OK…. So now that I got the first post out of the way, I guess I should probably say what tweaked my interest to get in gear and start this thing. The best and only way I know how to begin is to give you a rundown of my morning. Just another Monday hopping on the 7:37 train to Atlantic City heading to work I realize as much as I worked my butt off in the spring to lose that 20 pounds, that had been driving me crazy, I also realize its flippin’ freezing out and without the extra meat on my bones I need more layers!
Any who, I got off the train and strutted my frozen bum to Starbucks, ordered an iced soy latte’ (because I’m not ready to commit to a hot one yet) and a plain bagel. The gentleman behind me, despite my chic quasi bum attire as well as headphones in my ears, decided to strike up conversation about Starbucks’ breakfast sandwiches. He asked if they were any good, but I told him I had only gotten a bagel. He continued with “yeah I don’t expect a breakfast sandwich from Starbucks to be any good anyways.” That’s where I had to stop him, I’m pretty sure Starbucks holds a special place in my heart and even though there aren’t many veggie options (wink wink Starbucks) for breakfast, he shouldn’t knock something he hasn’t tried for himself. I just told him I was vegan, thinking it would end our awkward conversations and lead him into a state of confusion but no, he asked how long and so on a so forth. Just when I thought I saw a hint of hope he asked if I ate fish….ugh. So I went on to tell him a few different varieties of vegetarians, of which he thought I was speaking a different language, and even thought he was completely interested, eventually the lady shouted iced venti vanilla soy latte’ I was outta there.
Once I got to work I was a bit early so I was reading though my e-mails and came across a forum I’m subscribed to that I don’t check as much as I’d like. It’s called Healthy Bitch Daily. The title was “why are you vegan.” As a vegan I’ve done the research, saw videos, read books, read articles and so on. For me there’s only so much I can stomach, and have a truck load of reasons why I’m vegan, but I can agree to say sometimes I’m living the day to day life style of being vegan but I lose steam of factoids and some of the big issues effecting the world around me. It was a nice little boost of confidence that I may not have need but still felt good.
With all that said it wasn’t even 10am and I just felt inspired to do something. I needed a creative outlet and here I am . Being vegan completely inspires me. A little piece of it is sown into everything I do, how I feel, what I think, all in all how I live my life. This blog isn’t about me just being vegan, but little excerpts of my life and how passionately I feel about living it!
I guess I’m try to say, do what makes you feel inspired, creative, and passionate. Do what makes you happy and what make you feel ALIVE!!!
Happy Monday, Cheers!
