We have begun the Lenten journey! For those of you who do not know what Lent is, it is the 40 day time period prior to Easter celebrated by Catholics and other religions as well. I am not sure what other religions do because I have been raised Catholic, and I unfortunately am unaware with what other religions participate in this journey. During this journey, we are to "give up" something to prepare us for Easter. What we can give up anything from pop, to sweets, to my extreme- social media! You can also do something for 40 days that you don't normally do rather than give something up. This could be maybe saying a daily morning prayer or reading daily scripture. Really, it's just important to grow closer to God like Jesus did with his 40 day journey in the desert where he fasted from all earthly food and was tempted numerous times by the devil. With the small history lesson out of the way, I would like to talk about what it is that I have gave up which is social media! For me, that means, no Snapchat, Instagram, or Twitter since those are the only social media accounts I have. (I don't count Pinterest as one, but I'm sure it falls under that category) I did this once in high school and did well with it but I figured I would try again now as a college student. It hasn't been that hard so far! It's nice to not have to be bothered with constantly taking homework breaks to check on what everyone has been doing. I am a culprit of this social media generation so it is nice to not have to worry about it. My brother asked me how I haven't been tempted yet, and I guess it may because that I deleted the apps so I don't even have the access to them (unless, I go to the app store but I am way to lazy to do that lol) but I also think it is because I wanted to do this. I always tell myself that I should just delete the apps for a week, but never actually do it. And now since I have a reason to do so, I want to do exactly that. I want to live without out that loud noise that social media gives off. I am excited for this Lenten journey! I wish you all luck in yours and even if you don't participate in it, I pray that you grow closer to God during this 40 period time before joyous Easter!