David Journal

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  • Ready for conference

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    Today had been intended to prepare for conference weekend. I did work on that basically all evening after Noah and Ezra finished their tennis match and made some good progress but there are still some things to do in the morning. On the other hand, I’m very ready for conference—I need to tune out the…

  • King Jacob

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    I started reading the Jack Smith brief where he outlines why Trump’s conduct in trying to overtime the election was not protected by presidential immunity. He starts by outlining the basic case and it is so clear that Trump has surrounded himself with a large number of people who had zero interest in the law.…

  • Picking a goal

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    I started the process of applying the Pattern for Growth from the Children and Youth Program by beginning to explore potential goals for myself. I also mentioned it to Laura—hopefully planting a seed so she can start doing it too and give ourselves an even stronger platform to recommend it to the kids.

  • A pattern for growth

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    I’m looking at the children and youth program from the church and I have decided to use it myself the way I have often heard Young Women leaders say they did (or redid) the young women goals/steps to gain from them and approach them authentically with their young women (my words). I’m trying to learn…

  • Two new projects

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    I was talking to Ben Dalton at the Ward Walkabout last night. We talked about the challenge of communicating details about the walkabout and we talked about boy scouts and the church young men’s program. Those are two problems (effective group communication; and strategies to help teenage boys become young men) that I am very…

  • Patriotic Sunday School

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    For our 5th Sunday lesson today we had a combined adult meeting and talked about supporting our divinely inspired Constitution. I really enjoyed the lesson and they didn’t cross any lines by mentioning any candidates but I would hope that the message may stick in a few minds and make people less inclined to support…

  • Baby steps

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    I managed to solve a couple of making issues at work today. It was good to feel like I took steps forward. At home, Laura recognizes that the house is not being cared for and people are not generally doing their work around the house. Sadly, the solution is (as usual) to have me dedicate…

  • Momentum

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    I feel like I’m stuck in a rut or coasting in some ways lately but I’m still doing a lot of useful stuff all the time. That stood out in stark relief to me today as Laura asked for a blessing because she’s been having depressive thoughts after I’ve been noticing that for all her…

  • New security system

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    We got a security system installed today because of a deal through the bank that just bought our mortgage. We’ll see how useful it ends up being but for at least the next 3 years we will have to get used to having an unforgiving boundary whenever it is armed (which means I can set…

  • Two short nights

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    I’ve had two short nights in a row now. Saturday night I woke up earlier than hoped after only 5 hours because my brain was imagining the results of the BYU game that was unfinished when I went to bed. Last night I woke up early because I was sneezing with an itchy throat from…