Lenten Promises 2013 Status Update #4

Fourth update...I'm posting these updates to force me to be both accountable and focused.  Last week had big decisions, more to follow.  Overall things are going well on these Lenten promises, the first one needs some work, but the others are having as good or better success than I first estimated.  There is still work to do to make sure we get final success



1st Lenten Promise is to declutter for 15 to 30 minutes most days
I'm not taking a stop watch to this tasks, so the status is more of a thumbs-up / thumps-down.

    week 1 - Feb 10- 16 - Success, but a bit sloppy/slow over the weekend
    week 2 - Feb 17 - 23 - Fairly Successful, I may try to start timing myself to help keep focus
    week 3 - Feb 24 - Mar 2 - this is slipping, I need to refocus
    week 4 - Mar 3 - 9 - I'm making progress but its slow
    week 5 - Mar 10 - 16
    week 6 - Mar 24 - 30


2nd Lenten Promise is to go out for at least 4 fish fries
In hindsight this is going to be harder than I thought as I look through my personal schedule.  It may end up being a bunch of lunch time take out.  Update, the impromptu Stations and Fish Fry with the YACC group is really making this one easier than I first thought. 

    1 Completed - Friday, Feb 22 with the YACC alumni at St Agnes
    2 Completed - Friday, March 1 with the YACC alumni at St Florence
    3 Completed - Friday, March 8 with the family for Dad's bday
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3rd Lenten Promise is to consume no more than 2 bags of snack food per week (Sat to Fri)

    week 1 - Feb 10- 16 - Success!
    week 2 - Feb 17 - 23 - Success (but no exclamation point); the post-Valentines sale caramel popcorn almost caused a problem, luckily I got it under control in time
    week 3 - Feb 24 - Mar 2 - Success
    week 4 - Mar 3 - 9 - Success, and still have a quarter of last week's pretzels left over and only started the baked potato chips at lunch today (so no new bags started on Sat or Sun - that's good)
    week 5 - Mar 10 - 16
    week 6 - Mar 24 - 30


4th Lenten Promise is attending and/or participating in 6 spiritual events this Lent The impromptu Stations with the YACC alumni went so well we are planning to do it again this Friday and even started throwing around the idea of going every week during Lent. 

    1) Completed - Fri, Feb 15, Jesus Christ Superstar
    2) Completed - Fri, Feb 22, Stations of the Cross at St Agnes, with YACC alumni
    3) Completed - Fri, March 1, Lenten Day of Retreat   
    4) Completed - Fri, March 1, Stations of the Cross at St Florence, with YACC alumni
    5) Planned - Sat, March 23, Zion Passion Play (tickets purchased)
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