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Five more days

Yup, there are five more days to my Lenten sacrifice Yeeeey!!! Yup, I have not gone online since March 8 and today when I got my bill (my significantly underutilized consumable Smart Gold plan ergo I kinda had to pay anyway for a service I did not use toink), it dawned on me that it’s been 35 days since I went on this little sacrifice I have realized a lot of things in the month that I have been offline for more time than I’m used to and I guess I can say it’s a good thing

For one, I think I am a much better conversationalist now. I don’t know if that’s a real word, but I’m going with it haha! I can actually sit through an entire meal without checking my mail or my Facebook or chatting with someone online, thus I am able to do better in offline relationships. For example, yesterday I managed a whole two and a half hour conversation with someone without even checking my cellphone/going online! Yey me.

Secondly, I have become a safer driver. Yes, I realize with all the time I have left the phone in the bag how reckless and careless my behavior often is.

Lastly, because I am not always online, I have learned to focus on other things. I realized that many times I was going online when I’d be in the car because I didn’t like having to sit by myself and to just be alone with my thoughts. But because I forced myself to do that, I guess I’ve grown in that aspect of my life. In those many, many times of silence, I have learned so much about myslef.

So there…my Lenten sacrfice…..my friends were teasing me about it at first, especially since I am not usually the type to practice these traditions or observe such rituals. Apparently from sacrifice so much can be learned. I did this only as a challenge, but in the end, Im gained so much in return

At the end, I guess it was all well worth it

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