David Journal

Tag: personal quest

  • Road trip

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    For only the second time in 2 years I had to drive up to Logan to do lunch with Savannah. It was fun to see the apartment with Savannah and Aaron live. I’ve seen images on the family calls but the layout I imagined was very wrong. It’s a cute little place for them. I…

  • Taking the first step

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    I’ve been seeing Harris supporters online as they process the election results and I can understand how they are feeling. For myself, I am moving forward with the task that I already knew I would need to work on for the next four years. Today I worked on outlining and breaking down the first steps…

  • Work after Tuesday

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    I realized this morning that I will need to begin—immediately after this election—to lay the groundwork for an effective campaign against Mike Lee in 2028. I need to prepare as if I will be that candidate and I must be willing to be that candidate but my hope is that my preparations can be put…

  • Staying in balance

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    I made sure to go to the temple today as I promised myself I would be sure to do every week through the election. Also, in the spirit of not letting myself get sucked into politics, I made sure to go driving with Alex and take Noah out for lunch. We didn’t ultimately watch the…

  • Test results

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    It only took 24 hours to get the results of my blood work. The high cholesterol was no surprise but I hadn’t expected the hemoglobin (blood sugar) results to come back as mildly pre-diabetic. I’m not really worried (at least until I get more feedback when I talk to Dr. McGrew about the results) but…

  • Vote counted

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    I signed up to receive notifications on my ballot status a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been waiting for an update since I dropped off my ballot last week and today I got the notification that my ballot had been accepted. I believe that indicates that there are no issues such as a mismatched signature…

  • Off the sidelines

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    I haven’t truly been on the sidelines of this election but while I have talked about volunteering for several weeks I finally signed up today to do some phone banking tomorrow. I decided that it was time to ignore my hesitancy to talk to random strangers over the phone and just get my feet on…

  • A political encounter

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    While I was out walking this evening I crossed paths with Brother Watt. We stopped and chatted and the conversation turned to politics when he asked if I felt old having 2 kids in college. I said having 4 kids that could vote was more likely to make me feel old and he said “dare…

  • 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…

  • 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.