Changes in my life

"...Never let the noise of the world overpower or overwhelm [the voice of the Lord in your life]."~Elder Perry

One of the guys in my ward posted this after Elder Perry spoke. It's such a great message and one that I really need to remember.

This weekend is General Conference Weekend. One of my favorite weekends during the year but I don't pay attention as much as I should. Not during Conference. I do read through the talks when the Conference edition of the Ensign comes out.

I'd like to change that. There are a lot of things I'd like to change, well I think improve would be a better word. What I do is "fine" but it's not good enough. Not anymore. It's not just the length of my attention span during Conference, it's everything. I bombed a test yesterday and I don't want to do that anymore, I don't feel like I was actually prepared for it.

"Feasting on the word of God each day is more important than sleep, school work, television shows, video games and social media. You may need to reorganize your priorities to provide time for scripture study. Do it!" ~ Elder Richard G. Scott

So I've decided to come up with a list. A list of somethings that I want to change and if I'm really good, I'll work on one thing a day, or improve one thing a day:

Read my scriptures and say my prayers EVERY morning

Get up on time (6 am or 5:30 for working days)

Tidy up my room every day (save deep cleans for cleaning checks)

Note: the above 3 are very worthy, but sound boring. Let me try again.

The New and Improved List!

Feast on the words of Christ every morning

Be an Early Bird going after that dang worm

Create a spacious and clean haven for myself

Enter that Imaginative world, writing down thoughts daily

Organize myself to allow creativity to shine through

Set aside time to just Relax

Eat healthier to enjoy more adventures

Take time to let my Best Self shine through

I think that's a very good place to start. Now my plan is to try to incorporate all of those in starting tonight but to really focus on just one a day. So I would try to do all 8 but do something special with the one that I'm focusing on. Like tomorrow I would start with the "Feast" goal and would read my scriptures as well as an article on lds.org. That way I don't try to slack on any but I still am focusing on just one. Maybe that will help. 

Well girls, we shall see!