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november first marked one year for me on my daily journal writing. last year i made the decision that i wanted to start writing everyday. honestly i didn't think it would last very long. in the past i would write for a few days ( a week at the most) then i'd get "too busy" and stop. i could never make a long term habit out of it. this time it stuck! i have loved writing in my journal. one of my favorite things about it is being able to go back to almost any day and reminisce on what i did. some nights i would come home exhausted and had zero desire to recap my day. but i would try to push through and write anyways (at times sleep would win.) i have such a love for journal writing. whether i only write a sentence or end up writing two pages it creates a memory i'll have forever and never forget.

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i honestly can't remember the last time i sat down to read a good book. my english classes the past few years have killed me. it was book assignment after book assignment. i never felt like i had time to read a book of my choice. and on the rare occasions when i didn't have an assigned book to read i felt too burnt out. it's probably been a year and a half since i have really enjoyed reading. this year in english i have read and enjoyed more books in just a few months than i did all last year. my pops recently bought a new book and i really wanted to read it. i picked it up and didn't want to put it down! i kept staying up way too late reading and wasn't doing my homework... but it was so worth it. i found my love for reading again.

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this past week i finished the book of mormon again. wow i love that book. i've been reading it for my honor bee. as i have read it daily i have felt and seen the way it blesses my life. i can feel the difference when i forget to read or say i don't have time. you have to make time the time. you need to make the time, because it will bless your life. my bishop shared a thought with me about the book of mormon. and i just loved what he said. he talked about how we need to read the book of mormon everyday, all the time. when we stop reading we are letting go of the iron rod. "its not if, but when we will fall into the mists of darkness." i know this book is true. i am so grateful for it and the way it bless my life everyday.