What will you give up?
Lent starts on Wednesday. I'm not Catholic but i do take part in the practice Lent. My items of self-denial are pretty boring/standard - candy, cheese (as a snack), and talking about others at work.
The candy is fairly self explanatory. The cheese as a snack has produced some lively conversation. I have issues with cheese when it comes to making a sandwich. One slice of cheese doesn't sufficiently cover a sandwich. I will take a second slice and put half on the sandwich. The problem is the remaining half of cheese ends up in my mouth as a quick snack. When making supper at night I will often grab a chunk of brick cheese to tide me over until the meal has finished cooking. This is the cheese snacking I want to cut out.
Talking about others at work. This is the part about being a woman I dislike the most. I need to just keep my mouth shut. I don't need to know all of the intimate details of the other folks in my department. I don't need to know the latest gossip. I certainly need to take this statement out of my daily life "you didn't hear this from me...."
Anyone else? What are you giving up?