Welcome to the Vegan Theory Club Weekly Megathread!
Question of the week:
What’s one small habit that makes vegan living easier?
Feel free to talk about anything, whether it’s vegan-related or not. This is a chill space for connecting, sharing ideas, and supporting each other.
Looking forward to hearing what everyone’s up to!
What’s one small habit that makes vegan living easier?
Being delusional enough to believe that people might change their minds if only you’re kind and patient and logical around them.
Haha I do not have that habit. I’m neither patient nor logical. I don’t think people are really going to change their minds unless it benefits them in some way though which is kind of where I steer those kinds of discussions anyway. Most people are way too narcissistic to act towards the greater good.
To be honest I think we’re hundreds of years away from a vegan world so non stop proselytizing on people who are not aligned isn’t something I do often, I look for people who are ready. I don’t and won’t ever denigrate or disagree with the activists who do that though.
For clarity I deleted last weeks megathread so reactionaries can’t screenshot it and drive their harassment engines.
Ditching consumerism really helped me, I think. I no longer feel like I am giving things up. Just because something is available to purchase and I can afford it doesn’t mean it is 1) good for me, 2) ethical ) harmless. This applies to food, goods, services.
I’d say that probably started with thinking about what it means to buy something and then being responsible for it. So the habit is thinking, “What am I going to do with this?” whenever I am considering buying something. Eventually the desire lessens and I no longer want things.
Ditching consumerism really helped me, I think.
I have been trying to deprogram myself for years. I used to just default to this pattern of looking for a product for each problem. Now I try and think more holistically and make do more or look to see if I can reframe my desires.
This is a really good one. While I still end up buying things pretty often it feels like I try and make sure they’re tools or something that will make my life actually better or enable me to do something I wasn’t able to before instead of buying things that just make me feel good on impulse. My latest purchases were a blood pressure monitor and an exercise bike
Q:
Definitely lying awake at night beating myself up for uh, cooking? It’s cooking. I default to making stuff from scratch anyway
I’m still sick, this is bullshit :/ I wanna get back out to the gem fields but a walk around the block has me coughing up my lungs.
Why are people so cavalier about infecting people, you wouldn’t feed someone bad food, why do people insist on hosting social events while sick? Sickness isn’t inevitable, it spreads largely through deliberate decisions. I know of no infection you’re better off having than not, many infections could kill or cause long term damage.
A small habit…hm. that’s a tough one (but good!).
I think for us we generally double our recipes so we have enough for 3-4 days. Then we can eat leftovers or we can freeze half for a lazy day.
Also for some of our favorite recipes like jambalaya we prep a bunch of ingredients and pre-portion them out, then freeze them. So when its time to make then it’s just gathering the ingredients and dumping them in at the right time.
Both of these let us eat healthier during the work week since it reduces the amount of time we need to prep/ cook after work. It’s just taking advantage of the time savings when we make extra or prep ahead.
