Why do Christians give up something for Lent?

Why do Christians give up things for Lent? Should I do it?

In the earliest church, Lent began as a period of preparation for baptism. People who converted to the Christian faith and received Jesus as Lord and Saviour, were welcomed into something like “an apprenticeship” during which they were mentored in Christian belief, worship, prayer, and practices. The final weeks led directly to baptism, which was celebrated on Easter Sunday.

Part of the preparation for baptism included the discipline of fasting — for example, doing without meat or abstaining from food for one or more meals every day. This is the origin of the custom of giving up something for Lent.
The point was to enter voluntarily into a spiritual exercise intended to
(a) deepen one’s prayer life and walk with the Lord
(b) and heighten anticipation of the great festival of the resurrection.

If “giving up something” raises spiritual consciousness and serves as an aid to a more intimate prayer life, an aid to reflect on the meaning of the dying and rising with Christ, and to claim one’s baptism as God’s solemn promise to be our God, do it!

Spiritual discipline should simply mean a focused time toward the end of deepening one’s relationship with Jesus.

But if it is nothing more than a topic for discussion, a way to any form of perception of spiritual superiority, or just a pain that makes one feel like a martyr, then, do not do it!!!