Jacob on "Guy's Staple Clothing"

Hello! I'm Jacob Ayres!

Faith and I before we left home at the end of summer last year

I'm the brother that helped Faith get her blog up and going. It's been a really cool experience seeing all of these people connecting to Faith's posts! And it's been a great experience as a Graphic Design major with a minor in Marketing. I get to see in action what I study in class. But anyway, you probably wonder why I'm even posting: since Faith and Jaime are getting everything ready for the big move, I offered to give her a break from blogging for a day. It's the least I could do since I was 500+ miles away and couldn't physically help them.
Anyway, I wanted to make a post because not everyone is aware of this topic. I wasn't aware myself until I left for college. The hardest part of leaving home to go to college 9.5 hours away is having to discern what to take with you and what to leave behind. Okay, so it might not be the hardest part about leaving, but it sure doesn’t make it any easier. During my first semester, I took nearly all of my dress shirts, save one or two that I didn’t really like. And then of course, I had to haul all of that all the way back home. It was a lot of effort and I honestly didn’t wear 1/3 of the clothes that I brought down. By the time the next semester came around, I learned to cut down on the load by packing staple clothing.