There are notes from this morning... 1/12/26 - these notes may seem personal - they are what happened on Sunday 1/11/26 - I recorded them on Monday. They play into the mix as this is the backing for us trying to do what we are doing. It is personal, but still super important (to me at least).

- I was fasting yesterday - good session - had a great "download" (term from my mother) session and filled out some post-it note pages. See EOT # 12616 for details.

- I spoke in church on Sunday - I had fun - hopefully it went okay - I tried to follow the spirit.

- I also enjoyed some of the other meetings at church - Lee Lower gave a fun thought in Bishopric meeting about a guy and some healing and mending relationships - really good message.

- In the next meeting, young men and young women leader training, Reese Hulbert gave a great thought on Satan and how he tries to make us run and hide - then talking about overcoming that fear and following the Lord - how can we dispel that encroaching darkness, shame, fear, and negative thoughts - super good message.

- I was praying - as I finished, I was looking at a quilt on my bed - the diversity is awesome - all of it fits and lays together to make the whole - so fun.

- During sacrament meeting, Lilly Atkinson spoke on cheering each other along - she ended with a challenge - "take one more step" and "bear your testimony" - I really liked the take one more step challenge. Sometimes, that is all we can do.

- Heather gave a great talk in church as well. I took a bunch of notes in my church notebook - great message - moving forward with joy - becoming - "be" & "coming" - breaking things apart - we all get to be part of His work.

- Plan as if for year - act as if for years - D&C 50:17

- In priesthood meeting, Ed Herrmann, was giving the lesson on new beginnings from Elder Kearon from the October 2025 general conference. Jesus went about doing good - At the end of the lesson - Ed was talking about an action strategy that they use in the military - It was...

1. Intel (info or gather info)
2. Plan
3. Rehearse
4. Execute
5. AAR - Pause (after action report)

- Small note... I was typing these notes and got to the note above this about the military action plan or action strategy. I was able to use that little piece in a meeting that I had with Shannon on 1/13/26. That is awesome. The timing was perfect. I just finished typing it before the meeting and then I had to use it. Small mini miracle and blessing. My notes were able to tie into another piece that I was looking at on Monday night (1/12/26). We were helping our daughter do some goal planning for the new year. In the pamphlet, it kept prompting for putting your goals into this format: Discover, Plan, Act, Review - As I was working with Shannon, I was drawing a parallel between the child goal setting strategy vs the military based strategy. They are very similar. They use different words and the military one has a whole section for rehearsing or practicing before doing the actual event or action. I thought that it was very interesting. I was telling Shannon that she was technically helping me do some planning and rehearsing for where we are heading. Good stuff.

Back to my notes from Sunday, 1/11/26 that I wrote on Monday, 1/12/26... I got side tracked

- After church (on 1/11/26), I spoke with Bryan Dayton and told him that I was planning to talk to Steve tomorrow (Monday) about pushing forward - gave him a few small insights into my plan from my shaving session on Sunday morning - see other notes.

- Came home, played a game with Brooklyn

- Super yummy meal after breaking my fast - potato soup and corn bread

- Made chocolate mousse

- Played a game with Heather and Brooklyn - Heather won

- I got a blessing from my dad - we talked and chatted for a bit and then I got a blessing (father's blessing) - I have had many of these - Lots of great love, advice, inspiration, and remembering my worth - I doubt myself sometimes - Here is some advice that he gave me: Take care of yourself, your family, your church calling, and then your profession. Even though profession is forth on the list, that doesn't mean that you give it a forth rate job. He also felt that I should go and meet with Steve - face to face - really try to help - even help repair the relationship. It has been super stressful. He also recommended that I read a few poems (motivational poems) - I have those in a different notebook.

- On the going out to Salida to meet with Steve, I was thinking, maybe we have a team meeting - in person - to go over plans and such - going back to what Ed said (military strategy - intel, plan, rehearse, execute, AAR (pause - after action report) - focus on the plan and rehears sections.

- I have been in so many meetings... tons of training - that is an asset (meaning church and business meetings)

- Quick 1-pagers - Bishop Shawn Smith loves the quick - at a glance - what is going on

- I saw Reese Hulbert use a few quick - at a glance - one pagers for a training meeting. They really seemed to help.

- Contact Gene to see about getting some funding for a big push. Sent him a text on 1/12/26.

- Graphical homepages

- Finish up the MVP list - Estimating somewhere between $500-$750K to finish up that push and those pieces.

- Work as if for years