I’m just going to be brief tonight. My morning went pretty well, was able to follow my schedule pretty well.
Had a really great gospel conversation with my aunt, who’s here for a few more days visiting from Utah.
Spent a good while working on being better prepared for my daily schedule–being more effective in how everything’s organized so I can get the most out of each day.
Right now I’ve got a lot on my mind. It’s… heavy. For the last, at least a few hours, probably longer, I’ve been reading through some stuff from back in 2020.
So many thoughts. So many emotions.
…and all the same questions… nearly 3 1/2 years later.
But… with hard things come opportunities for growth, so… if I don’t grow now, I’ll get more opportunities to grow in those areas later, so… I’d rather learn the lessons as soon as I can and hopefully stage off future… opportunities. 😅
I had best finish with gratitude, as I need a good uplift right now.
I’m grateful to have been able to make some good progress and be feeling like I’m better prepared for my morning routine tomorrow.
I’m grateful that during my long gospel conversation with my aunt, that I had a gazillion things come back to memory. It started to feel a little bit like the old days, when I had so much information just right at the tip of my brain, insights and things that I had learned just popping in right and left. I’m not completely back to that place yet, but it felt a lot closer today during that conversation. The biggest change this time was that in the past, I generally remember the person I was quoting, the name, possibly even the text source or whatever it was.
Today, Google was my friend, helping me track down who said what, and also exactly what was said because my memories have faded enough That is not as easy to recall as it was. Anyway, grateful for Google’s assistance today. It’s amazing how quickly we can find information these days. When I was a kid, it was go to the library to learn stuff. Check out books. Watch documentaries.
Now, getting information is so quick. It’s not always the best information, but if you are careful in how you look and where you get your information from, it’s pretty amazing what we have at our fingertips.
At least in my quite privileged life.
I’m grateful for good friends. I’ve been in touch with Cory a whole lot lately, as you know, and I’ve been in touch with my friend Matt in Texas a little bit more lately.
Really missing other people I haven’t been in contact with in a long time.
I’m grateful for fans that, on days when it gets up to 80° in November, and my room is currently sitting at about 81°, I can turn the fans on to stay cool while I try and sleep and while I study and while I do everything else that I’m doing.
I’m grateful for tab groups in Google Chrome. Those have been instrumental today in helping me be better prepared for my studies and morning routine tomorrow. It took a little YouTubing to learn exactly how to get them to save, so they don’t all disappear when I close the window, but I’m pretty well organized and prepared for tomorrow.
I still have a lot more that I want to do, but I’m feeling really good about the progress that I’ve made and where I’m at. So I’m grateful for that.
For those of you whom I know, thanks for being lovely people in my life.
Loves and hugs.
Lift the world.
~ stephen
Lift the World 