Gave

Some things I gave up in 2013 (a little late, I know):

-watching soap operas. I used to watch the whole lot, except for Hollyoaks. One by one they fell by the wayside and I suddenly found all this time I had back to myself.
- wearing make up. It has been very liberating.
- using shampoo, conditioner and hair styling products. I now wash with bicarbonate of soda, condition with apple cider vinegar and use no styling product. It has done wonders for my hair. I used to use styling products to put the curl into what I thought was frizzy hair. Turns out the shampoo and conditioner just used to take the curl out of it. Now it curls all on its own, it doesn't really frizz and is generally much more manageable,
- caring what other people think of me. I used to wear others perceived thoughts of me like a mill stone round my neck. I decided what God thinks of me is actually all that matters, so I threw that mill stone away and have walked on air since.