I'm in my mid-20s, I'm single,
and I'm in the YSA branch.
There's a lot that I really
love about my life right now, and there's also a
lot that is confusing. And it's scary to have
your whole life spread out in front of you, and you have
no idea where it's going to go or what you're going to do.
The big things they talk
about--careers and marriage and finances and all of these
things--they all feel so big and scary sometimes.
For me, doing things like
reading the scriptures, praying, is a way to manage
that fear and anxiety, which are both things that
I struggle with. When I have a day where
I'm thinking about, "What am I going
to do about my job? Or where am I going
to take that?" then I can turn
to the scriptures.
It's not, I read the
scriptures and I'm like, "I am going to
do this exact path." But when I invite the
Spirit into my life, then I feel more calm
and more at peace.
I've been putting
more of an effort to try to stop and pause as
I read and think about, "OK, how does this apply to my life? What sorts of things am I
learning from these verses?" and try to slow down
and make it less of, "I'm reading every
day to check a box," and instead be able
to make it really more of a study and a
personal experience.
