Oh right, blogging!

I almost forgot to blog because I'm in Utah!! Wrapping up my job a whole month earlier than I thought I would be. Heck. I turned in my training letter today and it was weirrrrrd.

I have so many plans for the next few months, especially as they're the last few months of my list. So it's really good timing. But heck! I don't have any work anymore! Super weirrrrrd!!

Church month?

Real talk: I've been questioning the church in which I was born and raised for probably like, 4 years now. If you didn't know that, blog readers, now you do!

My temple recommend is up for renewal at the end of this month, and I had this feeling of urgency that I needed to set 30 days and have everything figured out by the end of them. So I thought I would make this month's 30-day focus church stuff and work on my church related goals, too (numbers 31, 43,  and 87, in particular).

We got asked to give talks (new ward and all that), and I was assigned "acting in faith." It became more of a talk on "acting in the absence of faith" and I straight up told them I am struggling. In being so uncomfortably honest, I felt like I took control of my church experience, and after that, I felt like I didn't need to decide so urgently. I don't have to know everything right now, and I can just do what I'm comfortable with. I especially don't have to do the things that are culturally and not doctrinally required. I'm going to take my time and sift through things and figure out what works for me.

One of the counselors mentioned that day that they needed to get my temple recommend renewed and I politely told him I wasn't sure if I cared to have one right now. I'm just gonna do me.

Thanks for your support, dudes and lady-dudes. If you want to talk about things, I'm more than happy to chat. We'll return to your regularly scheduled light-hearted updates next week.

Complete: 15. Culling of the cookbooks

I totally forgot to blog last week! Good thing I still have a few free passes left. Not many, though, so I've got to make it to the end now! Which is only like 6 months away. 176 days. What the what.

I think we've reached the part of the list where I start to call things good, even if they're not completed to the exacting standards I had in mind when I started.

So here we go! I went through my cookbooks and got rid of all the ones I was never going to use anyway. I did keep some I've never cooked from, but that's because I still have hopes to, or because they spark joy (thanks, KonMari). I reduced my collection by 36%, so I think I've accomplished what I set out to.

Here's what I'm left with:

Now to use the ones I've got left! 37 items down!