A goal is different from a hope or dream. The purpose is not to simply mark down what we desire, but to create actions and tasks in order to achieve that desire. Often we like to think of goals as these things we constantly think about and long for, which provide hope, but sometimes we actually have goals that we know we need to accomplish, but actually strike us with fear and horror. Missions, marriage, having children, obtaining a degree, repenting; these all can create paralyzing anxiety. Most of us are good at understanding that we need to do something, but we don’t know how. The how is what I want to tackle today. Throughout my life I’ve found simple tools and ways of looking at goals that I may or may not have ripped off from friends, leaders, and gurus. Here’s how it works.
Continue reading Breaking Down Big Scary Monster Goals → Cassandra Hedelius: ” [Critics] in a traditional church necessarily band together for discussion as best they can, now made marvelously easier by the Internet. When a website receives thousands of hits from hundreds of cities and dozens of anecdotes telling of similar problems, it’s easy to conclude that a large movement is in the [...] 
I’m a lazy person. Maybe other people are the same, and don’t admit it. Still, even if I am in the high percentile of unmotivated bums, everybody experiences the opposing force of procrastination to some degree. Temptations may often immediately follow the tasks and promptings that come to us throughout the day. In reference to our callings, the Lord has warned that, “….it is not meet that [he] should command in all things…”, and that “he that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth a commandment with doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned.” ¹ If we’re honest, it’s painfully apparent how often we’re slothful in our righteous actions— particularly when it comes to our callings. Our human tendency to shirk and wait around to be yelled at before we will magnify our callings can be overcome if we prepare to serve.
Continue reading Preparing to Serve → James Shelley: The question stares us in the face: is the cost of fostering this culture of rabid individualism really worth it? What do we honestly think we gain by choosing to not interact with strangers? via Talking to Strangers : James Shelley. This is an astounding post of perfect length. Go give it [...] Tevya Washburn at Mormon Lifehacker put up an awesome post: Share the Joy of Successes to Strengthen Relationships. Tevya discussed just how important it is to care. It got me thinking. Obligatory Mission Story: One day a beloved Assistant tot he President called and asked if he could take me out on exchanges; he’d been [...] |
