20 Things to Give Up for Lent

Congratulations on surviving Mardi Gras! And as a prize for your good work last night, you may give up one thing for the next 40 days and nights. Yeah... I don't really find that prize very satisfying either... But it is tradition, and I do love a good tradition. So below I've compiled a list of some fun things to give up for Lent. They may seem a little silly at first, but that just adds to the fun. Besides, we've all done the customary abstaining from sweets, alcohol, and swearing for Lent. So why not try something different this year? Who knows, this might just be the year you actually make it the whole way, rather than “forgetting” and gorging yourself on chocolate bars 2 weeks in.

20 Things to Give Up for Lent:

• Diet soda – it'll probably just give you a stroke anyway.
• Watching the news – it'll just depress you.
• Gossip – it's giving you frown lines.
• Tanning – it's making you look like an Oompa Loomp.
• Being a coach potato – swim suit season is swiftly approaching, just saying...
• Online shopping – that credit card could probably use a break.
• Homework – they scheduled midterms during Mardi Gras! They lost the privilege to assign any more homework.
• Late nights – you're looking tired.
• Tea – pretty sure that was the whole point of the Boston Tea Party.
• Earmuffs – they make you look like Princess Leia.
• Celibacy – everyone deserves a break once in a while.
• Work – you complain about it all the time. Why not give it up?
• Fast food – your arteries will thank you.
• Housework – spring cleaning is coming up soon anyway.
• Cheez Whiz – it's not actually cheese.
• Trashy gossip magazines – read more blogs!
• Spicy Indian curries – they're wreaking havoc on your GI tract.
• WWE wrestling – at least watch a real sport.
• Expensive/difficult to pronounce coffee-based drinks – coffee, black (it's just so much easier to say and afford).
• SPAM – it doesn't matter if you interpret that to mean the food or the junk email, give them both up.