What's Everyone Giving Up / Committing to For Lent?

I've decided to give up giving up things

Sex and vacuuming.

Clutter, I plan on bagging lots of clothes out of my closet and going through my kitchen cabinets:

Negativity and self pity. I am going to find a way to be positive in someone else's life every day. Whether that be a kind word, a small gift, or some kind of help. 

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It's a joke.  I have been married for 25 years this coming August.

i don't give up anything.  

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I'm currently on Day 4 of Whole 30 so I've pretty much given up everything good in life. lol

But that will end 3/28. I'm going to stick with no candy (at a minimum) through lent.

1. Giving up all added sugar foods. I will still eat naturally occurring sugar that are in fruits etc., but no desserts, treats, or anything that has obvious sugar in it.

2. exercise 4-5 days/ week

3. work on my potty mouth--BTW, I have failed MISERABLY with this already. Sigh...It's a work in progress I guess.

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3 things. 

1. I'm not giving anything up. I'm adding something. First of all a background explanation. Somehow with my memory loss problems I started taking half of the amount of the special B12 supplement I'm supposed to be taking for my MTHFR gene problem. I'm supposed to take 2 pills and I started taking 1 by mistake. I have no idea how long the mistake went on, but my depression started coming back. Once I noticed it I asked my Integrative Doctor the correct amount and he told me 2 pills so I corrected it. I'm slowly starting to feel better. In the meantime I've stopped cooking for my family. Not a big deal for most families but we are vegan-whole foods, plant based (at least DH and I are) and we can't just order in a pizza or any fast food. DH, DS and I have been fixing our own dinners and so far things have been fine-no one is complaining at all. But I miss cooking for them. So for Lent I want to go back to cooking dinner every night, well at least most nights. OK, I'll start with some nights and work my way up. 

2. I want to clean out my closet and pack up all of the clothes that don't fit me anymore and give them away. It's time. I have clothes in that closet from size S to XL (18). It's from when I was yo-yoing in my weight so much in the past. Thanks to the whole foods plant based diet I've been at my goal weight I think for over a year now. I'm going to let all of the clothes that don't fit go to thrift stores and the really good ones I'll sell on Ebay. The ones with tags. There really aren't that many of those. I was going to hang on to them just in case but it's time to let them go and let someone else less fortunate get use out of them. Oh, and while I'm at it I have lots of clothes in the attic from when DS was growing up that I can take to thrift stores too including a whole basket of shoes. Will have to go through and sort them and see which ones are still good. 

I'm also going to look up those Planet something metal boxes and see where the donations to those go. Does anyone know. I will not be donating to Goodwill. 

3. I want to go back to Mass. I admit I've been a lapsed Catholic. I believe in my heart and I love the new Pope. I just haven't been attending. Last time I went to the same Mass at the same church I usually go it felt really cold. The music was really terrible and I don't mean to sound petty but music means a lot to me. This is the church in downtown Annapolis, MD. It is old and gorgeous. We have 5 different times we can attend Mass on a Sunday. I know I should choose a different time for Mass and try that. The church is 12 minutes from my home. The nearest Catholic church other than this is probably 20 or more miles away. 

Shame. Here's to the best 40 days of my life!