I also love Advent. It may be kind of weird, but these long periods of waiting and anticipating are more fun for me than the actual Easter and Christmas holidays. It's all about the build-up! (Hey, women like foreplay.)
When I was a kid, some of my friends would gave up chocolate or soda or video games for Lent. I admired them because my parents never made me give up anything. Part of me felt like I was a lazy Christian, but most of me was grateful for having such chill parents.
Now, ten years later, I want to revisit this Lent thing. I mean really do it right -- none of the half-ass promises to give up chocolate while somehow making an exception for TDR cookies, none of the unrealistic resolutions to go to the gym every morning. I want this Lent to count. I want it to hurt. And I don't want to cheat.
So that's why I am (sit down, people) giving up Facebook.*
Yes, you read that right -- the ultimate Facebook creeper is stepping away from the recently updated photo albums, bidding farewell to the wall-to-walls, taking a break from refreshing the news feed, abstaining from chatting in class. This Lent will be a true test of my willpower.
I'm a little daunted by the days ahead. I don't know what I'm going to do without the constant comfort of Facebook, especially when I'm dying of boredom in my least favorite gen eds. But I'll do it. I'll do it for Jesus. Maybe I'll read the newspaper more, or send more detailed emails to my parents, or have phone conversations with my friends from home, or (here's a thought!) actually focus on my homework. Maybe I'll finally stop creeping on anyone and everyone I know (don't hold your breath).
So as of tonight, I am saying goodbye to endless, mindless Facebooking and committing myself to being disciplined. Lenten disciplined.
Wish me luck. I'll need it.
<3tara
* When I say "giving up," I should point out that I really mean "severely limiting." I figure that Facebook has become such an integral part of campus life (it's true! I swear!!) that I can't cut it out completely. I'll go on ONCE a day, just ONCE, for NO MORE than 10 minutes, to take care of the stuff that really matters. Like answering my relatives' wall posts and finding out about the next Guapo's night. Trust me, I waste so much of my life on Facebook, this is still an extremely serious sacrifice for me.
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