Lent is today. In case you were wondering why people are walking around with black smudges on their foreheads.
Lent is a season in the Christian faith where Christians focus on prayer, fasting, and bettering themselves to allow them to grow closer to God. Lent is 40 days with Easter being the last day and Fat Tuesday is the pre-game. To start off the season, there is Ash Wednesday. The ashes symbolize your commitment to God for this period.
Every year, lent sneaks up on me, and I'm never prepared for what I want to give up. Some people are creative with their resolutions but others, like me, do the necessary "I'll give up french fries." This year, I am fully prepared to give up some of my guilty pleasures. While I was thinking about what I wanted to give up, I realized that just because I don't want to give up something doesn't mean it might not be a bad idea for someone else to give it up. I ransacked my brain coming up with these so now you have to pick one.
Here you have it friends, 52 things you can give up for Lent today!
- Soda
- Cookies
- Crackers
- Picking at your nails
- Instagram Filters
- Instagram itself
- All of the above (if you dare)
- Smoking
- Drinking
- Maybe just give up wine Mondays?
- Spitting your gum out into the street
- Snacking between meals
- Sarcasm
- HA, who are you kidding?
- Rolling your eyes
- Cursing.... I advise you to get a swear jar
- Fast food or anything with a drive through. Yes, that does include Starbucks.
- The word "bae"
- Texting and driving
- Snapchatting and driving
- Drinking and driving (Please cut this out of your life permanently)
- Finish a book
- Read the bible
- Forgetting to wear pants
- Chocolate. I'm aware Valentines day is right at the beginning of this process, make your choice.
- Blaming others because you suck
- Subtweeting, because who needs that in their life.
- Taking pictures of your food. Maybe just eat it?
- In fact, don't take your phone out at all while eating
- Checking your phone every 5 minutes
- Checking your phone every 10 minutes
- Body shaming yourself.
- Replying with "K"
- Facebook stalking your ex
- Stop using the phrase "New year. New me." when it's February (this is mostly for me)
- Being late to work
- Buying food while at work
- Coffee
- Caffeinated beverages
- Popping Advil on the daily
- Pretending like someone is texting you when you're in an elevator
- Being awkward around people in elevators
- Hoverboarding
- Parking on the line instead of between them
- Not reading your textbooks
- Thinking you don't have time to volunteer
- Using "I'm tired" as an excuse to not do something
- Being mean to your siblings
- Spending so much money on stuff you don't even need
- Yelling at people in your car when you know they cannot hear you
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