Secular Lent – take two.

So, I’m over a week late, I didnt have any pancakes and I’m an atheist.  However, it’s that time of year again, and I’ve decided to take the arbritrary block of time that is ‘Lent’ to set myself some goals.  So two years ago it was chocolate and crisps.  This year it’s a bit less tangible.  The last month or so has been very emotional and stressful for me.  I thought I was at a fork in the road of my life, but it turns out it was a crossroads and I am now on my journey forwards on my own.  To make this a successful journey,  I need to make some changes.  I need to control some unhelpful behaviour that fuels my negative thinking and my tendancy not to value myself.  Whilst I’m taking steps to deal with this in a deeper, more long term sense, I need to make some practical changes as well for the short time to get myself back on track.  (To continue the metaphor, (probably beyond its usefulness) at the moment I am sitting by the side of the road gazing wistfully down the two tracks that weren’t meant for me.  I need to dust myself off and start making  postive steps along my own road)

So, my goals.  These mainly concern may tendancy to obsess and to waste time on things beyond my control.  The specifics of these goals are, well, quite specific and will be recorded elsewhere so as not to reveal anything on my general blog that might upset or annoy anyone else.  However, I will update on my progress here (and there) and I hope that by the 12th of April, just over 5 weeks from now, I will have curbed some destructive behaviour, and taken back control of my life, emotions and responsibiliy for my own happiness.

Wish me luck!