veggietarianizm

I am just over six months meat-free wahoo.

I was a vegetarian for a long time, I wanna say 8 years without breaking it. But then I broke it! It was at a time in my life where I was rediscovering myself and experiencing change. I had moved out of my parent's house finally, I had a girlfriend I moved in with, I dropped out of school, I was becoming part of a new social group. Things were changing and I was re-evaluating. I dunno!

I broke the vegetarianism thing because I felt stifled a bit. It felt like an obligation that I had to adhere to, and not a choice I was freely making. I gave myself some freedom and worked some meat back into my diet. I didn't deny myself things that I wanted. I didn't fully drop the vegetarian thing though. I was still eating mostly vegetarian, I was trying out vegan cooking, I was all in on the introduction of Impossible Foods. I continued to use meat substitutes and make myself vegan meals at the restaurant I work at. But I also found a love of burgers and BLTs. I went to Japan and ate every single thing offered to me, and it was a culinary and cultural delight!

But then I became complacent. I stopped being concerned with my meat intake, I wasn't thinking too much about it. To a point where I was just eating whatever trash. That's not good, that's not what I want. I've always had a small nagging voice of "hey be a vegetarian it's the right thing to do" but I just brushed that away, whatever.

Why'd I come back? I dunno, maybe a few things. For one, that nagging voice from the last paragraph. A desire to better myself. Daffodil, a pal on the internet, was posting about animal liberation so I'm thinking about that stuff again. I didn't even mean to be vegetarian again, it was an accident. It was January 3rd or 4th and I had just noticed that "hey I haven't had any meat in 2026 so far" and I thought that was super convenient. So I kept it going. Here I am six months later or whatever, haven't eaten any meat.

Turns out it's really easy! I forgot! You just gotta uhhhhhhh not eat any. Bam, done.

Next step is vegan. A lil harder, I think that just requires some cooking skill and knowledge that I have yet to attain. I'll get there eventually!!