Lent began Feb. 14, but it’s not too late to make a sacrifice that will improve your life.
1. Give up riding elevators.
Don’t get stuck in a dropping elevator. Satisfy your workout needs and soothe your anxiety by taking the stairs.
2. Give up walking on the north side of campus.
Change up your walking path to spice up your life. It’ll give you a new perspective and, most importantly, help you avoid being hit by a rogue baseball and having to pay your own medical bills.
3. Give up using your car.
By the time you find a parking spot on campus, you usually realize it would have been faster to walk. There are some parking spots near the baseball field, but that’s a risky choice. Play it safe, and park far away, like in Nichols Hills.
4. Give up looking at other people.
Having trouble with your self-image? Who isn’t? Get a healthier perspective by loving your own body and avoiding everyone else’s. There are many ways to avoid looking at other people’s bodies. Since blindness is somewhat inconvenient, I recommend making blinders for yourself, so that you can only see the heads right in front of you. You may need to raise your gaze if a tall body walks by.
5. Give up snapping.
In the real world, snapping is not an appropriate substitution for clapping or showing approval. It’s a good idea to curb that habit now, so you don’t get fired for snapping in the middle of your boss’s inspirational speech at the formal company gala.
6. Give up Canes.
Let’s face it. You’re not going to win $100,000. Stop wasting all your money on fried chicken when you’re already in debt.
7. Give up showers.
Stop conforming to the demands of society. Let your natural self loose. If people don’t like your dank body odor or greasy, knotted hair, that’s their problem.
8. Give up the flu.
I’d really appreciate it.
9. Give up the practice rooms.
Why are you hiding your talents in secret? Practice in the caf and other public places. Everyone will love and praise you as you blast your voice/instruments in their ears.
10. Instead of giving up something, try reading an excerpt from your textbook each day and choosing a daily mantra.
Examples include, “Being ultimately concerned is being concerned with the ultimate” (world religions textbook), and “The ultimate particles of all homogeneous bodies are perfectly alike in weight, figure, etc. In other words, every particle of water is like every other particle of water” (inorganic chemistry textbook). Inspiring.
Comment below with ideas of other Lent sacrifices.
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