TODAY.

Right now is a weird time of life. Why?
I'm 23.
I'm a returned missionary.
I have over a year left as an undergrad.
All of my friends are getting married.
Everyone asks me about dating and tries to set me up with people they know. 
I have no idea what my future will be like.
I feel like a teenager sometimes.
I feel like an adult sometimes.
I wear myself out everyday just trying to stay on top of homework.
I have no idea where I'll be in 2 years from now.

At the moment, my life's excitement comes from sports games.

It's weird, trust me. And as if my life isn't stressful and weird enough as it is, I have one really big weakness that follows me around every single day...

I have a really hard time enjoying the moment. Living TODAY instead of hoping and planning for TOMORROW. Sometimes I just want today to go by fast so that tomorrow will come and then the next day and then the next, hoping that something awesome will happen in the future. Today I wanted it to be tomorrow, because tomorrow is Friday - the soccer game - then the next day is Saturday - the football game - then one week until Thanksgiving break when I get to go to California and see my family and friends and then two more weeks and then it's Christmas break and I'll get to go home and relax and play with my siblings and then winter semester will start and I'll only have a few classes and then it will almost be spring and then school will be out and then I'll go to L.A. for a great internship and then it will be summer and I just LOVE summer...
 The list goes on and on.

I like to have my life planned out pretty much a year in advance and I'm always looking forward to the next thing on my life's schedule. But why can't I just focus on today and make TODAY worthwhile and exciting? I hear over and over "Enjoy the journey" and "Each day is an adventure, never to be lived again."

Right now, life just seems dull for me. I'm busy, but I'm bored. I'm alive, but I'm lifeless. I have faith, but I'm skeptical. I'm happy, but I'm frustrated. I work towards goals, but I don't feel like I'm progressing.

See why life can seem kind of dull right now?

So I've decided that I need to change. I need to make each day count. I need to be happy. I need to enjoy being a student and being single and being free and being young. I need to do something worthwhile every day that makes me feel fulfilled. I need to smile more. I need to be a better friend. I need to walk slower. I need to laugh. I need to be myself.

Lehi said it best when he said, "Men are, that they might have JOY" (2 Nep. 2:25).

I read an article awhile back titled "Make Yours A Great Life" and that phrase has stayed with me ever since. I have the power to make my life wonderful. Sure, things won't always go my way and hard times will come and go. But I decide my life. I get to choose.

SO. This blog will document my daily adventures - I'm determined to have joy TODAY and make mine a GREAT LIFE.