Casey Humpherys

Leadership Action Plan

This has been quite the semester for growth. I have learned a lot from the savior in

these last few weeks about bettering myself. At the beginning of the semester, I had listed

three goals: Prepare myself spiritually for my work, Ask and humbly receive counsel, and Better

express appreciation for others’ accomplishments. I’d say they all turned out fairly well.

In my goal to prepare myself spiritually for my work, I had intended to add morning

prayer into my routine in order to start the day off on a spiritual note. This did not become very

consistent, however this didn’t mean my goal was not met. Instinctively, I actually started to

read my scriptures a bit more. This semester I started working out to take care of my body

more like the temple that it is, and I started listening to my scriptures while I worked out.

Listening to scriptures and getting my body in shape really did wonders in making me feel more

uplifted and ready to tackle trials in my day. I was shocked because I used to think going to the

gym was a waste of time, but I have felt significantly lighter and happier.

My second goal of asking for and humbly receiving counsel also went well. At my job on

campus, we have a lead student. I shared my goal with her and we met a few times in the

semester to talk about how things were going. She was very sweet when she admitted to me

that she didn’t have much feedback to give me as she looked to me as a role model in the

office. However, I shared my other goals with her and would report to her and it was nice to

have someone other than my husband to report to. With my husband, he was brave enough to

admit to me that I could be rather defensive when he brings things up. I have spent most of the

semester trying to not react in this way, I even argued to him during an assignment from my
Home and Resource Management class that I was “guarded” not “defensive”. Regardless, when

I last spoke to him he stated he had seen a change in me, though not perfect, he sees me really

trying to calm down and think about my feelings before reacting to anything that could

frustrate me.

My last goal was to better express appreciation for others’ accomplishments. My

husband struggles with depression and this semester he had a few nights that were really hard

on him. This goal came from the fact that his depression surfaces late in the evening when I am

trying and sleep so my sleepy crankiness makes me inpatient when he needs help so late. I

spent time thinking about this goal and instead of getting cranky, taking a deep breath and

telling my husband all his accomplishments for the day and remind him why I love him. This

helps him tremendously and when I asked him, he said he had noticed my effort in being less

cranky and tired and showing him the love and support he needs.