Sarah Misailidis

"You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap." Fannie Lou Hamer

Can’t wait to share about this full circle moment. #GodDid

We need to talk about Upper Middle Class Families in America Or, what used to be Upper Middle Class In the 1980s, a working doctor, lawyer, accountant, or businessman could buy a nice home 🏡 in a prime metro and raise 2.5 kids while his wife stayed home But—there’s more! Generally he was able to do this working roughly 40-50 hour weeks This left ample time for sleep, hobbies, and volunteering in his community. His wife had time too Today, an UMC male working professional often works 50-70 hour weeks His wife? She works too Hobbies? Volunteering? Community?Who has time for that? In most metros, a combined 100+ hours of work/week between the two of them affords them an even better *material* lifestyle than their parents had: nicer cars, bigger home, takeout meals, and better vacations (during which they check email constantly) Essentially, this cohort is now *Upper Class* in material goods lifestyle but not in leisure time The 🔑: It requires over DOUBLE the amount of working hours per household to get to this materially better but quality-of-life worse place ❌And it’s NOT doubly as well-off❌ So, what about the people who tried to continue with the quality of lifestyle their parents had—one stay at home parent and time for hobbies and volunteering? They fell behind, materially They’re now solidly middle class, if not lower middle class, struggling to afford student loans, modest homes, and car payments This is what Gen X and the millennial generation is referring to when we talk about a decline in family living standards We either: 1. Work all the time, with a spouse who works all the time, to try and capture that elusive slight upward mobility OR 2. We pursue balance but fall behind into downward mobility The end result? We are collectively exhausted and feel a sense of aching nostalgia for the way things used to be And our communities and mental and physical health are worse off for it

@ZainaBasirah Yay!!! Keep going! Y’all got this 💕

Day 2: Tru-1, Z & Tuc-1 🙌🏾

Day 1 transition from bassinet to crib: Tru-1, Me-0.

@hanalulu12 Congrats!! 🧡

Plan prayerfully. Prepare purposefully. Proceed positively. #dailyreminder

@citygirlsnark Happy new year!

Happy 2023, with love from London 💙🥳💙🥳

I light up the world with the smile on my face. #affirmation

The Department of Public Safety is seeking information on the whereabouts of an undergraduate student, Misrach Ewunetie, who has been reported missing. Anyone with information on Ewunetie’s whereabouts should contact the Department of Public Safety at (609) 258-1000.

So everyone had the same idea to grab a late dinner at chipotle tonight. 😵‍💫

Parents - During your night time routine do you do baths before or after dinner time?

99% of celebrating your birthday as an adult just consists of texting back “thanks so much ❤️”.

Literacy was also an issue in her community, so Dolly founded the Imagination Library which gives free age appropriate books to kids from birth to age 5. It started in her community but it’s international now. imaginationlibrary.com

When bell hooks said: “To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.”

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but ADHD does NOT mean you are hyperactive. Some ADHDers are hyperactive, but there’s a whole other presentation of ADHD called Predominantly Inattentive, which is more common in women and doesn’t look hyperactive at all.

Yes!

My phone is perpetually on 10 percent 🙄

This weather is confusion