Releases

When I was called as Institute Council President, I was told that there were two ways to get released: get married, or get out of the stake boundaries. Who knew I would find a third: get back to my old calling. It's true. I'm finance clerk again, and ecstatic about it. And now, I even get to spend time with my dad, the new second counselor in the bishopric.

Now that the responsibilities I had for the YSA are behind me, it seems appropriate to say a few things I wish I had done differently. In honor of Peter King's weekly dispatch "Ten Things I Think I Think", I now present "Five Things I Wish I Did":

1. I wish I had been more assertive the first few weeks I was called.
2. I wish I had been more violent vocal when I saw others try to do my job and the jobs of those who served with me.
3. I wish I had delegated more.
4. I wish I had told those who needed to know that certain things being presented as submitted by myself were not - it would've helped me and saved another some grief.
5. I wish I had been able to serve another few months, because by the time I figured things out, I was a week from my release.

But, that's the nice thing about serving in the church. I learned a ton of lessons, and will now be better in my future callings - although, from my point of view, there's nowhere to go but up from here.