So I'm trying to limit Facebook duing Lent because I am a little bit addicted to it. I don't really think I realized HOW addicted I was until today.
So I've allowed myself to check it and play the game I love morning and night. However, I've found that as soon as I'm the slightest bit bored ieither tab onto it or if I'm on my phone I click on it - without even realizing! Holy smokes! They should have a program for this thing.
Wish me luck.
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2.22.2012
2.21.2012
It's that time again!
Lent is around the corner (it's tomorrow, so really). For me, this means a lot of introspection and a LOT of sacrifices. Last year I gave up TV and it was really hard for me, so I've decided to take it a step further. I am giving up TV again, I am also giving up desserts and candy, along with limiting my FB time.
I think Lent is the perfect season to think about what really needs to change in your life - to make God the center of it. I know there is a lot of "noise" in this world today, things that distract us from religion and God. It is very hard to fight against the media and everything else, but I think once I cut it out I will have a larger sense of satisfaction than I do when I browse facebook for 2 hours.
A great article about Lent is here. You should read the article, but I'll post some of the ideas of things to sacrifice here:
Ideas for Adults
Fasting
Skip lunch one day a week.
Skip meat an extra day — or two — a week.
Give up alcoholic beverages — except in social situations where you would stand out otherwise; then have just one.
Give up soda — even diet soda.
Give up all desserts.
Don’t buy anything except groceries and absolute necessities.
Fast from listening to talk radio or music in the car.
Prayer
Begin — or begin again — the daily Rosary.
Meditate for 10 minutes a day — Magnificat offers a wonderful daily meditation.
Attend Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy devotions or Eucharistic adoration.
Start a nightly habit of spiritual reading. For example, one of these new books: Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection, as well as Father Robert Barron’s Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith.
Read the Compendium of the Catechism (just four pages a day will allow you to finish it in Lent).
Almsgiving/Charity
Volunteer to deliver food to the poor.
Join the social-concerns committee at your parish.
Make a significant donation to a deserving charity with each Lenten paycheck.
Forgive someone, and tell him or her you want to patch things up.
Say a kind word to everyone you meet.
Pay one significant compliment — or more! — to each of your children every day.
Offer to watch the children of a new mother one day a week throughout Lent.
Visit an elderly friend or relative.
For Children and Teens
For younger folks, don’t be afraid of the adult ideas. But if none will work for you, try these:
Look for and address a need in your house every day.
Start asking, “Is there anything else I can do?” after you do what your parents ask.
Turn off your phone except for specific times at home.
Give up video games. Yes — entirely — throughout Lent (except Sundays!).
Send a note to each grandparent, aunt, uncle and godparent during Lent.
Make a new friend outside your “crowd.”
Be a friend to a shy person.
Give up that bad place, person or thing.
Choose a favorite toy, book or piece of clothing and put it away until Easter.
I think Lent is the perfect season to think about what really needs to change in your life - to make God the center of it. I know there is a lot of "noise" in this world today, things that distract us from religion and God. It is very hard to fight against the media and everything else, but I think once I cut it out I will have a larger sense of satisfaction than I do when I browse facebook for 2 hours.
A great article about Lent is here. You should read the article, but I'll post some of the ideas of things to sacrifice here:
Ideas for Adults
Fasting
Skip lunch one day a week.
Skip meat an extra day — or two — a week.
Give up alcoholic beverages — except in social situations where you would stand out otherwise; then have just one.
Give up soda — even diet soda.
Give up all desserts.
Don’t buy anything except groceries and absolute necessities.
Fast from listening to talk radio or music in the car.
Prayer
Begin — or begin again — the daily Rosary.
Meditate for 10 minutes a day — Magnificat offers a wonderful daily meditation.
Attend Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy devotions or Eucharistic adoration.
Start a nightly habit of spiritual reading. For example, one of these new books: Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection, as well as Father Robert Barron’s Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith.
Read the Compendium of the Catechism (just four pages a day will allow you to finish it in Lent).
Almsgiving/Charity
Volunteer to deliver food to the poor.
Join the social-concerns committee at your parish.
Make a significant donation to a deserving charity with each Lenten paycheck.
Forgive someone, and tell him or her you want to patch things up.
Say a kind word to everyone you meet.
Pay one significant compliment — or more! — to each of your children every day.
Offer to watch the children of a new mother one day a week throughout Lent.
Visit an elderly friend or relative.
For Children and Teens
For younger folks, don’t be afraid of the adult ideas. But if none will work for you, try these:
Look for and address a need in your house every day.
Start asking, “Is there anything else I can do?” after you do what your parents ask.
Turn off your phone except for specific times at home.
Give up video games. Yes — entirely — throughout Lent (except Sundays!).
Send a note to each grandparent, aunt, uncle and godparent during Lent.
Make a new friend outside your “crowd.”
Be a friend to a shy person.
Give up that bad place, person or thing.
Choose a favorite toy, book or piece of clothing and put it away until Easter.
4.04.2011
Giving up television...not all that it's cracked up to be
I mentioned a while back in this post that I was giving up television for Lent. While I understand that giving up something for lent isn't meant to be easy (don't get me started on people who give up food or soda or something super easy), I didn't have any idea it would be this hard! Before I got married (and I suspect became a Mom), I never ever watched television. I was mostly browsing the internet or out and about somewhere. Somewhere in between becoming Austine's wife, and Ethan's mom, I became a "watcher of the television". Maybe even an avid watcher.
I have favorite TV shows now, that I actually miss if I don't get to see them ( I'm confused by this too). This year, I watched the Bachelor for the first time since my mother and I sat down with it over ten, maybe even 12, years ago! I am crazy about Bones, who wouldn't like a scientist with a logical sense of humor. Being Human is really flipping entertaining, and while Ghost Hunters isn't the highest form of scientific investigation being done, it certainly is one of the most entertaining. Last but not least, I miss watching Teen Mom 2 and the train wreck I just can't peel my eyes away from.
Obviously, if I'm pining after TV shows, I should be cutting down on them anyway. Part of me argues that since I'm home alone with the equivalent of a small (yet very cute) monkey, I miss human interaction and just want to see it on a daily basis. The other part of me just wants to admit I'm addicted.
I have favorite TV shows now, that I actually miss if I don't get to see them ( I'm confused by this too). This year, I watched the Bachelor for the first time since my mother and I sat down with it over ten, maybe even 12, years ago! I am crazy about Bones, who wouldn't like a scientist with a logical sense of humor. Being Human is really flipping entertaining, and while Ghost Hunters isn't the highest form of scientific investigation being done, it certainly is one of the most entertaining. Last but not least, I miss watching Teen Mom 2 and the train wreck I just can't peel my eyes away from.
Obviously, if I'm pining after TV shows, I should be cutting down on them anyway. Part of me argues that since I'm home alone with the equivalent of a small (yet very cute) monkey, I miss human interaction and just want to see it on a daily basis. The other part of me just wants to admit I'm addicted.
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