I just had a short conversation with a young lady in which she claimed to be giving up diet soda for Lent. She said she would give up meat, but she likes steak too much. Same with chocolate. Now that’s commitment to a god!
As an affirmed atheist, I feel it’s my duty to sacrifice something important to me, but the sacrifice should be comensurate with my piety.
I, therefore, am abstaining from three bean salad. My abstention may last well beyond Easter.
I’m a C&E christian. I gave up my salt-shaker. Back in January, I realized that I oversalt my food, and would like to regain some salt sensitivity for my taste-buds. Then lent came along = perfect excuse to finally do it. I’m still allowed to use salt-containing things, like ketchup, hot sauce or soy sauce, but no more salt as an additive to already seasoned food. So far eggs have been the hardest thing not to salt.
edit: I realize my answer was more serious then this thread required, so more to the OP: I’ve given up drinking low abv beers. Only the good stuff for me
I’m still fine-tuning the details though–is it ok to read books which are only kinda stupid? How much of the book do I need to read before I can be sure that it is a stupid waste of time which I should not be reading?
We’ve decided to finalize the adoption of our newest cat, so I’m giving up any pretense of maintaining a really tidy home. Past experience tells me that this sacrifice will extend through the next 10 or 12 Lenten periods.
I stopped eating red meat (for the most part) a few years ago. I always told myself one of these years I’m going to have an anti-Lent and eat nothing steaks and burgers for 40 days.
If I didn’t think that by now it would probably give me the trots for an additional 40 days, I might give it a shot.