Okay, so, here's the thing...
When I was little, I used to be all about Lent. My mom and I would give up chocolate every year. I would inadvertently forget and eat a chocolate chip cookie somewhere along the line and have to pray for forgiveness, but mostly I did pretty well. Then Easter would FINALLY roll around, and I would eat half the candy in my basket before even making it to church.
After those first few years, I'd kind of forgotten about Lent. I'd say I was giving up chocolate, slip up by accident a few times, and then say "oh, what the heck" about three days in, give up entirely, and go eat a Hershey bar.
This year, I decided to go for it. I gave up Facebook. Now, I know that during Lent you're not supposed to be complaining about what you gave up, but I'm going to anyway. This is rough, guys. I can't talk to people when I should be paying attention in class. I can't stalk other people's lives and spend hours wondering why mine isn't as fulfilling. I can't procrastinate nearly as effectively. Life is tough.
This is only week one. Since Sundays don't count as part of the 40 days of Lent, I'm all OVER facebook this afternoon, but come midnight, I'm exiled for another week. Now, I suppose I don't NEED to hunt around on everybody else's pages all the time... but I definitely like having the option of getting on the computer and thinking to myself "Wow, that must have been a really fun trip you took. Your friends look so great. I really like that shirt. Why can't I be more like you? Where is my life even headed right now?! I hate everything." Just having that option is nice. But, since I'm complaining so much about how tragically difficult this is, I can't wimp out now.
Happy Freaking Lenten Season.
-Lauren
