{"id":5539,"date":"2014-03-05T21:45:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T05:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2014-03-05T21:45:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T05:45:34","slug":"the-longing-of-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/the-longing-of-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"the longing of the soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, all. I am doing this in a backwards manner because today is Ash Wednesday which means the beginning of Lent, so before I bore y’all with photos of my adorable nephew that I got to meet and spend time with this past weekend, I am going to tell you about my plans for Lent.<\/p>\n

A few years back, I started using Lent as a focus point in my life, helping me get back on track to something that I believe is important to me. It may not be “religious” for me any more, but it is certainly a spiritual act. Last year, I used Lent to focus my exercise, vowing to move my body for 40 days.<\/p>\n

This year, in keeping with my wants for myself this year, I am going to make time to read. I have reconnected to reading this year through my New \u00a0Year’s Resolution to read 52 books in 2014, and I think spending just 30 minutes a day will help me reach that goal.<\/p>\n

When I was in college, I read all the time; I read on trains, on planes, on the way to and from work and class. When I moved to LA, my commute became king, and I now tend to drive everywhere. Although I sometimes listen to books on tape\u00a0<\/del>CD, I usually am focused on traffic after work so I listen to NPR or music.<\/p>\n

But I’ve been trying to listen to spoken word more, by listening to podcasts (mostly RadioLab) when I run, and I have been trying to get to bed in time to read a book, not Facebook or Twitter or the millions of blogs I read.<\/p>\n

I’ve really enjoyed reconnecting to my love of books, and I hope these 40 days, a mere 20 hours of my life, can really remind me to pick up where I left off in that novel rather than that TV show or that feed.<\/p>\n

Do you guys do anything for Lent? Share it with me and we can help each other out these 40 days!<\/p>\n

Happy (Ash) Wednesday, y’all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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