The perils of productivity
Feeling unproductive during rest, the next two weeks, self-soothing vs self-care, and some getaway photos.
Jenn Chen
Writer & photographer with a penchant for chips. I'm endlessly inspired by my child-of-immigrants upbringing, culture, travels, food, and natural elements.
📸 Photo Essays
📸✍🏼 Challenge: Shoot a dreary Midwestern landscape in B&W
Making myself be creative
Happy 7 years of newsletter writing
Paid subscription discounts & a reflection on 7 years of writing emails
🔎 In Focus
🔎 In Focus: Interview with photographer Michael Flores
And, some other things I'm trying out for December
Behind the scenes of writing about Vietnamese-owned coffee businesses
Welcome to my writing anxiety loop.
My writing process
A detailed look at what goes into a reported & researched article
An update on learning Mandarin
Did you know there are three ways to say "walk"?
Remembering Twitter
An eulogy of sorts, #coffeetwitter
Changes
“The only constant is change,” a sentence I’ve probably written half a dozen times over to describe social media but I’m sure it’s been used to describe life, too.
Should business owners be on social media?
And my latest article on growing coffee as a houseplant
Some career goals
The goals that The Artist’s Way inspired
🔎 In Focus
🔎 In Focus: Nickey Huynh
An interview with the illustrator behind Niche Create, where we discuss cultural expectations, mental health, and creative inspiration