I want to fix everything about myself all at the same time. Spiritually, I want to read my scriptures, say my prayers, and grow in my faith and testimony to God. Physically, I want to exercise for longer, go to bed earlier, wake up earlier, eat less sugar, and drink more water. Socially, I want… Continue reading Try Less to Be More
Author: Heather Hoyt
Living, culture, faith
Intellect: burning, fueled by questions and answers and questions and doubt. The facts and the arguments and the proofs can burn so hot that they melt and change and reform. Refining when kept in control, but destroying when it attempts to answer everything. Culture is the lens which we view everything and we are yelled… Continue reading Living, culture, faith
Coupling and Willpower: Make Life Easy for Yourself
It's a new year. People often set new resolutions at the beginning of January in an effort to do better. I have not done that this year. I am instead currently working on seasonal planning, which means that instead of planning a whole year in advance, I plan the year in 3-4 different sections. I… Continue reading Coupling and Willpower: Make Life Easy for Yourself
Christmas
Last year after Christmas was over, I wrote a note to myself: Make a few meaningful events instead of lots of things. Don't feel guilty for not doing service every day. It's okay. Gingerbread houses, snowflakes, and remember the nativity. It's okay to do something once instead of every year. Christmas: Do dinner for lunch.… Continue reading Christmas
The Sun Comes Out
In January, there was fog like I've never seen before. It stayed around for days, and the frost kept building and building on everything until it looked like snow. It was beautiful. But I was so ready for the sun to come out. It did come. The sun melted all the frost and that frost… Continue reading The Sun Comes Out
Thoughts
A few weeks ago, I was weed whacking my yard. I sometimes got a little stuck at looking right in front of me, and I found that I had to look up and around to make sure I was going in the right direction. That's a bit like life: I can get stuck in the… Continue reading Thoughts
Technology: Pushing it out of your life
Like most people in the world today, sometimes I waste too much time on social media and other websites. They are designed be addictive, after all, and rabbit holes are encouraged in the never-ending display of suggested content. But when I focus on getting rid of that wasted time, I usually fail. I have created… Continue reading Technology: Pushing it out of your life
Beliefs
I recently read this article: People say, “You should be true to your beliefs.” While that is true, you cannot be better than what you know. Most of us act based on our beliefs, especially what we believe to be in our self-interest. The problem is, we are sometimes wrong.... When we act badly, we… Continue reading Beliefs
“Who Against Hope Believed in Hope”
There are many times in our life when we have circumstances that we don't understand and are less than ideal. There are so many struggles we might have: mental health, temptation, addiction, or less than ideal family circumstances. Why do we have to deal with those things? Where are the Lord's blessings? Why is his… Continue reading “Who Against Hope Believed in Hope”
A Better Way To Plan: Priorities and Processes
I woke up one morning and I made my list of everything that needed to happen that day. My biggest concern was my home renovation--there was a whole lot that I would have liked to get done before winter. I tried to create timelines and figure out how we could get it all done when… Continue reading A Better Way To Plan: Priorities and Processes