I never practiced lent growing up in the Baptist church. In fact, I didn't know what lent was until I went to college. I participated in the Wesley House, and that's when I learned about it. Marrying my husband, we decided to go to the Methodist church, which is the church where he grew up. Within the last few years, we've become a lot more active. It feels good to be active in a church again. Back to lent, when I was in college, a lot of my friends and I gave up things like chocolate...usually unsuccessfully. This is supposed to be a time of repentance...a time to make things good with God...a time to look to Him in struggles. As trivial as chocolate may sound, it's a big thing to give it up completely for 40 days. I heard something last year that I really liked, though. Someone said instead of giving up chocolate or a food, which so many people do, it's a good thought to give up a behavior that needs to be fixed. For me, that behavior is procrastination. I've been thinking a lot about it today, and I realized that if I hadn't procrastinated in a lot of situations, I would have accomplished a lot more. Making phone calls in my business, asking for help with the pageant, cleaning the house at the last minute before company comes over...the list could go on and on.
So, it's my goal to stop procrastination. By this, I have to be proactive and act on something when I think of it. Now, I won't be able to immediately act on things sometimes because of where I am or what I'm doing, but I'm not going to continue to put things off time and time again. I'm going to do it! Get things done! This time, it's more than being accountable to myself. I have to be accountable to God...which is really who I'm accountable all the time. After 40 days of no procrastination, things should change in my life, and I'm thinking for the better.
I want to document this and the things that I no longer wait to do but take action and do. I'll do the best that I can on that.
I've got lots of things to do!
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