Are You Giving Up Something for Lent?
February 17, 2010 at 1:32 pm , by Emily Chau
This might sound silly, but in the spirit of Lent, I’m giving up Gchat/AIM.*
I’m addicted to the Internet. Facebook, Twitter, email, you name it. My particular “vice”: GChat. I love chatting. I need chatting. In this fast-food-fast-cars-fast-lane age of interconnectedness, the interwebs keeps me up-to-date with my friends, family and coworkers. It’s not all a bad thing. How else could I conduct five conversations at the same time?
But it also keeps me distracted. Women are good multi-taskers (we’re women after all), but we also need to slow things down. I have a sneaky suspicion that if we took some time to pause and reflect on our lives—our work lives, personal lives and spiritual lives—we’d feel a little saner, a little more grounded.
Are you giving up something for Lent? Or doing something to better yourself during Lent? (Hint, hint: This is also the perfect time to rededicate yourself to those New Year’s fitness resolutions).
*Okay, maybe no GChat after 7pm.
Photo courtesty of enda_001
Categories: Fun, Health, Ladies' Lounge | Tags: Facebook, Gmail, Lent, resolutions, Twitter | 5 Comments
5 Responses to “Are You Giving Up Something for Lent?”
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Written on February 17, 2010 at 2:36 pm, by Sarah G.
Your gchat status links me to articles like this one, so really it’s just a service for the good of humanity.
Written on February 17, 2010 at 6:04 pm, by EmCox
ha, I agree with Sarah.
Besides, if you love Gchat so much, how come you never chat me?!?! hmmmm??
Written on February 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm, by Tiana M.
Em Chau is a rockstar. Nuff said.
Written on February 19, 2010 at 12:19 pm, by y
If I had to give up anything, I would give up Lent for Lent, heh
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