Tag: rest

• Healthier me: more confident self…

  

  Some months ago my husband and I decided to become active in our health and well being. We were tired of working so hard at our jobs an feeling like crap all the time. We changed our diet little by little. We started working out. We got our teenager involved. In the process we have […]

  Jessica Owen

  July 31, 2022

  goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, challenge, change, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, learning, life, love, me, mom, perseverance, real, rest, thankful, tired, wife, women, work, writer,

• Grief is like the ocean…Change is too.

  

  Grief is like the ocean it ebbs and flows…

  Jessica Owen

  July 30, 2022

  dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #goal, #grief, #writerofnovel, author, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, comfort, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, loss, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, ocean, perseverance, real, rest, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Tuesday’s, Taco’s and Turmoil…

  

  Looking forward to taco Tuesday’s when everything else in life is in turmoil

  Jessica Owen

  July 12, 2022

  goals, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  campfires, challenge, change, comfort, confidence, cozy, determination, exhausted, family, fires, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, imagine, kindness, learning, life, me, nights, notes, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, soul, tired, wine, words, work, write, writer,

• Sunshine and stress!

  I am so sorry it has been a while. All I can say is it’s been very difficult for the past few months. It was like my writing well had dried up. My creative voice replaced with stress and not enough sunshine. Depression and rain. As the oldest child in my family I have always […]

  Jessica Owen

  May 10, 2022

  goals, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, #writerofnovel, change, coffee, days off, exhausted, family, hard work, heart, honesty, learning, life, loss, love, marriage, me, mom, real, rest, seasons, story, tired, warm, wife, words, work, write, writer block, writer,

• What is Normal? It’s definitely not me…🤔

  

  In a world we’re normal is the ideal, be you.

  Jessica Owen

  January 22, 2022

  #editing, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #2022newyear, #characters, #editing, #goal, #newyear, #reading, author, become, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, normal, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, revision, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, weird, wife, wine, women, words, work, workaholic, write, writer,, writing

• A year older? Perhaps wiser?

  

  Ever notice that with each birthday it becomes a moment of reflection…your last year…what are you going to do this year? For me it is always a moment to set higher expectations for myself, to reflect on what I didn’t do the previous year…I’m incredibly hard on myself… As quick as I am to be […]

  Jessica Owen

  January 18, 2022

  dream, goals, holidays, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #12, #45, #ayearolder, #January, age, author, beauty, become, birthday, birthdays, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, soul, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Character interviews; Part Two… there is more?

  

  Last year; I started a character interview series involving the three siblings from my current trilogy. (The conclusion to that series is coming soon… I am almost finished writing that book.) Now, I would like to introduce you to the characters of my seasons quartet. Beginning in the summer and concluding in the spring. You […]

  Jessica Owen

  January 3, 2022

  #characters, #editing, character interviews, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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• 🎄Favorite Christmas movies and favorite memories…❤️

  

  Every year we watch certain movies that evoke Christmas for us. It does not feel like Christmas until we see and hear them. My favorite book of all time is “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens… it is such a beautiful story about redemption and second chances… My favorite version of this book is a […]

  Jessica Owen

  December 13, 2021

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  #AChristmasCarol, #Celebration, #CharlesDickens, #Christmas, #christmastree, #gathering, #HappyHolidays, #HomeAlone, #WhiteChristmas, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, change, comfort, cozy, creative, dreamer, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, real, rest, seasons, soul, stars, stories, thankful, warm, wife, women, words, write, writer,, writing

• Crazy times….for Black Friday sales or something?

  

  It has never made sense to me why people trample each other for socks sales? I am all for good deals…at the expense of someone else’s life or injury…not worth. I can honestly say I haven’t been to Black Friday sales since I was a twenty something…I have since shopped on line for years. I […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 26, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #gathering, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, city, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, leaves, life, love, marriage, me, mom, nights, parenting, parents, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, sleeping, stories, thankful, tired, warm, warrior, wife, wine, words, work, write, writer,

• Happy Thanksgiving…be thankful for everything you have…🍁🍂🦃

  

  In a time when chaos is everywhere it is nice to know there is a national holiday that encourages you to eat, drink and spend time with family. My second favorite holiday! Last year we were unable to celebrate due to my family being inflicted with covid. They were times last year I wondered if […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 25, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #gathering, #turkey day, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, coffee, comfort, cozy, days off, delicious, desserts, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fires, food, friends, fun, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, kindness, leaves, life, loss, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, notes, November, parenting, parents, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleeping, soul, story, thankful, turkey, warm, whiskey, wife, wine, yummy food

• Whining…wine… and daily difficulties.

  

  It’s crazy to go to work sometimes and know exactly how tired you are…Whining helps at times…How little sleep time got the night before, due to worry. Stress. Your back hurting… wine helps… so does heating pads, epsom salt baths…did I mention wine? Trying to grasp motivation each and every day. Being tired. Being overworked. […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 1, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #hellonovember, author, blessed, blessings, books, campfires, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, determination, dreamer, exhausted, fall, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, leaves, life, love, me, mom, nights, notes, novels, November, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, sleeping, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Villains part two; conflict is crossing that line.

  One key thing I have learned thru writing is…conflict drives the story…it’s necessary or the plot will die out… key members in this conflict are villains, and antagonist’s…I have also learned that antagonists and villains are different characters entirely. Villains are always the ones that cross the lines. Breaking the law, using torture, what ever […]

  Jessica Owen

  October 22, 2021

  #characters, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #antagonists, #editing, #goal, #reading, #villains, author, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, fiction, fun, goals, hard work, hope, humor, imagine, notes, novels, perseverance, real, rest, stories, story, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Motivation to work…is key too changing your mindset.

  

  Editing as I mentioned is exhausting. It takes the joy out of writing. The fun out of creating. So your mindset is key to continually writing. Making your story shine bright. I keep telling myself tiredness is good, it means I’m working hard. This editing project would be so much easier if I wasn’t running […]

  Jessica Owen

  September 14, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #editing, #goal, #reading, author, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, modivation, nights, notes, novels, outsidethebox, parenting, passion, perseverance, real, rest, sleeping, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, warrior, wife, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Speed, salt, and fun!

  

  My vacation was amazing! It was a wonderful family road trip (the first of its kind.) This one was epic. Across five states, in 100+ degree weather. Bonneville speed week was an amazing display of human ingenuity, engineering, and land speed records. I was impressed to say the least. Camping, was fun. Weather was all […]

  Jessica Owen

  August 20, 2021

  #characters, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized

  #200mphclub, #Bonnevile, #fast, #goal, #landspeedrecords, #speedweek, blessed, cars, challenge, change, confidence, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, notes, perseverance, real, rest, sleeping, soul, stars, thankful, tired, warrior, work, write

• The world our oyster…travel only for dreamers?

  

  Travel, dreaming, bucket list

  Jessica Owen

  August 14, 2021

  #characters, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #bucketlist, #characters, #gathering, #passport, #reading, author, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, confidence, creative, days off, dreamer, dreams, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, mom, novels, perseverance, real, rest, someday, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, travel, wife, women, words, work, write, writing