I believe it was sometime in the Spring or early summer of 2018 that, after having been a temple worker at the Kansas City, Missouri temple for a handful of months perhaps, I relapsed in my pornography/masturbation addiction. That was devastating for me. Working in the temple was one of the most joyful and rewarding … Continue reading 2020-10-04 — Forward With Faith

Hiya, folks 😊. It's late, 12:28 a.m., so I'm gonna make this brief. It's been a long day. It was nice to be able to listen to General Conference. I appreciated that. Good stuff. #1. I'm grateful to have headphones, good phone reception, and decent streaming quality (the last one a consequence of the Church … Continue reading 2020-10-03 — Sliding Toward Veggie

Today I made what felt like some really significant progress toward becoming the kind of person I want to become. It wasn't for the greatest reason that I had the opportunity to choose what I chose, but I feel like I made the most of it. You see... I relapsed again in the middle of … Continue reading 2020-10-02 — Falling Forward

You know, for as much as I'm glad to be able to do my own thing, run my own business, etc, sometimes, I miss having a job where I can just be done and leave. I don't miss having bosses. I don't miss having so few days off. I don't miss rigid schedules But it's … Continue reading 2020-10-01 — Sometimes, I Miss Having a Job

Let's just say that today brought with it a mountain of opportunities to practice patience. And... that's really good thing--hard, for sure, but a good thing. No growth without challenges to face. And today had plenty of challenges. They started early today, much like yesterday. I think I focused on gratitude yesterday, so the challenges … Continue reading 2020-09-30 — Wake Me Up When September Ends

So it's been six months. My first daily journal entry was March 29th (this time around, anyway. I used to be a daily writer in times past). Pretty cool, eh? That's one of the commitments I've kept since the beginning without missing a day 😊. So... on that positive note, let's do a gratitude day … Continue reading 2020-09-29 — Happy 6 Months!

Bring it on. The heaviness and blues from yesterday bled into today, my body still unrecovered from going over the edge yesterday. That last the first few hours or more until all the work I did yesterday to dig out from having gone over the edge finally turned the tide today. The doctor's appointment went … Continue reading 2020-09-28 — Double Down

I returned to the Sunday Blues today. I haven't had those in a while. I don't know if y'all remember, but it used to be that Sundays were hard for me. I'd work all week and bust my butt so much that I didn't really have time to think about my life, and then Sunday … Continue reading 2020-09-27 — Sunday Blues

They tasted so good though. And only 99 cents a pound. Didn't really feel like I could say no. 😉 I think I bought a little over 3 pounds. Crisp. Huge. Juicy. Sweet. I don't usually like the green grapes as much as the red ones, but these were wonderful. So wonderful, that I enjoyed … Continue reading 2020-09-26 — A Little Too Much Rabbit Food

Well, I've fallen a little bit into old ways the last little bit, saying 'yes' to so many customers that I'm overwhelmed and swamped by the shear number I've committed to, wondering how I'm going to get them all taken care of. And today the consequences of my poor judgment were compounded when my tech's … Continue reading 2020-09-25 — Yes Man