First of all, my life has gotten so much busier over the past couple weeks. I started working at a place called Qualtrics Labs in north Provo. They provide online survey software to over half of the nation's top business schools and to about 15% of the Fortune 500 (I added a simple 1 question poll at the end to try it out). I am part of tech support, so I will be answering phone calls and emails from professors and market researchers across the country who have questions about the system. Plus I might get to do some training here and there, showing people how to use the software. I really like this job because for the first time I have a job where I can actually be creative and make a difference.
But, I'm still at the bookstore as well, so my hours have jumped up from about 16 to 24 a week. Good thing I like being busy and stressed. Golf class also started this past week. My Thursdays consist of cooking from 9 to 12, work from 12 to 3, golf from 4 to 6 and public speeking from 6:30 to 9. Nothing especially hard, but a full day nonetheless.
On top of all that, I've started a mentoring program where we go out once a week and spend time with a local kid. It is so much fun. Our child is really cool. So far we've gone bowling and kite flying. Next week I think we'll probably go ice skating or roller skating.
It feels so nice to have a constant flow of daily activities and hobbies now. I remember in high school I never really had any (except computer games? but that doesn't count). I am reading a book called How to Win at College which basically tells you how to approach college so that you have a killer resume that will get you any job you want at the end. One of it's tips is to always be working on a "grand project". I thought about that, and I realized I have a whole string of them - learning to golf, learning to cook, improving my handwriting, learning Spanish, working out, becoming a great guitar player, etc. Maybe that's why life feels so much fuller now. I never wonder what to do next, because if I do run out of homework (which is a rarity these days) I always have something fun (and productive?) to fall back on.
Being home from my mission has been really hard and frustrating because for the first time in my life there is no set structure or timeline to follow. On top of that I feel like a completely different person now - my outlook on life, my interests, even my personality to some extent. Combine those two, and everyday events suddenly become an adventure as I try to figure out how the "new me" should deal with them. So all of the sudden life has become completely unpredictable. But yesterday I was pondering and it occured to me, this is how its supposed to be. On the mission we would always tell people to take steps of faith, and now for the first time in my life I, too, have to learn to walk by faith.
I started studying 1 Nephi today because I think that of all people, Lehi must have learned what it means to walk by faith. I am so impressed that in every chapter there are admonitions and promises that if we will be faithful and keep the commandments we will be led to a land of promise.
I think usually the Lord lets us know the end result and sometimes he illuminates pieces of the path in front of us, but for the most part he asks us to just faithfully step into the darkness. I love the song Lead Kindly Light with the words "keep thou my feet, I do not ask to see the distant scene, one step enough for me." I am grateful that the Lord places so much trust in us. I am comforted to know that we too have a land of promise in store for us if we will follow the Lord in faith.
I hope everyone has a great week!
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