The Usuals:

• Give up candy/sweets.
• Give up television time.
• Give up or limit soda or coffee.
• Give up or limit video games.
• Spend more time with family.
• Give to the poor.
• Do an extra chore each day.
• Perform a random act of kindness.
• Spend more time in prayer.

Prayer:

• Attend Mass on a weekday (every day if possible).
• Pray the rosary each day, alone or with your family.
• Make a special prayer notebook and list all the people in your life who need prayers; pray for them each day. Add someone new every day.
• Pray the Angelus each day at noon.

For Those Addicted to Pop Culture:

• Give up or limit watching sports on television.
• Drive to work in silence each day.
• Read a story to a child.
• Sit in fifteen minutes of silence each day.
• Write a letter to God each day.

For Internet Users/Bloggers:

• Set time limits on overall online time.
• Limit Facebook time.
• Limit Tumblr time.
• Limit Twitter time.
• Leave an encouraging or positive comment on a different blog each day.

For Those Who Need to Be More Grateful

• Each week write a thank-you note to your parents.
• Write a poem of praise for each person in your family.
• Get a stack of sticky-notes and write one sentence of thanks each day and stick it to the bedroom door of each person in your family so that by Easter they each have 40 sticky-notes.
• Write a list of the ways God has blessed you and add to it each day. This could be done in a notebook or on a big poster hanging on your wall.
• At dinner each evening ask your family to share one thing for which they are grateful.
• Make a point of saying “Thank You” a certain number of times per day.
• Help your children write thank you letters to their teachers.

For Those With Lives Out of Balance

• Go for a walk each day with a loved one and talk about life and faith.
• Take the kids to the park each week for some carefree time.
• Give up fast food and give the money to charity.
• Exercise each day.
• Spend at least half an hour each day in meaningful conversation with someone.
• Give up your most unhealthy habit.

For Those Who Need to Increase Their Service to the Needy

• Volunteer for food programs.
• Begin making visits to a nursing home.
• Help an elderly or disabled person in your neighborhood with yard work or other difficult chores.
• Coordinate a clothing drive.

More:

• Give up or limit text messaging.
• Give up swearing, cursing and foul language.
• Give up gossiping.
• Cook dinner each night for your family if someone else normally does.
• Make breakfast each morning for your family.
• Pray with the daily Mass readings each morning.

(Source: nicksenger.com)

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