Last year, my lent fast was facebook. I waste way too much time stalking my friends and acquaintances. And I don't spend enough time actually connecting with them. Still true. I have, however, set some rules for myself, and I'm pretty good at following rules. Therefore, I believe last year's fast had a good outcome.
This year, I decided my most prized possession is my sleep. I do whatever I can to get to bed by 9, I growl when the alarm goes off in the morning, and I've begun grumbling at my precious baby girl when she wakes me up before my alarm does. It's really not worth all the fretting it causes me! :)
This lenten season, I will give up sleeping until the last possible second. I am going to set my alarm for 5:30 every day but Sunday, and I am going to get out of bed without snoozing. I will spend the time drinking a cup of coffee (yep....I'm making the rules, and that's still allowed!), reading, praying, waiting for the sun to come up, and doing whatever else I can think of to greet the new day with a good attitude. I'm actually trusting that the time alone will be restful. (Which is quite contrary to the unrest of hitting snooze 5 times in a row.)
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