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If We Were Really Honest About What We Should Give Up For Lent

"The older I become, the harder Lent is... and the more cheat days I create."

Aubrey Woolford

Mar 07, 2017

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If We Were Really Honest About What We Should Give Up For Lent

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Lent started this past Wednesday and I have always been the type of person to give something up. From shopping to chocolate to something as silly as Disney Channel Original Movies, otherwise known as DCOM's. As I get older, though, I’m realizing that I become less disciplined when it comes to Lent. This past week, my friends and I came up with a list of things we could possibly give up, and although we were joking about pretty much all of them, I think it’s important to realize that we think big, even if we don’t follow through with our actions.

Now before I begin, for this year's Lent I am not so much giving stuff up rather than being more honest with myself. This includes self-love, spending more time “taking a breather”, becoming less of a procrastinator, and so I can tell my parents that I gave up something… Instagram (tbh that was actually extremely difficult).

However… if I was really honest with myself and had more will power, I would MAYBE give up…

1. Looking in the mirror. Ok, I will admit, I am extremely vain and have been low-key obsessed with looking in the mirror since I was a baby. No, I’m serious. Apparently, I used to spend HOURS looking in the mirror when I was two years old.

2. Netflix. I was actually thinking about this one, but c’mon people, I’m still on season 1 of Shameless… and it’s AMAZING.

3. Coffee. LOL, I was actually telling people that I was giving this up, and they all laughed at me. Enough said.

4. Shopping. Did I mention I am the biggest retail therapy shopper there is?

5. Going out. One, I’m a college kid, Two, the weather is finally warm. Three, it’s St. Patty’s day in a few weeks... and I go to a very Irish populated college.

6. Chocolate. Well, I was high key thinking about this one, until I came home for break and started craving dark chocolate like no other, and we happened to have dark chocolate chips in our pantry… plus my Starbucks order consists of light mocha syrup, and I cannot cheat on my Starbucks order, we have a tight relationship.

And lastly…

7. Snapchat. I would, I really would. But I get bored EXTREMELY easily and I rely on Snapchat stories to entertain me. Whether it’s a basic pic of food or some fancy beverage or simply a funny video, they are always there. Also, people, I have snap streaks I need to keep up with!

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4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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