Monday, July 1, 2013

News and New Beginnings!

- I don't remember if I wrote about this before, but I was asked to attend my stake's girls' camp this past week as an activities specialist. I have a habit of accepting church callings and assignments without questioning it (well, maybe doubting my capability, but not the calling itself), but I realized a couple times while I was there that it was kind of a big sacrifice to go to camp. That didn't change my willingness to serve, but was more of a curious "Oh, I hadn't thought about that" moment. I was in a much better position to go than many of the people left their jobs and families behind for a week.

- I found out that I passed my last class, and am now a college graduate! The diploma should come in a couple weeks.

- I was asked to be the second counselor in my ward's Young Women presidency the day after I returned from camp. It was SUPER funny to me, because only my bishop knew about both my stake assignment to go to girls' camp and my pending calling to the YW presidency. The woman who recommended me for the position had no idea that I was involved with girls' camp until she showed up and saw me there, so we were talking to each other for the whole week, and she knew what was already in the works to come on Sunday.

What do I do now?

- Girls' Camp didn't have the same degree of impact on my spirituality as it did when I was a teenager. That motivated me to try a spiritual boot camp of sorts. I want to start that today and get myself back into shape.

- I found out that I can keep my student job through the end of the summer. That gives me a little more time to earn money while I look for a more permanent job. Some thoughts have been working in a restaurant, a craft store, or substitute teaching. I don't know how having a degree will affect the job search yet--I'm not sure what I'm qualified for now, I'm not sure what's available, and I still don't know what I want to do long-term.

- Now I can finally take the time I've waited for to do craft and homemaking stuff. Before starting this blog post today, I made a chart to help with meal planning. Now that I'm done with school, I can quit stressing about it and turn my attention to making changes in my life. I can figure out things like meal planning, couponing, and cleaning schedules to be a better contributor in our home, and I can explore my passions and learn what I want to learn, at my own pace, to become a better contributor in the world.

Taking personal inventory will be a big step, at the beginning and throughout the process, to figure out where I'm at and where I want to go. Expect more blog posts as I work on that!

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