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What do you want?

This quote by Jeffrey R. Holland has really had me thinking in the last week or so since it was shared in General Conference. It's made me think about what I want, and if I can be aiming higher.

Often, what I want actually holds me back from being happy. Wanting to finish another season of The Office usually wins over me wanting to study. Wanting to sleep in an extra hour or two wins over me working out that day.

In the moment, doing those things I want feels pretty good... But it's when my test score comes back and I worry about my GPA, and when I walk up a set of stairs and feel so out of breath, that I realize that my "wants" truly are holding me back from living a better life.

Wanting to stay in my comfort zone wins over me going out and trying something new, nine times out of ten. How many great opportunities have I missed? How many people could I have met? How much time have I wasted?

I want to want better.

Elk Island (no elk, just buffalos)

(In which I forgot to turn my ISO down, making the quality kind of awful. Sigh.)

Last Thursday, I got to go to Elk Island National Park with my Comm Tech group from high school.

   Megan, Mo, Connor, and I walked around with our cameras to try and find good spots to take pictures (the second picture is what pretty much everything looked like though). We were actually super surprised that we got to see a couple of buffalo grazing by the road. 

   After a while, we found a shelter to make a fire. One and a half boxes of matches and one hour later, we finally got a good fire going... A good fire that burned out in five minutes. Yes, I know, I am ashamed.

   It was good to be able to see my friends, and great to get behind my camera again. It had been too way long!

Kaitlyn

A letter to the new year

Dear 2016,

We've been together for almost a whole month now. You've seen me at my best, and you've now officially seen me at my worst. Although not all of our moments together so far have been sunshine and sparkle, I have a really great feeling about this relationship. Already, you have brought me so much hope! You have helped me to see both the great things I already have and the amazing possibilities ahead. Already, you have brought me so many moments that have brought me closer to God.

2016, you have seen already how I say I will do a lot of things, and how I rarely do those things to the best of my ability (I don't even remember what my resolutions were...). This is how I've always been, but I want to make you proud. At the end of this relationship, I want to look back and be proud of myself too.

I'm hoping to take a lot more pictures and blog a lot more. I'm hoping to be able put others before myself and actively look for ways to serve. I would love to go on more adventures and try more things I haven't before. I would love for this to be my happiest year yet.

2016, I can't wait to run, explore, laugh, cry, and grow with you.

Lots of love,
Kaitlyn