Sacrifices, diets and lent: oh my!

[Jingo]

With Lent starting at midnight, it seems a lot of people are aiming to give up various treats, consumables or habits - religiously driven or not!

I do not pursue the Lent period with religious intent, but as a motivational exercise that ultimately ends in a great big warm cuddle of self-satisfaction ... if completed!

This year I think I'm going to 'give up' online social-networking; no facebook, no forums, no twitter!

I think this will be suprisingly difficult considering the vast number of interactions that take place across these sites, but I also think it will be really interesting to see how much of a timesink they really can be otherwise!

Lent in 2011 will start on Wednesday, the 9th of March and will continue for 46 days until Saturday, the 23rd of April

So will anybody else be trying to go without anything for Lent this year?