Fasting time

In Germany it is very common for people to fast for 40 days after carnival has ended. Since I am not a big fan of the carnival time, it should not be as necessary (for me) to fast until the Easter holidays, but I still want to fast in a different way in order to have some kind of self-improvement. This year I will try not to be negative for 40 days. 40 days without complaining, without getting upset about little details, without talking negatively about other people. I will try to see this as a self-improvement opportunity because I think we are often not grateful enough for the little things and what we have in life. Instead of being negative, we should think about the things we are blessed with. For example, the aspect of having a safe place to live, the possibility of earning money in a safe job or simply having enough to eat. We are seldom (too seldom is like saying "too not enough") aware that we are basically doing very well and that we should be grateful for it.

I am very curious to see what the next 40 days will be like for me and whether it will be difficult not to fall into negative thinking patterns.

Sehr gut, Mareike. Ich wüsste eigentlich nicht über diese "Fasting" nach Fäsching. Hört sich sehr interresant aus, sowie deine Entscheidung um sich selbst zu verbessern. Ich wünsche dir viel Glück mit deinem Ziel.

Fasting time

In Germany it is very common for people to fast (for; optional, but sounds more natural to me) 40 days after the end of carnival. Since I am not a big fan of the carnival time, it should not be so necessary (for me) to fast until the Easter holidays, but I still want to fast in a different way in order to have some kind of self-awareness/perception (while "experience" is the perfect 1-to-1 translation for "Erfahrung" that combo isn't something I've come across in neither spoken nor written English. Another option would be to paraphrase it, e.g. developing my self-awareness ) . This year I will try not to be negative for 40 days. 40 days without complaining, without getting upset about little details, without talking negatively about other people. I try to see this as a self-awareness because I think we are often not grateful enough for the little things and what we have in life. Instead of being negative, we should think about the things we are blessed with. For example, the aspect of having a safe place to live, the opportunity to earn money in a safe job or simply having enough to eat. We are far to seldomly aware that we are basically doing very well and that we should be grateful for it.

I am very curious to see what the next 40 days will be like for me and whether it will be difficult not to fall into negative thinking patterns.

Sehr gut :) ... sowohl das Englisch als auch der Vorsatz.