Discovering Wellbeing : What's Going On Till Easter

They say telling others what your goals are is the best way to be held accountable. I couldn’t agree more.

Today, I’m putting out on the big worldwide web a few self-improvement goals for myself for the next 38 days until Easter. Every year my family practices the tradition of lent. The 40 days before Easter we each choose a “change” to make in order to improve our personal lives to become more Christ like. The greatest sacrifice made in this world was Jesus dying for our sins on the cross. For 40 days what can you change to become closer to Christ? What sacrifices will you make in his name?

Starting this past Wednesday I have developed my own “Becky Lent Plan.” Along my journey I’ll be giving updates as to how following my newly self-improvement goals is going. Below are the “changes” I have chosen to make in order to become more of the person I want to be:

Life Focus Area 1: Health

What I’ll be giving up:

à Pop (sorry diet coke, my addiction will be challenged here)

à All sweets and junk food

What I’ll be adding:

à Running at least 3 times a week—10K April 18^th

à Continue dance classes and challenging body physically, as well as focusing on healthy living

Life Focus Area 2: Materialistic

What I will give up in his name:

à No buying of clothes, jewelry, movies, or other non-essential items

What I’ll be doing in his name:

à Only buying disposable items that are essentials: hygiene items, food, class materials, etc.

à Will allow to eat out if with people (focusing on relationships is important to me, and in college eating out or grabbing coffee is a common relationship building time)