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Jaycee Fox - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Jaycee Fox is a fiction writer where she aims to incorporate relevant messages into her stories. She also writes articles about living a balanced life and runs a book website encouraging this message. She's recently started a blog, from the first hook to completed book, where she talks about her journey of writing.
She has a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a Masters in Statistics.
Jaycee lives in Arizona with her husband and three children. ... [More]
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- Writing - Is it Your Passion?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Maybe you love to write, but you're wondering how far you should go with it. Should you quit your job to pursue it or give up on your dream because you think you'll never be a New York Times Bestseller? I believe the answer to that lies somewhere in between.
- Earthquake Preparedness
[Reference-and-Education:Survival-and-Emergency] Preparation is key when facing any type of natural disaster. Although preparation can help alleviate some of the fear, of course it doesn't solve all problems. One of the most recent earthquakes occurred on May 19, 2009 in Long Beach, California. It was a mild one; some shattering glass, but most importantly a reminder to those Californians to be prepared. So how do we really prepare ourselves for an earthquake?
- Ideal Body Weight - 13 Tips
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] So how do we get to our ideal body weight? I'd written a prior article questioning how much we should weigh and shared three critical keys. A quick recap: muscle weighs more than fat, people come in all different shapes and sizes, and focus on overall body fat percentage - not the number on the scale. Now let's go over some tips to help us get to that ideal body weight.
- Swine Flu - Symptoms and Prevention
[Health-and-Fitness:Home-Health-Care] Swine flu -- it's all over the media. What is it? What can I do? And how worried should I be? These are the questions I ask myself, especially as a mother.
- How Much Should I Weigh? 3 Keys
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] How much should I weigh? This is common question with an answer that seems more a riddle than a response. It really is simple, but first we must pick apart this riddle and dissect its many elements. My riddle begins as a child. As a twelve year old, I watched my dad run a marathon and decided at that moment that one day I'd run one myself. Three kids and more than a quarter of a century later, I ran my first one earlier this year. I was in decent shape before I started training, having run for years prior to this. I wasn't a fast runner, more slow and steady like the tortoise rather than the hare.
- Britain's Singing Sensation - A Cinderella Story
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] It was not an unusual morning for me when I checked my email last week. But this YouTube link that was forwarded to me was unusual. It caused me to weep, a joyous weep for the underdog. Susan Boyle, a dowdy-looking Scottish singer, impressed not only the judges but millions of YouTube viewers. You watch, feeling somewhat sorry for this 47-year-old who admitted to never being kissed, and cringe for the poor woman who's about to embarrass herself in front of millions. Eyes roll, snickers snake through the crowd and then this Blackburn native opens her mouth.
- Stress and Time Management - 17 Tips
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Has life gone crazy? Or is that just my perception? It just seems like everyone -- including myself -- is frantically running from here to there, with a list that never ends. We've become a society of Chicken Littles proclaiming the sky is falling down. It's no wonder the rate of depression, along with obesity and a mile long list of other negative ailments is forever increasing. We have little time for ourselves -- mentally and physically -- and many are merely surviving.
- Catherine Cookson - For the Anglophile Reader
[Book-Reviews:Fiction] There's a large group of people out there who love to read. I happen to be one of them. I come from a line of readers. Both my grandmothers loved to read novels. One of my grandmothers lived in a small village in the North of England and her favorite author was Catherine Cookson.
- Anne of Green Gables - An Inspirational Story
[Book-Reviews:Inspirational-Fiction] If you're reading this, you're most likely a fan of Anne of Green Gables. Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author, created the character of Anne Shirley -- spelt with an E -- when she wrote this book for young girls and women alike in 1908. Based in Canada's smallest province and Ms. Montgomery's home, this novel is written in beautiful Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. A young orphan girl, filled with an incredible imagination, finally finds her place in a home with an elderly woman, Marilla, and her brother, Matthew.
- Setting Goals When Our New Year's Resolutions Have Failed
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] January 1st has passed and maybe the time to write about New Year's resolutions has passed with it, but I beg to differ. Most New Year's resolutions are not kept in my opinion. Yes, they last a good couple of weeks, but old habits die hard and people are back to their old routines. Go to the gym the first week of January -- it's packed. And then February is soon here and we have our coveted treadmill back until the following January.
- British Food - Cuisine and Culture
[Food-and-Drink] Some of my fondest memories as a child are of visiting my grandparents in both the North of England and the Eastern coastal area of England. Those visits were not only wonderful times, but they were also accompanied with delicious food. I had one grandmother who could be equated with a British version of Martha Stewart and another grandmother who'd open her handbag which was laden with penguin bars and bar clubs, or an assorted variety of flavored crisps.
- Love of England - Anglophiles
[News-and-Society] There are a group of people out there who claim to be anglophiles. So what is an anglophile you might ask? The formal definition -- the noun of the word -- is a person who strongly admires England or its people, culture, customs, influence etc.
- A Life of Inspiration - Our Potential
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] We're living in a time right now when doom and gloom can come to the forefront of our minds so easily. This really is a time to choose whether we want to be sucked into the negativity, or be an inspirational voice to those around us. Switch on the news, leave it on all day, and you'll go to bed fearful, panic-ridden and depressed. I'm not advocating ignorance or denial of life, but I am encouraging a focus on the positive things of life.
- Food Storage - An Emergency Management Tool
[Reference-and-Education:Survival-and-Emergency] The world is changing, the economy is struggling and the chance that we may be out of work for a week, a month or a year has increased. The prices of food and clothing seem to be accelerating at a faster rate than our paychecks. We're stressed out, we want to prepare, and we're reeling our expenditures in, but what else can we do? There is a fairly simple way that can help in these hard times if we're willing to plan and prepare. FOOD STORAGE. Maybe we wish we'd done this sooner as we see the prices of food getting higher, if only we'd started this a year ago -- stockpiled up on our grains etc. We can always begin immediately -- right now -- accumulate a little at a time, so if things do get even tougher, we have an ace up our sleeve.
- Women's Clothing - Dress For Success on a Budget
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Fashion-Style] The world around us is changing. Maybe we have been a stay-at-home mom and now we're facing the prospect of working out in the work force. We're used to play dates at the park and McDonald's luncheons. Our old t-shirt and comfortable jeans won't cut it anymore.
- Reading For Entertainment
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Let's look at our home and money situation. Do we have a family? And do we still want to have some fun-filled entertainment in our lives? We're tired of watching television every night, but we're monitoring the family dollar, and to take the whole gang to the movies is a big chunk of change. So let's go back to a common form of entertainment of the past: Reading.
- Women's Health and Hormones
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] A common subject of interest amongst my girlfriends is health, mainly women's health. Yes, we are concerned with our families, fitness, diet, exercise, eating and balance. But as of late, hormones are a hot topic. Maybe it should be more clearly defined as a lack of hormones, or too much, or better yet -- imbalanced.
- A Financial Recession? The Truth
[News-and-Society:Economics] So are we in a financial recession or not? Is our money safe? Over the last short while -- with banks collapsing and many families going bankrupt -- this has been a hot topic. I've heard words such as apocalyptic or another great depression. I'm just like you and wanted some straight facts, so this is what I discovered.
- Television Violence and Its Effects on Our Children
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Many of us have read the astonishing statistics concerning the effects of TV violence on our children. And we may stand in one of two camps: Television is just a reaction to society -- a projection of the way life is. Or television is influencing and encouraging the brutality in this world. Either way, it can't be sugar-coated. Let's look at the disadvantages and solutions of too much violence on the TV.
- Fast Food to Organic Diet - What's the Happy Medium?
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] I know one of my biggest weaknesses is fast food. There are days when nothing sounds better than a burger dripping with sauce and a huge coke. But I do know on some level, after I've downed my fix, that fast food isn't exactly the wisest choice when it comes to my health and the health of my family. Read on to learn more.
- Exercise Equipment and Strength Training
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Strength training has many benefits and it may be something we want to incorporate into our exercise regime, but we're not quite sure if we should join a gym and use the machines or do our own free weights at home. I don't think the 'where' really matters as much as just doing it. Again, with all exercise, it must be something that fits with our lifestyle.
- Family Tree - Chart Your Family History
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] Have you ever wondered if you've come from royalty? Nowadays, there's a new growing trend to discover your own story -- where you've come from, if you have any long-lost relatives, and even to discover old family stories that have been buried along with your ancestors. Building a family tree to organize your family history is the easiest place to start, but let's go over some key points first.
- Health and Fitness - What Does it Take?
[Health-and-Fitness] We only need to turn on the television to learn that the United States has a problem with obesity. We've all heard of The Biggest Loser or Dr.Phil's Weight Loss Solution. Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers are popular weight-loss programs. And then you have the drug commercials for every ailment known to man -- high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the list goes on. So let's go straight to the problem -- a lack of physical fitness.
- Debt Management - Time to Make a Plan
[Finance:Debt-Management] We may have come across this article because we are in a financial crisis or perhaps we just want a better grasp of where our money is going. So let's go over some basics of financial planning. The essential ingredient to having control over our finances is having a budget. The heart of budgeting is really quite simple; you bring in more money than you spend.
- Money Saving Tips to Help Your Budget
[Finance:Budgeting] We want to save more money, but we're not sure where to begin. Our first step is to make a budget, so we can then make a plan on how much we can save after our necessary bills are paid. It may seem like there's nothing left, but even if we're just putting away a few dollars a week, we're heading in the right direction.
- Fashionable Clothing and Attitude - How One Affects the Other
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Have you ever noticed how you feel affects how you dress for the day? And the reverse is also true: What you wear affects your mood? So clothing and attitude are both the cause and the effect, constantly interchanging which side of the equation they fall under.
- The Family Dollar and Restaurant Eating
[Finance:Personal-Finance] Nowadays everyone is worrying about the family dollar. How far can we stretch it? There are numerous ways to save money, but I'm going to focus on one in particular -- eating out less. Note that I said eating out less, not ceasing to eat out. And it's not all about sacrifice here; there are many other benefits besides just saving money.
- Family Vacations - Disney Or Camping?
[Travel-and-Leisure] Family Vacations sometimes feel like a long forgotten fantasy of the past. Life is so hectic now, rarely do we have the time to actually go somewhere, let alone plan something. But are vacations really that necessary? Read on to learn the advantages of family vacations.
- Online Banking From Home
[Finance:Personal-Finance] We all have a limited amount of hours in our day where we have to prioritize and use our time wisely. One way which I find helps me significantly in managing my time is online banking. You may be reading this, set in your ways, perfectly content to drive yourself to the bank and do it the traditional way, but let's go over some key points that will help in your decision of whether to start online banking.
- Work From Home With an Internet Business
[Home-Based-Business] We've all heard that anyone can make money online, but is that really true? And if so, can it be a sustainable career? Money can be made online, but I think it's all in what the driving force is behind it. Let's look at the possibilities.
- Attitude - Life is Good
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Is it really true that a certain attitude can affect our lives in a significant way? Let's think of it as a scientific study. Say we hypothesize that a positive attitude deems success and a negative attitude deems failure. We could stratify the study -- see the differences between men and women, old and young -- but is that really necessary, aren't we just looking at the obvious?
- Family Grocery Shopping and Saving Money - Menu Planning
[Food-and-Drink:Main-Course] Let me share with you a secret that has saved me countless hours during my week -- it's MENU PLANNING. It may sound simple, but it really works. Menu planning can also give you extra money in your pocket. I have to confess though, I haven't always been consistent with it, and so all the more reason I have something to compare it to.
- Balance Or Chaos - Clutter Talk
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] I'm too busy with more important things. That's my self-talk when I look at certain organizational tasks that seem just too overwhelming. But one thing I've learned, and still haven't mastered, is that organization is not a one-tier kind of thing. Clutter can start from the inside and spread like a virus to the outside. What I mean is sometimes if we haven't released ourselves of past emotional clutter, those issues can affect our physical world also.
- Crockpot Cooking's 10 Essential Tips
[Food-and-Drink:Crockpot-Recipes] If you're ready to experiment with crockpot cooking but don't know where to begin, then read up on the 10 essential tips. These guidelines will give you the best results and are really very simple rules.
- Cooking - Crockpots Save Time and Money
[Food-and-Drink:Crockpot-Recipes] Crockpots are making a comeback. So wipe off the lids and start incorporating this amazing time and money saver. We're all looking for ways to use our time and spend our money more wisely and crockpots are a great and healthy start. Not to mention that the slow-cooked meats are always tender and delicious.
- Reading - A Positive Attitude Adjuster
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Life can be tough and sometimes the daily pressures can be overwhelming. When life is bombarding us from all sides, our attitudes are usually affected. Reading can be a good tool to help counterbalance those negative influences and improve our attitude. Read on to learn more.
- Swimming For Fitness - Exercise For Everyone?
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] One thing I've learned about starting an exercise regime is that you have to like the exercise you're doing. Bottom line -- if you don't like it, you probably won't keep it up. Swimming is one of those sports that's easy to enjoy, at least in my opinion. It can be an exercise for everyone and has many benefits. Read on to discover all the benefits.
- Exercise - Running Moms
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] If you're a frenzied mom tired of being stressed out and maybe overweight, then running might be your answer. This form of exercise has a number of health benefits that include not only losing those last extra pounds but elevating your mood.
- Work-From-Home Moms
[Home-Based-Business] So you're thinking about working from home and you're a mom, but you're wondering if this is a legitimate way to go. You may question if you'll actually make money. Maybe you visualize sitting in front of the television stuffing envelopes, or keeping little Tommy away from the product you just assembled. Well that's a vision of the past, and the vision of the future for us moms is much brighter. Read on to learn more.
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