Keeping Up With the Joneses

I never settled on something to give up for Lent.  I was raised Presbyterian, and we weren't very strict about this tradition; in fact, the suggestion I remember was to add something on to your routine, but I truthfully have not paid much attention to this very important season in the Christian calendar.  But my Facebook observations extensive research indicates that people today seem to use these 40 days to make or break healthier habits.  I spent some time trying to figure out what my weaknesses are, what I use to fill the voids in my life instead of turning to my relationship with God.  And I admit, I wasn't willing to sacrifice watching dumb TV shows.  


Tonight, after I got tired of watching said dumb TV, I got on Facebook for a few minutes.  I don't spend much time on this site; I tend to use it more to track birthdays, and spend maybe 10-15 minutes surfing a few times a week.  While a number of users deactivate their accounts for Lent, the reason most often cited is because they spend too much time there.  But my problem is that Facebook causes me to sin.


It makes me covet.


It makes me ask, why have all of these people out there managed to move their lives forward to exciting places, cool jobs, starting their own families, when I am stuck?  It makes me wonder what I am doing wrong, why despite all of my hard work nothing has changed.  It causes me to compare myself to others, to be jealous, to be pissed off.  So I'm taking a break to see if that helps me re-center myself, just as soon as I finish telling people "Happy Birthday!"