Keeping Up

Status seems to be something that has become really important to people nowadays. I know that most people have heard of “Stunnin” or “Keeping up with the Joneses” or heck “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” especially with social media everybody is doing great. But a lot of people show that they have this fancy lifestyle that they post but that really isn’t the case. Now if you really have that life and want post it or even if you don’t have that life and are lying that’s your business. But I’ve decided that I don’t about living that lifestyle. I like what I like, I drive what I like, and I live how I want to live regardless of what media shows or what people think I should have at this point in my life.

I say all that to say that my family and I will be downsizing from a three bedroom two and a-half bedroom townhome with a one-car garage, walk-in closet, and a back patio to a two bedroom two bathroom apartment. In the past I would have felt less than because we have been working so hard to be in a better place than we were before and it seems like we have taken a step back.

We could have stayed at the bigger place but now we will be able to actually save money by downsizing. The great part is that now I am not hesitant, at all, to let people know that we are taking a step back now in order to make better steps in the future. I don’t care about keeping up an image for anyone. 

I know that our decision was based on what made sense for our family and not based on us not being able to afford to stay at our current place; but even if it was it doesn’t matter. We are the only ones paying for where we stay. 

My husband and I have made some really dumb decisions in regards to managing money in the past and now we are on a mission to do better. The first step would be this move. The interesting part is that I am so excited to move to this smaller place. I won’t have to clean as much and we will all be on one level so we will most likely hang together more. But I can’t lie I will miss my walk-in closet though 😉

 

What are some things that you use to try and “keep up” with?