Most of you, I hope, will relate to what I’m about to attempt to explain.
In some way or another, we are all stuck in a rut that we comfortably dug ourselves in and on some level are satisfied with the status quo. Once in a while you come across something amazingly cool and make grand plans on how you can incorporate it into your life, whether it is wanting to play guitar, using a new gadget or follow some new exercise routine. Unfortunately, most of the time we fall off the wagon by getting distracted, “life gets in the way” or some other lame excuse we rationalise. Motivation seeps out and our deeply ingrained habits kick into autopilot, and there we go our merry way in our little ruts. It takes some serious kung-fu-ass-kicking discipline to stick to a new “plan” in order for the new “thing” to come part of our autopilot settings…
No, I didn’t fall off any wagon and am still dead set on my vegetarian journey. Yet, I found myself becoming complacent and questioning why I’m doing it. Every Saturday evening I sense a resistance and slight resentment to the thought of eating vegetarian the following day. Why exactly am I doing this again?
Hah! I found one solution to help with my apathetic attitude; by going back to where it all started – watching documentaries. This time it was Earthlings.
If you want to keep on the straight and narrow, you need to keep reminding yourself. Earthlings did the job. There’s this saying – human stupidity knows no bounds. I’d like to add “cruelty” to that sentence as well. Warning: if you’re planning on watching it, buy plenty of booze to numb yourself in order to sit through the harrowing experience…
more vegetarian recipes
Whoops, not so many recipes published this month. That said, my freezer is full of vegetarian food to keep me going on my weekly journey!
Hannah Hossack-Lodge
I have been veggie all my life so that is easy for me, but recently I have been trying to cut down on dairy and eat more of a vegan diet and it is hard! It is really difficult to change habits and adapt to a new way of eating so kudos for sticking it out!
Katie Bryson
OMG that is the very same documentary that turned my husband vegetarian – I dare not watch it!
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I am very squeamish these days so I probably won’t watch the video. I am what is now called a flexitarian, eating seafood (not meat though) that I judge to be ethically and sustainably sourced. It is difficult though as I do struggle with eating any animals or their “products”. I used to be a vegan but ate fish when I was pregnant and found a HUGE surge of energy. Other people find that when switching to a vegan diet. It’s a hard one though. It’s very honest of you to admit to wavering a bit.