Have you checked out the January Ensign yet? There are three articles in there I would like to draw your attention to. If you had a financial goal there is an excellent article about getting out of debt and living within your means. I hope you will all read it. It was really helpful to me. I'm always thinking I need something new for my wardrobe (I don't), the house (I don't) or a new book (I have dozens I haven't read and there are a lot at the Library I can check out for free) and reading this article helped to put things back into perspective.
The 2nd article I liked was about turning off the TV. A family was building a new house and the TV cables got buried in the attic under insulation for several months and they were forced to go without TV. The mother wrote about what they did and accomplished without the TV on. It made me think about what each of us could do (if we just watched a little less each day) toward the goals we have set. Maybe if TV isn't our vice perhaps the internet, or something else.
The 3rd article was about getting healthy. The woman who wrote it lost over 100 pounds, but she wasn't really on a diet or exercise "program," she was trying to change her lifestyle from being unhealthy to healthy and she relates it to the gospel, scriptures, etc. It was an excellent article and caused me to think about my earthly temple and taking better care of it.
I thought it was interesting that a lot of the things we talked about setting goals about (at least ones I was concerned about) were addressed in the January Ensign.
