This year I decided to give up discretionary spending. It sounds so easy, but I can’t tell you how many things I’ve had deny myself. Even a bottle of water on the drive home qualifies because I don’t really have to have it. It also means I’m rereading all those books I loved and kept just in case I ever wanted to read them again and didn’t. Check out my new (old) recommendations at www.janeatchley.com

I'd love to hear what some of you gave up for Lent, and how it is working for you.