Sarah Misailidis

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[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

"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

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

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

[Amy Nixon @texasrunnerDFW]

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

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

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

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

@hanalulu12 Congrats!! 🧡

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

Plan prayerfully. Prepare purposefully. Proceed positively. #dailyreminder

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

@citygirlsnark Happy new year!

[Daily Affirmations @Life_Affirming]

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

[Princeton University @Princeton]

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 [phone].

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

@Mychal_Thompson

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

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

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

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

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

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.

https://t.co/DxZ1viiU9U

[Annika Hansteen-Izora @annikaizora]

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.”

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

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.

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

Yes!

[Tiara Willis @thetiarawillis]

do y’all actually check the expirations dates of your makeup and throw them out? be honest 👁👁

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

My phone is perpetually on 10 percent 🙄

[Sarah Misailidis @SweetSarahndpty]

This weather is confusion