So, I'll go ahead and tell you mine, too: observe all the fasting traditions, give up sweets, confession weekly, rosary daily.
Mine is waking up at or later than 8 AM - I do this all the time! Also, I'm exercising before breakfast this Lent.
I already gave up soda but I don't do lent I just gave soda up for my health but I guess that counts I mean iam giving up something next step smoking one step at a time.
I don't participate in Ash Wednesday, but this had no answers. But if I did I would give up meat.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.