On Life and Blogging

I have been thinking lately about why I am blogging. Why am I doing this thing that has made no money and is sharing all this personal information about my family all over the internet?

Why am I working as a commercial actor? I mean, do I really enjoy auditioning, working on sets, being at the whim of whether or not the ad agency or client wants to hire me? It can be frustrating. It can feel like I am putting all my faith in someone else deciding whether I will get to feed my kids.

I am 34. I have a lot of life left. What am I doing?

What the hell am I actually really good at?

Do I want this blog to be all about my kids? Do I want it to be about San Francisco? Why AM I working to do commercials? Is it just for the money?

I started blogging last year as a way to somehow gain control over the creative process. I was just tired of waiting to audition. Waiting to hear if I got the job. Blogging at least gave me a creative outlet where no one could tell me no. It was mine from start to finish.

I share a lot of our personal lives which has been a wonderful way to document the day to day moments that tend to blur together, but my favorite things to blog about are other people. Discoveries about San Francisco, new shops, photographers, bakers, makers and in my opinion the people who make the world go round. I love talking to them, finding out what they are doing and writing about it.

I have been feeling like I somehow had to get all these things to align.

As I was trying to figure out what to feed my children for dinner I realized something.

I WANT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE SUCCEED.

The blogging, doing commercials, taking care of my children, helping my friends and people I care about, it is all for the purpose of helping others be successful in their life and endeavors.

I thought that all of these activities I was involved in had nothing to do with each other but I was wrong.

The whole concept of this blog is how to make life fun. How to have fun in every aspect of your life. I think I am starting to figure out that I have fun when I help people.

I really appreciate everyone who has been reading along for the past year. I have had a flood of new ideas since yesterday on more projects I will be working on and how to create more content for you.

xoxo from San Francisco

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15 responses

  1. You are the cutest! I think you’ll love looking back on all these posts and seeing how your kids have grown and how your perspective has changed. It’s a nice way to document life, and the social component is just a bonus!

    • True. I never knew this type of community existed and it has been an amazing aspect and improvement to my life the past year.

  2. this is an absolutely beautiful post – I’m 24 and I’ve been asking myself the same questions over the last couple of months. It’s wonderful to know that these questions span the journey of life (and that I don’t necessarily need to be able to answer them right now!) Thanks for sharing your life and beautiful family with us!
    It was a pleasure meeting you today!
    - the leather jacket girl

  3. Jen, I get what your saying totally. What your creating is unique just like yourself :) I remember after I had my 4th child and working full time, I started the “What was I thinking!!! This is just too much!” But then after I looked I saw that it was exactly what was in my heart to do :) So create on Jen ! :)

  4. I stumbled upon your blog a few months back when a friend was trying to get people to vote for a blog on the Top 25 NorCal Mom’s list. I decided before I make a choice, I should look through them all first and get a sense of who is who. I am glad I did. I absolutely love your writing style, you seem so cool and down to earth despite the albeit busy lifestyle you seem to lead. I really enjoy that you share your life and and your love of San Francisco with the world. Reading your blog makes me want to get my blog up and running, and not worry about whether or not it will be profitable, but use it as a way to express myself in a way that I just cannot do in my daily work life. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to hearing about what’s to come! :)

    • This is just such a wonderful comment michaela! Thank you! It really is great to just write and create and then from there see what happens with it. There may be some really surprising benefits you are not expecting.

      I am so glad that you like the blog and I really, really appreciate your kind words.

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