In which I try to become vegan...

It's coming to the end of my third week and it has been a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.  Some things will be quicker than others.  The food is the biggest one, but has been surprisingly easy.  To ease things along we've been eating "not-dogs", and other soy/tofu creations, and mountains of vegetables.  I couldn't go cold turkey on cheese, so with the small amount of cheese I have left I've been introducing soy cheese along with it - I'm at about 80% soy / 20% dairy cheese at the moment.  I've only got a small amount of cheese left, so within a couple of days I'll be 100% soy cheese.

The slowest change will be clothes and household items that are made from, or incorporate animal products.  I have a few pairs of leather shoes, and some wool clothing.  We don't have any leather furniture or other leather homewares.  My personal instinct about the shoes/clothes is to keep them, and wear them until they need replacing.  I feel that continuing to wear them rather than throwing them out is a measure of respect and honour for the animals that contributed to the shoes/clothes.  I almost feel as though I would be betraying the animals who suffered, died or contributed by just discarding these items.  I won't buy any more animal products, but I will make use of the ones I still have.  I haven't told anyone about this, because I have this idea that people might see it as a cop out.  But this whole journey to becoming vegan is deeply personal and I think I haven't told many people my thoughts and views because I don't feel that I have to explain myself, be judged or stand up for anything.  It's all too fragile at the moment, and I don't want anyone messing with it.

posted by: blytheswideshut at January 07, 2006 16:39 | link | comments (1) |

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