It seems like its that time of year again. I didn't even know when Lent would start until I read a pancake recipe yesterday in the Metro. It was in honor of Shove Tuesday aka "Fat Tuesday," being today. I guess I still have a couple of hours to figure out what I will be lenting this year. Last year I gave up chocolate and I did surprisingly well. Though Sundays don't count as part of the 40 days, I didn't touch chocolate all through lent until Easter morning- You bet it was hard!
This year, I've had some ideas and I feel the urge to challenge myself to not be "excessive". In the past term I read and learned about people consuming excessively and I know sometimes I do it too-be it buying clothes, snacking, or just hoarding what not.
So maybe I will give up being excessive? I don't know how I will go about doing this because the boundaries seems fuzzy already. I guess I will be more conscious of my actions and perhaps this will make me reflect on my usage of time and money more. Recently, I find myself focusing on school excessively. I forecast this month to be cold, blue and foggy for me since I have so much to do. School is that gray cloud over my head and thus, I've been thinking and concentrating a lot on what I have to get done each day: what is due, which member of my group project(s) is doing what, etc.
Hopefully, this month will shed some light on me, not only to initiate Spring (if it comes), but also to add some sunshine to my days and welcome Easter.
What are You giving up for Lent?
i talked to a couple people at school today about it and some interesting things came up d= what about giving up laziness? for one person in my class he said he was giving up laziness on reading the bible, so he will read the bible every single day for the 40 days hoping that it develops into a habit
ReplyDeleteooh nice! maybe it willl last longer than 40days and become an everyday habit =)
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