Goals

Answering this simple question may just be the key to true satisfaction and eternal joy.

I am still going to open that manual week after week. But this is no longer about finishing. It’s about feeling.

We compiled a list of our favorite quotes from prophets and Church leaders that might just change your approach to New Year’s Resolutions.

Instead of making an overwhelming list of goals, try reflecting on what went well this year as you shape the next one.

“Not a day goes by that I’m not inspired by our stories. From body image to friendship to scripture study, here are the 6 stories from 2023 that have inspired me to change how I approach gospel living in 2024.”

This excerpt originally ran on LDS Living in December 2019.

Soccer is Olivia Moultrie’s life. But two things are more important to her than the game she loves: faith and family.

The Come Unto Christ Facebook page recently posted a series of images that might make you rethink your goals for this year.

Here are four suggestions to change your social media experience so that it positively influences your life.

Take a look at these quotes from Church leaders to keep you motivated to stick to your goals so they stick to you.

When it comes to self-improvement, it seems that “the spirit is indeed willing but the flesh is weak.” So how do we overcome weakness to fulfill our goals?

Each year, as we reflect back on what we did—and didn’t—accomplish, we seem to get this fire to accomplish everything imaginable in the New Year. Lose weight, save money, study the scriptures, write in a journal, see old friends. By February, we’re burnt out and regretting that long list on the fridge. By March, the list gets lost somewhere behind children’s artwork and coupons from the mail. Then the rest of the year passes all too quickly, and we find ourselves starting all over again.

With a new year, we often need new motivation. Maybe you're convinced this is the year you'll stop eating sugar altogether, or maybe you set a goal to continue doing daily acts of service. Many of us make goals, and all of us fall short at one point or another.

Though he has been the prophet for less than a year, President Nelson has already issued some amazing invitations and statements that can make fantastic New Year's resolutions for you and your family to help you come closer to the Savior this year. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

The world around us is full of opportunities. The hard part is choosing the right opportunities for us. How many times do you have to choose between two good things? Will trying them all make you truly happy or which opportunities will get you where you truly should be? On the other hand, we sometimes fear the opportunities and the possibility of failure, which will stop our progress. So how do we balance our thoughts and our desire, so that we can make better choices that can lead us to our true purpose?

Playing under bright lights in front of noisy crowds, dunking the basketball, chasing down loose balls, defending world-class athletes, knocking down threes, and getting paid in the process is a dream only a few can comprehend. It was a thrill.

If you haven't jumped on the bullet journal bandwagon yet, you may want to watch this tutorial first.

For more information on this topic read “A Time to Prepare,” by Elder Ian S. Ardern, Ensign, Nov 2011, 31.

Can you believe we're already a month into 2023?! How are your New Year's resolutions holding up? Whether you're in need of some motivation to keep up the good work or some encouragement to get back on track, take a look at these 7 quotes to help you achieve your goals this year.

Family councils are necessary today to help the family unit achieve individual and family goals, combat the evil influences in the world, and understand accountability to one another and to God. In many ways, these councils are how God accomplishes His work on Earth.

What great insights to give us a little motivation as we get ready to start another week in a new year.

Before you finish making your New Year's resolutions, you might want to take a look at these insights from our Church leaders.

So you’ve set some goals to be better and, like every other year, at least a few will be dragged through the winter months before becoming fertilizer to the spring flowers of forgetfulness. And yet, goals are one of the things in life that we need to stay spiritually alive, whether we accomplish all of them or just a few.

As a new year begins, many Latter-day Saints are contemplating what worthy goals to strive for not only for this year but for many years to come.

Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles encouraging young adults to set goals, use social media wisely, and face the future fearlessly in a worldwide devotional on Sunday.

See the Holy Land. Index 1,000 names. Do 100 percent home teaching or visiting teaching. Many Saints have gospel-related goals. So, what's on your Mormon bucket list?

It's the end of January, and my son is furiously trying to finish his science fair project at the last minute despite my warnings (pleadings!) weeks early to finish it early “or you’ll be sorry.” The end of term occurred just days before and I had the pleasure of listening to not one, but two teenagers give me passionate speeches ranging from “The teacher must not have entered the grade in right,” to “Don’t worry, I’ve got it covered, and I won’t really learn unless I handle this on my own,” and my personal favorite speech: “Grades don’t really matter because it’s really about the learning process.” (I keep telling my kids that I WAS a jr. high and sr. high teacher. I know their tricks and I know students, and 9 out of 10 times, I’m going to be on the teacher’s side. Sorry.)

January 1st brings the promise of a new year and a new you. During the first week of January, gyms are packed with people, weight-loss ads flood the media, and desserts are avoided like the plague. But when the calendar flips to February, old habits can start to creep in and before you know it, you are off track. So, how can you keep the excitement of your weight-loss journey alive for longer than a month?

Was “lose weight” one of your New Years' Resolutions? Losing weight can be tough, especially when you have to make family dinners that everyone will eat. Here are 14 recipes from 400 Calories or Less with Our Best Bites to help you feed the family and lose the weight. The best part? The nutritional information is already calculated for you.

Latter-day Saints are full of New Year's resolutions to draw closer to God, but are we approaching our faithful goals the wrong way? Read on to find out how to succeed in your 2016 faith goals!

We were somewhere in between Barstow, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, heading back from a long weekend in California. To me this was one of the least appealing parts of the drive, with only a sprawling, desolate brown desert and some random Alien Jerky billboards to look at. We had piled in a car for one of our many road trip adventures and had spent the weekend discussing everything from English literature to politics, fashion to humanitarian aid, and teaching to running biomechanics (I had to throw that topic in!).

A man was hiking through the forest when he saw something half-way up a tree.

That’s one of my favorite quotes from President Hinckley. The example of Peter in this instance really hits me, because I tend to be a victim of “Sunday resolutions,” those bold declarations that are so easy to make and so difficult to live up to.

New Years is an exciting opportunity to start fresh and set goals for yourself… but the reality is that old habits die hard.

If there's one word I dislike more than the others, it might be 'resolutions'. Why? Because I make dozens of them every year and find myself looking at a checklist that's only a tenth of the way checked off by next New Year's. It's completely my fault, I know, but it's still super overwhelming to see how many things I've left undone at the end of the year. Again.

Dear Angela:

I’m a bit of an obsessive list maker. I’m not particularly obsessive about actually using lists, but I love making them. I have running lists of places I want to visit, movies I want to see, books to read, restaurants to try, home improvement projects to tackle, topics I would like to learn more about, etc. I also have about half a dozen Post-it notes stuck around my computer screen at work with assignments needing to be completed and ideas for streamlining and improving implementation of other projects. And of course I have the obligatory list outlining my resolutions for the year.

In ancient Rome, Janus was the god of beginnings. He was often depicted with two faces—one looking back on the past, the other looking forward to the future. Some languages name the month of January after him because the beginning of the year was a time for reflection as well as planning.

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Preparation: Obtain a map that shows major cities and roads.