David Journal

Tag: personal quest

  • Forward progress

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    Saturdays have been hard in the winter as I have less to do outside. They were fine over the holiday break but otherwise I feel like I water a lot of time on those days. Today was an exception. I didn’t really push myself but I identified two backup cars to pursue if the Camry…

  • Early test drives

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    I spent a good chunk of the afternoon test driving cars to get a feel for which of the models I like the feel of among those with a really good history of reliability. I drove a Honda Civic, a Nissan Altima, and a Honda Accord Hybrid. There are several more I will want to…

  • A solid beginning

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    I woke up at 4:45 this morning and despite the fact that I hadn’t finished 6 hours of sleep I just felt so ready to go that I didn’t try to go back to bed. I enjoyed a nice prayer to start the year and just had a very relaxed morning. I made Stuffed German…

  • Know thyself

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    One of the big messages of Wind and Truth (Storm light Archive #5) was about people coming to truly understand and accept themselves—their limitations, their strengths, their desires. I feel like I’m in that same process with myself. One thing I am coming to learn about myself is how much I enjoy being able to…

  • The office of thy calling

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    These words spoken to Emma are instructive. The office of her calling was to be a comfort to Joseph. That is certainly a unique calling but it illustrates generally that callings can be unique and specific and also that they can be outside of any ecclesiastical structure. Emma was also called upon to serve as…

  • Imperfectly perfect

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    Today didn’t look like the template of how I hope/plan to spend Sundays but I feel like I was making the right choices throughout the day. I didn’t read anything in Saints but I did choose to spend a good deal of time playing games with the family. That’s the kind of thing where it…

  • A possible foothold

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    After Laura expressed a sentiment I really understood—the lament of feeling outside the active interest of Heavenly Father—I decided to see if that could be a foothold to talk to get about making goals and adopting a creator mindset instead of a victim mindset. I decided that instead of going home after our play we…

  • Feeling steady

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    After a couple of weeks of feeling overwhelmed—with the election results as well as the pain in my abdomen for days and just being tired—I have been trying to get back on a steady track. Today I’m feeling like maybe I have made it back to equilibrium.

  • I’m ready to get to work

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    Something switched this morning during scripture study and I am suddenly unburdened by the next Trump administration. My work will be about building America and better democratic processes where I can without reference (mostly) to whatever the trump administration is doing. I’m excited and energized. This evening I even got into a discussion with sobering…

  • Fully functional

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    Even at the end of today I can still feel a little residual soreness in my gut but I was able to function all day effectively without being bothered by pain. I also managed to spend more time reading rather than watching extra YouTube in the evening.