2008, The Year Without
Mace is doing this really excellent project called “2008, The Year Without.” Each month she picks a different thing to deny herself (so far: fast food, fried food, booze, french fries).
I love this idea and I am going to try to do it myself. A few days ago I was thinking “Why even wait until June, let’s start on May 15th!” but this week has turned out to be pretty difficult, so I’m not sure if that’ll happen.
The things that Mace is denying herself have all been food-related, but I was thinking I might try to extend that. I’m vegetarian, lactose intolerant, unable to manage fried foods, and don’t drink terribly much (read: super fun on dates), so that doesn’t leave much room for interesting denial. Here are some of the types of things I’m considering denying myself:
- Sugar/candy (for me this would be like if you gave up going to the bathroom for a month)
- Biting my nails
- Swearing
- Looking at Facebook
- Saying mean things about other people
What are some other good ideas, I wonder.
Anyways. Today’s what, the 14th. Yeah I don’t know. Maybe I’ll try to go the rest of this month without biting my nails or picking at my fingers, just to get the feet wet.
