Nov 30 (Saturday)
Today I start again to cut sugar out of my diet.
I have felt like I needed to put some action toward my weight again for a while. Thanks giving, and having family home, has made that desire, and need, more concrete in my mind.
I like sugary things so much, and I love making cookies, so it’s difficult. There’s probably no need to explain that to anybody. It’s not a feeling unique to me. But I’ll start again today, and try to make it a focus of my writing also. Perhaps that will help me stay on track.
Yesterday was enjoyable. I went to rotary pond with *** and ***, *** tried fly fishing, but weren’t impressed with the pond. *** and I walked around the pond.
Afterward we went of GOAT star donuts. It was less than impressive because they were sold out of nearly everything. It’s understandable that they wouldn’t want to make a bunch of donuts late in the day that they won’t sell, but it is also uninspiring to walk into a shop where almost all of the trays are empty. It gives a rag-tag feeling. I’m not sure what a good solution would be,
In the evening *** dad *** and his siblings came to the house. We had dinner with them (K + L bought us pizza) and hot chocolate, and then we went to Indian Creek plaza to walk the lights. It was nice to meet them all. They sang a song for us a capella called “A Poor wayfaring stranger”, and it was amazing. *** brother *** then did a song that involved yodeling. That was really cool too. Caldwell was cool, and very busy. They got a new Christmas tree that was about 30-40 Feet tall and does animations with the lights.
After downtown *** family went home and we played Jackbox again.
Today we’ve talked about going to Scheels because *** have never seen it. Tonight we will put up our tree, carrying on the tradition of putting it up on Thanksgiving weekend that we started many years ago. At the moment, life certainly feels abundant. I hope I will learn to notice the abundance everyday, regardless of the circumstances of life at any given time. So much has been given by so many that I might be here.
Come Follow Me
Read chapter 15 of Ether, and it strikes me as remarkable how I can read that and feel like it is so representative of our time. Granted, we aren’t lining up to kill each other. However, as I read a thought came to mind that I haven’t had before. The writing describes people siding off with one group or another, but at this point it doesn’t even bother going into detail about why they chose the side they did. They must have felt either an allegiance to one side or a grievance to the other. But the lack of explanation leads me to one conclusion. Neither had much validity. I feel like the contentions of the world today, whether on a world scale or individually, fall into the same category.
Daily Reading – ‘Inspire Greatness’ by Matt Tenner
Pg 89-91 Talks about how its most effective to use a variety of sensory approaches to showing appreciation because people process things in different ways. Auditory, visual, touch, etc.