Lent is coming up next month and I’m curious what you going to give up?

I don't give up anything for Lent. I figure if I'm going to give up something, I'll give it up for good.

I don't do that any more. If you give something up for Lent it suggests that there was something wrong with indulging yourself in it in the first place, so what are you doing going back to it later? If there wasn't anything wrong with it, it wouldn't be good to give it up. Some of the things I gave up for Lent stayed given up, and I eventually ran out.

"LENT" is coming up next month and i am curious what "YOU" are going to GIVE UP ?

i am familiar with the "IDEA" of LENT according to Wikipedia LENT is the PREPARATION of the "BELIEVER " by DIRECTED BEHAVIORS of prayer doing PENANCE mortifying the FLESH ( fasting absence flagellation ) , REPENTANCE of SIN ALMS-GIVING ( Charity )

the question addresses specifically MORTIFY THE FLESH one priest states the PRACTICED BEHAVIOR which is supposedly DIRECTED or DESIGNATED by a passage in Romans ( Paul or Saul of tarsus )... it does not say what one is PREPARING FOR according to information the EFFECT or desired outcome of MORTIFYING the FLESH is that SELF DERIVATION "helps" a person overcome both psychological and physical weakness ..

.. so how does a participant MEASURE what they have OVER COME .... to solve a problem usually one has to Identify the problem or is it nothing more than person A an authority figure ( leaders ) Commands COMPLIANCE and one COMPLIES

. well that confirms the definition of RELIGION a Cultural system of DIRECTED or DESIGNATED BEHAVIORS and practices , world views ( cognitive orientation ) sacred places TEXT , ethics promoting IDEAS terms SUPERNATURAL or TRANSCENDENTAL of societal organizations ..

.. a combination CONDITIONED RESPONSE ( Pavlov's dogs ) and RITUAL BEHAVIORS

the word "LENT" comes from old English "lencten " meaning SPRING SEASON there are SIMILAR practices in other religions Ramadan Yom Kippur the COLD FOOD Feasible (Chinese ancestor worship ) and counting of the Omer counting of the 49 DAYS between Passover and Shavuot

asceticism ( abstinence ) giving up sexual pleasure is promoted in Buddhism Hinduism Jainism and judaism..

. this respondent Nothing for Religious direction .

. I evaluate each day to see what is working and what might benefit from change daily its called LIVING LIFE ... why is one set of 40 days any different than the 365 days in every YEAR

Tobacco

Smoking.

I don't know. I gave up so much in New Year's resolutions, there's not much left.

This year for Lent, I'm giving up my New Years Resolutions.

Same as last year.... A solemn 40 days.

As a teenager the Ashes gave me acne on my forehead...

Tobacco

I think all Christians should fast from the first day of lent....

until the first day of lent next year.

If there is a god, he will not let any of you die.