Doing sugar and alcohol is a great idea. However, we use the Lent this year to delete 3 other things.
Carnival is over and Lent has officially started. By March 30, numerous people are now foregoing sugar, alcohol, meat or nicotine. But a healthy and happy life belongs to so much more than that.
Relaxation, nice experiences with friends or sufficient movement, for example. Therefore, we use the Lent time this year to practice in the following things:
#1 We do without social media
Of course there are these TikTok accounts and YouTube channels that are good for us. Those who inspire us with new healthy recipes or give us tips for more self -love. But that's mostly the exception.
Therefore, we completely do without social media during this time. So that we do not become weak, an app lock is set up. Instead of reaching for the cell phone several times a day, we can now use the time to do more beautiful things or simply to take a deep breath.
Reading tip:
#2 We do without perfectionism
Perfectionism and comparisons with others are not bad per se. Because they spur us to do our best and do it and sometimes a good step privately and professionally.
Nevertheless: there is definitely too much. At the latest when the feeling snows up, never being good enough or you feel bad if you can't give 100 %, you should try to push perfectionism aside.
Of course, this is easier said than done, but Lent can help to create a very conscious framework for this project. We are therefore trying to register perfectionist thoughts over the next few weeks and not to give them in.
Reading tip:
#3 We do without impulse purchases
At the latest since Marie Kondō we have known: A tidy home can help us to be more focused and more balanced in everyday life. What is often in the way of this ordinary, minimalist home is our impulse purchases.
Because rarely are these things that we really use in everyday life. Pulse purchases often happen out of a mood, which then fades as quickly as it came.
During Lent, we try to deliberately avoid such impulse purchases. Everything that appeals to us is saved and only bought when we still want it at the end of Lent.
