What To Give Up For Lent...

So, today is Fat Tuesday.  For some reason it seems incredibly early to me.  Every year I give up something but I feel unprepared this year.  I began to think to myself what are things people commonly give up, and what would my success rate be giving up those same things?  So then, instead of thinking for myself, I just googled it.  This is OpenBible's list of the things most people give up for Lent.  Let's discuss:

Chocolate:  I don't like it that much anyway so this would be too easy.

Smoking:  I don't smoke, so again, too easy.

Drinking:  Well, Ash Wednesday is my birthday and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a cocktail on my birthday.  I don't want to do a half-assed version of Lent (pretty sure Jesus does not approve of me using half-ass and Lent in the same sentence) so I'll refrain from this one.  But I'm also starting another 30 day challenge on the 14th, so I'll be giving up alcohol anyway.

Cursing:  Hell no.

Facebook:  Even though I need to, I don't think I can.  I'm sure everyone would be glad to not read my annoying and frequent status updates all the time, but sorry folks...you're probably still going to see them.

Television:  Gotta have my Biggest Loser, Girls, and Modern Family fixes.

Dating:  Again, sadly, way too easy.

Fast Food:  Haven't had any since 2012 so this is a no-brainer too.

Giving Up Things:  This is the "working hard or hardly working" equivalent of Lent.  Don't be a nerd and do this.

Soda:  Rarely drink it anyway.  My life sounds really boring after going through this list.  I swear it's not.

Sex:  Um...if you're having it, why would you give this up?  That's stupid.

Shopping:  Considering I need to buy food, this is going to be a no.  I'm sure it means clothes shopping, but since I rarely do that yet I seem to be at the grocery store three times a week, I'm going to take this to mean grocery shopping.

Sweets:  Again, don't eat them, don't care.

Religion:  Gave that up a long time ago.

Makeup:  The world would not like if I gave this up.  World > Lent

Coffee:  This, I could do.  In fact, this might be the winner.

Meat:  Considering I used to be a vegetarian, I could easily do this too.  But I won't, because i just bought some scallops I can't wait to cook.

Cheese:  I couldn't live.

So, it looks like coffee will be the winner.  I'll make sure to make one last trip to Starbucks and pour a little out in honor of my sacrifice.  I'm sure my coworkers will love the fact I'm giving up coffee.