u/CandidateBig8539

Hello fellow Christians. I’m a 22-year-old Christian woman who has been saved since 2019. I’m currently living with my parents while starting my master’s program, and I feel called by God into higher education. Recently, my mom told me she wants to quit her job and trust God to financially provide for her so she can travel, volunteer, and serve his children full-time. No, not as a mission trip, FULL-TIME!! I know she genuinely has a heart for service, but I’ve been struggling with what she’s saying. For a long time I just agreed with her because she can become very manipulative and emotionally intense if someone disagrees with her. Tonight, I finally told her that I personally don’t believe God usually just gives people large amounts of money without some kind of practical process or work involved (like working, fundraising, or maybe someone passing away?) I believe we are still called to labor and work, even while trusting God. I asked her to pray for my unbelief because I honestly don’t have faith in this specific situation, and now I’m wondering if I’m wrong for feeling that way. What makes this harder is that she just recently got this job after being unemployed for SIX MONTHS. We struggled financially during that time and cried tears of JOY when she finally got hired as a substance abuse counselor. At first she loved the position and felt grateful, but now she wants to QUIT because she no longer enjoys it. I’ve tried suggesting volunteering on weekends or before work since she says serving people is her passion, but she doesn’t want to do either because she’s too tired. I truly understand having a heart for service because I do TOO, and I loved volunteering in uni. I just feel conflicted and honestly desperate for advice. Am I wrong for struggling to believe in what she’s asking God for? What should I do in this situation?

I 22 female I am currently living with my parents, which includes my little brother who is 17 years old about to be 18 in a few months and he is a junior in high school. He plays sports in high school, and he has practice typically just in the evening and it’s about sometimes an hour or an hour and a half long. Not very long. Mind you in high school I was in band and I was also in tennis. And when I came home, they expected me to do my chores. Anyways, I graduated high school and moved to across the country for university. Every time I would come home I noticed the house was not organized or clean because my mom worked odd hours and my brother did not clean because it was not being enforced. Essentially when I left for college, my parents got soft. It’s a phenomenon that most people experience if they have multiple siblings that have a significant age gap like me and my brother. It’s just weird because growing up I know that if the house wasn’t clean or organized, it would always be a big fuss with my mom and dad but then after I left, it became not that big of a deal. Anyways, fast-forward to today and I’m currently going into a masters program. I actually start this Friday which I’m super excited about. But I told my brother that we should get a chore chart going because that would actually help with the chores since I’m the only one who cleans, cooks, and does the laundry and stuff because I don’t have a job obviously….it’s the least I could do. I don’t know what my workflow would look like quite yet, so I was just trying to be proactive and get a chore chart going. WELL HE WAS NOT HAVING IT!! He told me when he comes home he’s tired from practice and he doesn’t feel like he’s able to do any chores. I get it. I really do life can be exhausting especially if you play a contact sport like football. But after resting for a little bit, he should be able to help. He is not taking any advanced or AP classes. He is in regular classes and he never brings homework as far as I know home…. My mom says she likes that idea and my dad of course is taking his side as he usually does…. Anyways, my dad told me I was doing too much even though I explained to him that I’m starting my program on Friday and I wanted to be proactive. So I guess they do expect me to do all the chores, cook, clean, but also managing a masters program. I don’t know what to do and I’m just really tired. The only idea I have is just to bring it up later maybe?? Like later this week!! Idk 🤷‍♀️

Hello Night Owls!

I just graduated college in December with my bachelor degree. And I am attempting a masters. Hopefully all will be well. But what are some things you wish you would’ve known before starting your WGU masters program or just things in general that may be helpful for assessment exams or even group projects and different things like that. I need some nitty-gritty tips for SUREEEE. Also, I’m doing the MSML program if that helps at all. If anyone has any advice for this program or just tips you wish you would’ve known in general. I really would appreciate it. Orientation is starting soon. I heard there is a paper involved. Also, I’ve been hesitant to share this with the school because I did not need to during my bachelors program. But I actually have dyslexia and I have accommodations that I used throughout high school but once again did not use throughout my bachelors program. I went through my bachelors program totally fine and was able to study well and get my work done on time without the accommodations. Would anyone who use accommodations during their time at WGU (or during their time now) suggest that I apply for student disabilities and use my accommodations or should I be fine without them? For reference my dyslexia is not that bad, I just struggle, spelling some words, but who doesn’t know these days. My grammar has never been a huge issue in college because of you know Grammarly and other tools to help you with writing (also if I’m struggling to spell a word, usually I google it through voice to text). So I just want to know someone’s thoughts on that. Thank you so much and I’m super excited to be a night owl!! 🦉