Take Counsel, Prepare, Organize

I've been reading in the book of Abraham, in the Pearl of Great Price. He was shown a vision of the creation of the earth. He talks specifically about how the gods "took counsel among themselves", how they "prepared the earth", and how they "organized the earth".

It seems to me that these principles should apply in my life as well. We as a family or as a couple need to take counsel among ourselves to decide what needs to be done for any problem or challenge. We need to prepare, to get things ready. And we need to organize.

These ideas seem obvious to most people. But I have always been organizationally-challenged. I tend to just rush headlong into doing something and then discover that I don't know what I'm doing or don't have the needed supplies. Instead, I need to discuss and think it through, get ready and organize. Then I'll be ready to get going and DO IT!