Love, reckless, and meaning

Things I love today:
1. Claritin. I can breath again!
2. Being up in the mountains
3. The LDS Distribution Center
4. Singing on the top of my lungs in the car with the windows rolled down
5. The wonderful people in my life

Elaborating on 2. I think I ought to work on being a little less reckless. I decided to go on a run on Indian Road today. It seems a weird spot to wander at first since its right by a busy road but once you actually get into the mountains, its beautiful. One of the problems with the trail is that there's more than one path and this is the second time I've gotten "lost" (You can't really get completely lost since the road is right there in plain sight). At the same time, I managed to take a wrong turn and twist my ankle running down a path that was steeper and slicker than I anticipated. My knee was a bloody mess and my ankle, though unsprained, is definitely bruised up. I guess I should just be grateful I didn't break my leg or anything.

So something I wanted to think about tonight is if I'm doing things in my life that are meaningful. There are plenty of things I do to keep myself busy. There are lots of things I really want to do in my life. That doesn't necessarily mean I'm filling up my time and ambition with the things that make life have meaning. Here are some things I've brainstormed that I can try to improve on.
1. My calling. I feel like I invest plenty of time trying to plan and execute activities but I know I could invest more time on more serious things like how to connect with the less involved committee members, trying to understand what the Lord wants me to learn from these experiences, etc.
2. Temple worker. I asked about potentially being a temple worker a few months ago and right after I got my calling. I think if I carefully arrange my schedule I'd feel good about asking again and be able to do EVERYTHING. I really want to have this experience...
3. Missionary work. I bought a copy of Preach My Gospel today. I've read it before but I'm going to study it more seriously and see how things go from there. I also think I might look into volunteering at the TRC, especially if the temple worker thing doesn't look possible in the immediate future.
4. Meet my Aunt Karen. My dad and his sister don't really talk. I feel like it would be worth while to at least meet her and my cousin Anthony, just to try to connect with them. They are family after all. Maybe such an effort would help bridge things between my dad and Karen. I don't know. I've e-mailed her before. Right now the game plan will be to at some point plan a trip somewhere in their general vicinity and then ask if I could have dinner with them?... We'll see.
5. Stop wasting my time. Facebook in particular. Its good to stay connected to people. Its fun to look at all the pictures and such people post but I could be doing better things with my time.
6. Serving more in the community.
7. Be a better friend.

That's a good start. I'll review this list again in a few days, along with my bucket list stuff.

Wow... thats really bloody CSF. Hopefully somebody just did a lousy job on the spinal tap... Either way, we're calling this a night.