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A Vegan's Biggest Regret
I love just about everything about being a vegan. The past (almost) 4 years have been full of transformation, discovery, growth, and meaning. But there is one thing I regret about going vegan, and today I'm sharing it with all of you.
I love just about everything about being a vegan. The past 3 years have been full of transformation, discovery, growth, and meaning. But there is one thing I regret about going vegan, and today I'm sharing it with all of you.
My biggest regret is...
That I didn't go vegan sooner.
I went vegan at 19 after 8 months as a vegetarian. That means I spent almost 2 full decades contributing to unnecessary slaughter and abuse of innocent animals. Almost 20 years of contributing to the industry with the number one largest negative impact on the environment. The vast majority of my life punishing my body with unhealthy foods.
In the past 33 months as a vegan, and 8 months as a vegetarian before that, I have saved (according to PETA's estimate) at least 365 animals, and potentially many more.
But in my 18 years and 11 months as an omnivore? Despite eating relatively little meat compared to the average, I likely consumed somewhere in the ballpark of 1,900 animals. That's almost 2,000 sentient beings gone, just because I wanted to eat chicken nuggets and ice cream.
If I could, I would go back in time and do it over. I would go vegan as soon as I could make my own food choices.
I would correct my biggest mistake.
But I can't. And so, instead, I would like to urge you to go vegan. Try it for a day, a week, a month. Preferably forever. Because it makes a difference. YOU can make a difference, no matter what anyone says. I promise you that difference is not a small one to the animals who live rather than die, to a planet that needs every ounce of help it can get, and to your body that is suffering under the weight of an unhealthy diet.
One person can create a ripple effect that changes everything.
And that person can be you.
Not sure how to start? Read this post on how to go vegan, pick up a book from my resources page, or book a coaching with me one on one.
Oh, and subscribe to my newsletter for updates about my ebook, coming soon!
You can do it, and I'm committed to helping you succeed.
Learn from my biggest regret.
Go vegan today!
Until next time,
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If this sounds like you and you want to make a change, this video is for you:
I set out this year to read a book from every country in the world and created a spread in my reading journal to track my progress (see image below). When I mentioned my goal in a YouTube video the suggestions started flooding in, and I realized it was worth taking the time to put together a little resource for us all to share!
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Today I will be sharing with you my favourite vegan gummy vitamins for maintaining optimal health as a vegan of over 7 years!
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From January 5th to January 19th, $1 will be donated to the Australian Red Cross for every order placed to aid in emergency relief for those affected by the bushfires currently ravaging Australia.
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Hi all! I'm excited to share my completed Rhodia Webnotebook with you today as I flip through all of my bullet journal spreads from January to September 2018 :)
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After getting a bunch of questions about how I drew the line art animals in my April Plan With Me video (which you can watch here) I decided to make a little tutorial showing more in depth what I do and giving you all my tips and tricks!
Plan with me for December with a winter pinecone and birch tree theme in my bullet journal!
Coined by Elizabeth Jean @xparmesanprincessx, the personal curriculum trend is about creating a self-directed learning plan focused on areas of personal interest, loosely based on a school curriculum structure, including things like assigned reading, goals, assignments, and final projects.
At its core, the personal curriculum movement is about celebrating lifelong learning and intellectual curiosity. It's about being more intentional about how we spend our time when we're not sleeping, or at work, or doing the basic maintenance or admin or chores to keep our lives going. It's about using our free time to enrich our lives in a way that is purposeful and intentional and joyful, indulging our curiosity as adults, even once we're outside of structured school environments, getting excited about learning and allowing ourselves the freedom to go down those rabbit holes in our special interests, to challenge our brains in ways that we maybe don't get the chance to in our day-to-day lives.