BACON IS GOOD FOR ME : Happy Vegetarian Birthday To Me!

♫ Currently listening to : Descendents - Everything Sucks

I’m coming up to my one year vegetarian birthday. 

I was a vegetarian when I was sixteen for two years and again when I was twenty for another two years. Each time I lapsed, and looking back I guess it’s because I didn’t really know my reasons for abstaining from meat. All I knew was that it didn’t feel quite right.

Last year, I went to America a meat eater and returned once again with my Vegetarian badge. It just didn’t feel right for me to be eating animals and something clicked in to place when I was away. I was travelling alone so I think I had more time to think (which a lot of the time is one of my vices).

With two veggie fails under my belt, I resolved that if I was going to do it again then I’d do it properly. I decided to research further in to it and decide how I really felt about meat consumption. I watched a number of documentaries, including Vegucated, which follows a group of meat eaters as they switch to a vegan diet for six weeks and learn how meat and dairy is farmed, which was eye opening to say the least; don’t get me started on ‘Free Range’ . 

I also listened to a debate between an independent meat and dairy farmer and a vegan activist about whether you should eat animal products. I can’t remember the exact debate I listened to but there are similar talks you can listen to online. Both parties made valid points, but upon conclusion I decided to choose the way of the latter. 

The last year has been fairly easy to be honest. I was never a big meat eater, so cutting it out completely came quite naturally. There have been a few instances where I’ve felt like eating meat, but I’ve dealt with it by saying to myself “Ok, if you want to eat it; then eat it.”

But, having educated myself on the production of meat and the treatment of animals, it’s one hundred percent not something that I agree with, and no meal is worth that; no matter how good it may taste!

Being a vegetarian has given me a bit more direction in terms of what I believe and, in turn, makes me like myself more. 

So, on a different note, but one that sparked off this post, I stitched a new design “Bacon Is Good For Me”* inspired by King Curtis. Cross stitching makes me happy!

*I do not condone eating Babe ;)