She's hopeful that putting her renunciation of Facebook in the spiritual context of Lent will help. She plans to use some of the time she would have spent online in prayerful reflection. She's also joined an online quitting-Facebook-for-Lent support group. (Since the group is hosted on Facebook, none of the members -- in theory, at least -- will be logging on to comfort one another during their days of trial.)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
On giving up Facebook for Lent
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That is pretty funny but could be a painful sacrifice for some folks.
ReplyDeleteI don't do Facebook, but about 13 years ago my family of 6 gave up TV cold turkey for Lent. I thought I was gonna die, but after a while had adjusted. By Easter we decided to just give it up permanently, and have not looked back.
ReplyDeleteIt was a sacrifice, but the payoff was worth it....which is often the point of sacrificing in the first place.
I should mention I tried on another Lent to give up coffee....that didn't work out.
I had a friend who gave up Lent for Lent. He said it worked out OK.
ReplyDelete"I had a friend who gave up Lent for Lent."
ReplyDeleteA common approach.