Lent

Lent has just begun. Despite not being catholic, I decided it might be a good excuse to give me that extra reason to have willpower to make a change in my habits. Never buy a pound of candy- because when you finish it you have to look at the bag and go "holy shit I just ate a pound of candy in a week (with some help)". So I decided maybe I should cut back on my sugar intake. Or at least not buy any more candy for a while- so I decided to give it up for lent. Originally I had said all sugar. ( I quickly realized this was impossible when making my coffee in the morning, and revised it to be just sweet things like candy and dessert.) Then I got to class and was hungry and started rummaging through my backpack and found jolly ranchers. And I ate them. And then I gave up. It's a lot harder to avoid dessert when you have 7 options and 2 frozen yogurt flavors available for no extra charge twice a day. If I can't even make it through the first day of lent, I basically have to give up right then and there, because if I can't go one day how am I suppose to go another 39? Instead, I'm just looking forward to easter, an excuse to buy more candy with rabbit/egg/ spring themes. To everyone else attempting to give something up to make a positive change for a while, best of luck. Hopefully you do better than me.