Chelsea Logan points to the encouragement to be found in the Easter story...
"One of the ways the Church has historically leaned into the season of Lent is through the discipline of fasting. Fasting is typically practiced by abstaining from food but can also include giving up benign habits or activities to make space for prayer and deeper intimacy with God. This could look like one person fasting from food on Fridays, while another may fast from watching the morning news. I have fasted a variety of things during Lent, from bread to alcohol, to social media, to red meat. And every year I just can’t hold to it perfectly. Whether that means I hop back on Twitter out of boredom, or I decide that 40 days is much too long without a pastry, I do not carry out the fast completely. I fail."
https://depree.org/de-pree-journal/facing-our-failures-in-lent
