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June 22, 2026

I was talking with my wife about my purpose in life. Generally I think things are going pretty well. I have a wife and kids; I have a job that I like; we have a house that we like; we live the Gospel as best as we can; and we feel like we have spirit in our home. But I was feeling like something was missing. We talked for a bit about times in my life where I have felt inspired by the Holy Ghost to take some action in my life. The most recent one happened in January when I felt prompted to start listening to General Conference more regularly. After listening to President Oaks's talk Desire, I was led to deeply consider what my real desires are, which, among other things, led me to understand that even though I say that I desire to get the right amount of sleep my actions didn't say that I desired that, so I decided that I was going to start acting like a person that actually wants to not feel the pains of being sleep deprived (I'm still working on it). It has also led me to start to…

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