Lent, what if anything are you giving up?

I advise giving up voting Tory and not just for Lent.

FannyCornforth

It would be life changingly marvellous to give up worrying.
I shall give it a go

Same here Fanny, I'm sick of waking at 6 a.m. and things rolling around in my head, I have got to stop worrying.
Do something about my weight so I suppose that is certain foods.
We had family at the weekend and was told by DD she had never heard me so grumpy and sarcastic, not with them but with life in general.
I'm turning into a grumpy gran or as she put it a grumpy old git. It is with worrying.

Georgesgran

I’m sure the OP posted this looking for humerous replies.
Keeping things light, I might give up still wine and stick to fizzy for a few weeks!

Oh, good idea, Georgesgran
I was going to give up wine but there's a meeting tonight and someone is bringing Prosecco.
Giving up still wine sounds like a plan 😁🥂

A rolling programme of "c".

Week 1 crisps, week 2 as week one but add in chocolate, week 3 as 1 & 2 but add in chips, week 4, as before but add in bed-time cocoa, week 5 as before but add in cookies, week 6 as before but add in cappuchino.

Have done it before with the goodies in different order and it is fun. Plus my botty bags are a tad looser by the time Easter arrives.

FannyCornforth

It would be life changingly marvellous to give up worrying.
I shall give it a go

This sounds good to me!

I've recently found that I need to give up eating gluten so that is quite enough sacrifice for the time being...

Ive given up giving up..oh & ice cream.cause i rarely eat that😉

I'm with Juliet27

(and) what is all this about self-improvement, deprivation and sacrifice? How about enjoyment, self-indulgence, happy times and fun at this low time of year? I'll only hit the salads, up the exercise and cut back a bit in the height of summer!

FannyCornforth

It would be life changingly marvellous to give up worrying.
I shall give it a go

Weekly counselling can sort that out...dealing with stuff from the past helps you to be able to live in the moment and one day you find you aren't worrying any more. I worried and was anxious and in fear (extreme) for 56 years. Now I'm not worrying about things. It's life changing. Do consider it seriously.

I am going to try to give up negativity and embrace the positives that life has to offer. Or perhaps I should give up poring over the news which certainly doesn’t help these days!

I've given up more than an absolute maximum of 2 units of alcohol a week. If you really stick to units and not glasses it's not a lot. Not doing it for Lent but because a relative is unwell and may need driving to hospital in a hurry. It's open ended and I've spent our joint alcohol savings so far (partner used to drink a pint most evenings and I'd sometimes get through a bottle of wine a week) on a food processor! Now eating lots of slaw which is nice but no compensation and has its drawbacks. Must learn some new recipes.

I'm with all the worriers - would love to give it up for Lent and forever. And pessimism too.

I've already given up heating, lighting and food. I'm not planning to give up anything else.

Definitely a religious thing. Being a Christian never easy..’Take up your cross’. It’s hard to follow Christ involves self denial, which we are talking about. Jesus in the wilderness..not just bread, but need word tells us about following God. Am preaching on Sunday…there you have the bones of my sermon.

Thank you Grammy
I’ve had different types of counselling numerous times.
I had a marvellous therapist last year who I am still in touch with.
I can’t say that it has had much of an impact though on the negative thinking.
Having said that, I think that I’m better than I was. Stopping work had the biggest impact.
She was a Compassion Based Therapist.
I do encourage others to look into Compassion Based Therapy.

I do wonder if we need a Worry Support Thread though?
It appears that it would plenty of takers!
I’ll mull it over…
Sending love to all fellow fretters

Sorry, Grammy, I forgot to say how wonderful that it helped you so much. What type of therapy was it, if you don’t mind me asking?

Following "Dust and Glory" too Doodle

Someone once told me to give up self doubt - no it didn’t work long term, or even short as far as I remember …

Cabbage !!

Hadn't thought of 'Cabbage', Pammiel! Could add it to the 'c's.

Lent? Are all those who 'donetuff' for lent practising Christians I wonder?
Me? Nope , never have even when in a fanatical Catholic household

Dumdum. What a lovely post. I was thinking the meaning had been lost 🙏

Worrying and definitely migraines . Neither of which I know are possible so nothing at all ,I'm afraid .

Chocolate (not that I buy very much of it these days), biscuits, sweets, and buying books. The money I save will be donated to A Tent for Lent.

I’m evidently giving up peppers, cucumber and tomatoes. My plan was to make more trips to the gym (giving up sitting) but they’ve just announced there’s a problem with the heating system which may take a week to fix, so not a good start.