As I am shoveling the muffin in my face at around 9:20, I always tell myself that it is ridiculous to eat something that decadent.

I am not Catholic even though you may think that I am with the amount of guilt that I usually feel during the day.  For me, there was nothing that I gave up for Lent..  I know this is the homestretch for some that gave up meat on Fridays, candy or chocolate.  I know one person that gave up elevators and only uses the stairs.  I am sure it sounded like a nice thought but after the third day,  working on the 8th floor was more difficult that she had anticipated.

I think about what I would give up for Lent.  The obvious would be the "glug glug" of the vodka or my smokes (if I smoked).  But those things are habits that you may not want to go back to if you quit even for a short amount of time.  Perhaps it's sacrilege but I think of Lent as being something to give up for a small amount of time but then it's open season (on that bag of M&M's or side of beef) once that window of time has closed.  So I think of things that I could give up for a few weeks.  This is what I came up with:

1.  Chocolate Chip Muffins:  Every morning with my large coffee I pick up a chocolate chip muffin.  And it's not a dainty muffin either--I believe it would be known as super sized in the baked goods world.  I started to getting them on a whim and even thought they were too sweet.  But now it's a daily occurrence.  Basically I am eating cake for breakfast.  And my justification is that 1.) This is just like a donut and 2.) I am running at lunch.  But then, as I am shoveling the muffin in my face at around 9:20, I always tell myself that it is ridiculous to eat something that decadent.  Also, I am afraid a co-worker is going to catch me during mid-shovel.

2.  Gossip/Pop Culture Websites:  You name it, I read it--People, Us Weekly, Radar Online, Entertainment Weekly, Perez Hilton to name a few.  I think it dumbs me down AND I tell people about what I read like it's real news that could affect the world!  I truly believe that the days that I am so busy and can't regularly check are better days.  My mind is free of mindless chatter.  But regardless, it pulls me in...and I usually feel dirty after the fact.

3.  Games on my Phone:  There have been many a night when I go to bed at 9:30 but the lights don't go out until 11:00 because I am playing Bubble Mania!  I feel like a hypocrite because I am the first person to give an eye roll when I see scores and levels of Candy Crush and Wheel of Fortune on Facebook.  I am doing the same but I hide it.  I even spend money to buy more balls or jewels to get to the next level.  I give myself a break on Scrabble because I think that I am exercising my brain...as I put the word "dirt" on the board.  Real smart, JCW. Reading about Taylor Swift's bitchiness just to find the word "dirt" in severn random letters.  I need to stop playing and pick up a book.

Terrible, terrible habits.  I just need to bite the bullet and stop these things or get a nun to hit my knuckles with a ruler when I don't.