the last ever outfit pic I take on these steps! I can’t quite believe we’ve managed to buy a house (check my Story highlight to see how we did it) and I’m super excited to get in and start decorating, but I will miss this place SO MUCH. Luckily we have a two-week crossover so I don’t have to say my final goodbyes just yet... it’s gonna be emotional (and being #34weekspregnant certainly doesn’t help)! 🏡 💕#jenspregnancyoutfits

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