Ash Wednesday

Not being religious, I am lucky that I found out Lent started today.

The way the brain works, if you can do something for 21 days you can make a permanent change. Lent is 40 days.

This year for Lent I am consciously giving up (1) sugar, (2) cheese, and (3) cursing. In addition to these sacrifices, I will do a minimum of 30 minutes cardio every single day for these next 40 days.

New for this year, I am also going to add financial consequences for slip-ups.

Eating sugar - $10 
Eating cheese - $10
Cursing - $2  (I'm scared this one may add up quickly)
Missing cardio day - $20

These fines are designed to get me back on proper course --not a "cheat pass" opportunity . Because my full intention is to succeed, I am not even thinking up what to do with any money that ends up in the Lent fund (hopefully there will be none).  I officially start tomorrow.   :)

This needs to be written and is way overdue.

It seems that many of my readers prefer to email me privately with their comments to my blog posts. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS! While I appreciate feedback, it should be posted on my blog and not emailed to me. Rarely do I have time to log into my email account as it is and for it to be filled with tons of extra emails which should've been posted as comments is frustrating.

For example, from my dog advice post.... Numerous people emailed me with the same advice. Had the comments been posted publicly, it would've been clear that these were duplicate suggestions. I also received a few emails from people who were having similar problems asking me to please share whatever information I received (I don't have time to do that, btw). By posting comments, these people benefit too.

Please continue reading and sharing (just limit it exclusively to the comment box). I really do enjoy hearing your feedback. Comments make me smile and feel loved. :)