What are you giving up for lent?

[Halftermhalf]

For me it's social media and sugar.

Ate so much crap today, actually quite looking forward to it.

Lol at lent seeming very inward

nothing. Do people still do lent

But giving up biscuits or whatever doesn’t make someone a better person, and it’s hardly a great test of endurance. I’ve always just found it rather childish. If you want to give something up and it to be hard + a bit of suffering why not give up hot water or wearing shoes or something?

Blow Jobs and Salad.

Thetwirly - it’s totally inward looking, giving up cake or wine etc benefits absolutely no one except the person giving it up getting a health benefit + some sort of personal satisfaction at their virtuousness.

@CordeliaNaismithVorkosigan i might join you on the 40 days of mn abstinence. Shall we meet here on Easter Sunday?

It's ok to do things to help ourselves to. I'm like many women in that I always put myself last, always helping everyone else. But, yeah, sometimes I think it's ok to look after myself.

Bread & chocolate. I am currently in the perfect mindset to bin off both. Haven't really had chocolate at all in last few weeks as dieting. Bread will be harder as I'm partial to a slice of toast when hungry. 40 days of lent. 1 Stone to go

But not eating eating bread can have a positive effect on ourselves. It's ok sometimes for us to look after ourselves too. But as well as looking after myself I'll be doing with my DD the Lent giving calendar they do at her school. You bring different items everyday to be donated to the homeless.

Pancakes 🤷‍♀️

Sorry just in case this is not allowed

Summer - of course it’s fine to look after ourselves - but that’s nothing to do with lent!

Religion and cleaning

Crisps and chocolate. A bit of a cheat as I gave them up for new year and haven't relapsed yet.

My DD (7) is giving up veg🙄 because evidently she eats it!

I’m giving up cheese and it’s going to be very difficult!

God

Lent

I disagree - Lent is a time for self reflection and a time for strengthening out spirituality. I find self care is an important part of that.

Going to sleep after midnight.

Arguing on MN! It is such a waste of time.

Me too! Well actually not using my phone in front of my kids, social media and sugar.

Good luck

I don't agree. Practising any form of self-discipline, where you pause before taking the quick fix option, and defer gratification, leads to long term benefits.
If we all ate less sugar and bread and drank less or no alcohol, we'd ease the burden on the NHS for starters. We'd be healthier role models for DC and fitter, more energetic parents and co-workers.

Practising any form of self-discipline, where you pause before taking the quick fix option, and defer gratification, leads to long term benefits.

I agree. Although it's become a custom to give up sweet things, or meat, e.g pancake day, carnival, mardi gras, it's the self discipline which matters. If you know you have been pigging out food wise, then that's a good discipline. For others the discipline of using their time effectively instead of wasting it, or doing something for others instead of always for yourself, might be a more appropriate discipline.

I told my AC that I’m giving up childcare for lent!😆
Didn’t go down well.

I was going to give up chocolate, but after reading this I’m going to add MN too.

This is my last post until Easter. I think this will be harder than chocolate and I hope will lead to more positive changes. This year I am feeling the religious pull more strongly, previously I was perhaps half-hearted with lent.