Last month I can safely say was a bit of a failure, and this month isn’t shaping up to be much better.  Let’s look at exactly what I managed not to do:

  • Didn’t even try to initiate contact with relatives and family throughout the month.
  • Barely read the Guru Granth Sahib.
  • Did not attend a single service, religious function, or information session.
  • Did not manage to converse with the religion’s adherents.
  • Did not acquire most of the five symbols of a Sikh.

However, all is not lost, as I did manage to:

  • Grow a beard and abstained from cutting my hair.
  • Read a bit of the Guru Granth Sahib and secondary texts.

I think I’m beyond making excuses for myself at this point.  Right now all that I am following of Judaism is the easiest of the dietary prohibitions- not eating pork.

Tomorrow is the Sabbath.  I don’t know whether the prohibition against work covers school work as well.  Even if it did, since I’ve managed not to get anything done today, I don’t think I can afford not to work tomorrow.