This is the best advice you can give someone imo. Im like 75% vegan, still have eggs and bacon on the weekends, some chicken with dinner, some other stuff here and there. But mostly its beans/tofu and rice with veggies.
Some people think they have to give up everything all at once right now and of course that seems overwhelming… because it is.
Perfectionism is often used as a shield to prevent change or to avoid challenging yourself or your own rigid thinking. When you see someone saying it’s all or nothing they’re actively sabotaging themselves, often that’s exactly what they want to be doing, plausible deniability
honestly, giving everything up at once was pretty easy? soymilk took a few weeks to get used to, but outside that adjustment i just added more beans to stuff. Worth at least trying before compromising on slaughter.
For you it was easy, which doesn’t have any bearing whatsoever on how easy it will be for any other person. What’s worth trying is anything which reduces the amount of suffering in the world, which is not ‘compromise’, it’s a positive step. One burger a year is an improvement and even if that’s all you can manage it’s better than nothing.
and for all the other people who will find it easy, it’s important to still have a message dissenting the idea that it’s always difficult. I’m saying that going all out and finding if you even need to compromise is better than assuming from the start that a compromise is your only viable option.
This is the best advice you can give someone imo. Im like 75% vegan, still have eggs and bacon on the weekends, some chicken with dinner, some other stuff here and there. But mostly its beans/tofu and rice with veggies.
Some people think they have to give up everything all at once right now and of course that seems overwhelming… because it is.
Perfectionism is often used as a shield to prevent change or to avoid challenging yourself or your own rigid thinking. When you see someone saying it’s all or nothing they’re actively sabotaging themselves, often that’s exactly what they want to be doing, plausible deniability
I’m a cold turkey kind of guy. Slippery slopes are hard to navigate but clean cuts are easy.
You like the cold turkey or are you the vegan?
Do what works for you. If cold turkey works, excellent. Not everyone can, and taking a gradual approach may be more realistic for them instead.
honestly, giving everything up at once was pretty easy? soymilk took a few weeks to get used to, but outside that adjustment i just added more beans to stuff. Worth at least trying before compromising on slaughter.
For you it was easy, which doesn’t have any bearing whatsoever on how easy it will be for any other person. What’s worth trying is anything which reduces the amount of suffering in the world, which is not ‘compromise’, it’s a positive step. One burger a year is an improvement and even if that’s all you can manage it’s better than nothing.
and for all the other people who will find it easy, it’s important to still have a message dissenting the idea that it’s always difficult. I’m saying that going all out and finding if you even need to compromise is better than assuming from the start that a compromise is your only viable option.
No assumptions made here, just the observation that a positive step is not a compromise.