Lent 2019... what are you giving up (or adding)?

[Anonymous]

Hard to believe it's almost Ash Wednesday.

After a lot of thought, I'm giving up alcohol (it's been way too present in my everyday life for the past year or so), deleting FB from my phone (again, a distraction that I don't really need and it doesn't make me a better person) and I'm adding a 6:30 daily mass once a week before work.

What are your plans?

[Anonymous]

This will be my first time in my life observing Lent. I wonder what I'll do. I came back to religion in my 30's and was never very thoughtful or serious about it before as a child

[Anonymous]

I'm going to give up sweets, except on Sundays -- everyone's weekly day off from sacrifice -- during which I'll pamper myself with cheesecake, peppermint patties and a big chocolate sundae.

[Anonymous]

I try to give up DCUM every year since it's a huge time suck for me.

[Anonymous]

We are going to do a decade of the rosary every day and a full rosary once a week as a family. I know a lot of people do this anyway, but we never do it. The kids seem really into it, so that will keep DH and I on the ball.
I have some friends who do Best Lent Ever as a married couple. I haven’t done it before, but it looks interesting.
I haven’t decided what to give up personally. I like the idea of DCUM.

[Anonymous]

What is Best Lent Ever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is Best Lent Ever?

https://dynamiccatholic.com/best-lent-ever

The videos are just a few minutes long.

[Anonymous]

I’m giving up wine. (I have a work event during Lent at which I might drink a cocktail, but it’s really wine that is becoming an indulgence at home. I rarely dine out.)

[Anonymous]

Old DCUrban Mom here--I gave up alcohol for Lent in 1996 and never went back to it. I felt so much better on many levels. It was hard at first, but wasn't hard at all by the time Easter came. I'm happy I've never started up again.

[Anonymous]

Giving up clothes shopping. Adding a daily mass before work once a week as well.

[Anonymous]

I've noticed my video consumption has been creeping up lately. Cutting back on entertainment TV. Going to replace with educational videos & books.

[Anonymous]

i'm going to go to mass one day during the week and say the rosary once a week.

i gave up alcohol back in October -- best decision ever!

[Anonymous]

If I do, and I did last year, I do traditional lent. No animal products at all. But, I have been following no grains(other than a bit of rice) and no sugar diet and just lost 5lbs... So, I don't know. I want to observe Lent but I also feel good about losing 5lbs. I am Orthodox so it starts on 11th.

[Anonymous]

I'm giving up the Methodist Church and their stupid focus on politics and social issues instead of Jesus and saving souls.

[Anonymous]

9:40 you are Orthodox in what religion? I have not heard of traditional lent or giving up all animal products.

I'm glad for this post as I did not realize Ash Wednesday is tomorrow.

I'm back on the chips, so I'll give up chips. LOL

I gave up alcohol a few years ago, and it also was a great decision that I've kept (but I'm not totally strict about, I'll have some wine here and there, but I notice that I can't get through a whole glass. How taste buds can change!)

I also gave up caffeine one year and totally blew it; my headache was so bad I thought I might be a dangerous driver. But the following year I gave it up (because I started slowly, a few days before, not cold turkey) and it was a GREAT decision; I'm much less anxious.