My Lenten Discipline

So, I have decided what I'm going to do for Lent. I'm not catholic, so I don't feel obligated to do something or give something up for Lent. And I can eat meat whenever I want during the next 40 days - bonus. However, I do think it might be good for me to practice a spiritual discipline. It may help me be more reflective, more spiritual...if nothing else it will help pass some time of this snowy winter that is dragging on!

So, I have decided what I'm going to do. I'm not giving anything up. I know there is a huge contingent of people that do this and that is fine. They pick either a vice or some food they love and pledge to abstain from doing this, or consuming this item. This will not work for me. Not only do I not like the idea of "giving something up" I just no myself too well to be successful in this area. I don't work well with feeling deprived (enter my love for the Weight Watcher's program). My experience has been that feeling deprived actually pushes me to partake in the "taboo thing" even more. I also just think that I would rather take the positive spin on this spiritual discipline idea and ADD something rather than take it away.

So, drum roll...I pledge to write 1000 words of my book each day of the 40 days of Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, February 17. This will ensure that I have at least 40,000 words written by Easter! Exciting! Oh, and blogging doesn't count towards the word count - that is extra! I finally started to write "my book" after starting with this blog and with the coaxing of my dear husband. I think he might be tired of hearing me blather on about things, but whatever the case, it has been started! I've decided to write about my weight loss journey - now, that is a surprise! I always thought that my first book would be about the teenage angst that I felt growing up, or some other work of fiction, but nothing has really made me feel as passionate as this weight loss journey. So, there it is.

What will become of this book? No idea. I'm writing it for me...as a creative outlet, a work to chronicle this part of my life. It might be cool if somehow, somewhere along the way I sold the idea to Weight Watchers and made millions, but que sera, sera.

Until then, guess I'll keep my day job and get that laptop crackin'!