tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036528759304766052.post736250237466878638..comments2023-12-01T05:25:13.023-06:00Comments on The Joyful Johnsons: Book Club Week 9Roanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267573890805062760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036528759304766052.post-60219725713669520832017-02-26T22:06:34.807-06:002017-02-26T22:06:34.807-06:00I like to begin new things on Monday also, althoug...I like to begin new things on Monday also, although sometimes I just begin whenever because I figure "there's no time like the present!" I remember years ago when I decided to quit diet coke. I just decided to....it wasn't a Monday or a special day, but I knew it was unhealthy and so I stopped. And I have not popped open a diet coke since.....<br /><br />I often think of the first day of Lent as a clean slate day. I'm a Protestant, so we don't formally do anything for Lent in the church I attend, but I always observe Lent in some way (usually giving something up and also adopting something to help with my spiritual walk). Less often I see the first day of Advent in the same way. I kind of like thinking of January 1 as a clean slate day, but the truth is, we're always out of town that day and still celebrating the holidays with my family in Charleston, so it doesn't feel like a "fresh, new" kind of day. It feels like an extension of the party! :) <br /><br />I should transfer it to January 10. My daughter's birthday is January 9. By the 10th we are home from Charleston, the Christmas stuff is put away, we're settling back into a routine, and the birthday celebration has passed--so maybe Jan 10 can be my Jan 1!!Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403233175071026416noreply@blogger.com