The Modest Budget: More Thrift Sweaters + Why I Decided to Take College Slower

Welcome to Tuesday, lovely readers!

Sweater: Thrift Store // Shirt: Gap // Skirt: Target (old) // Boots: Thrift Store

Holidays, finals week, present-buying/wrapping/anticipating... December always goes by so fast!
So I find myself grabbing one of my thrift store sweaters (ya'll know how much I like my thrift store sweaters!) and a basic tee, enabling me to switch up the "bottom half" of my outfit and create variety.

This December has looked a lot different than last December (a.k.a., our first holiday season as a married couple!) but different in a lot of good ways.
For one, I've cut back on my school load, and I've only taken one class at a time this semester.
Wanna hear why? 😉

Sweater: Thrift Store // Shirt: Gap // Skirt: Target (old) // Boots: Thrift Store

Choosing to switch my major to psychology was one of the best school decisions I had made.
But I realized this summer that I had put so much pressure on myself to graduate that I was too stressed to just focus on the joys of being a new wife!

I wanted to learn how to cook. I wanted to learn what it takes to keep a house clean... Why wasn't I giving myself the space to do those things?
Well, now I am.

So, since August, I have only been taking one class at a time, but still really excited about what I'm learning. Psychology is fascinating! I just finished a class in Abnormal Psych, and it's the coolest thing I've studied so far in college.

Many people that I have talked to about it lately have had a tendency to disagree with me, urging me to finish school before we have kids. But I'm not in school to have a career, I'm in school because 1) I love learning and 2) God gave me the opportunity to be in school and it felt stupid to pass it up.

It's kind of hard to hear people tell me all the time that I'm making the wrong decision, or give me one of those "Oh, that's nice" reactions, but ultimately I know I'm doing the right thing.
Yes, I love studying, and yes, I want to graduate...

But I don't know 100% whether or not the Lord is calling me to a future in psychology.
I do know 100%, though, that the Lord is calling me to be the best wife to Jon I can possibly be, and to always be trying to love and serve him better.

In addition to all of this, I feel very strongly that I am called to lay down my school (completely, if that's what it comes down to) and my life plans if that's what it takes for Jon to walk out his. Biblically, the man is the head of the household like Christ is the head of the Church (1 Corinthians 11:3), which means that I have the role of following Jon like the Church follows Christ, not the other way around.

(But don't forget Jon is called to take on Jesus's role to the Church - laying down his life and dying for her!)
With that in mind, I knew that when I chose to marry Jon it might mean making some sacrifices like that. But if cutting back on some of my school is what it takes to be the wife God is calling me to be, I would say that's a fairly easy decision to make.

Sweater: Thrift Store // Shirt: Gap // Skirt: Target (old) // Boots: Thrift Store

Before I get emails saying that I should be standing up for myself, Jon is also making difficult sacrifices for our family, too. He bears on his shoulder almost all of the financial responsibility, and he has more (natural) pressure than I do when it comes to his career.

Marriage is 100-100, not 50-50, and I know that I can trust Jon to always be trying to give me 100%, which is motivation to always be trying to give him 100% (even if sometimes the balance seems a little unfair).

So there's a peak into my life. I'm trying to remember more often that it is important to let people in on my life, and that I don't need to have things all figured out before I can share my story😊

How are you handling December and all her craziness?

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