I was vegan for 30 days (what I've learned)
1% better every day at 11:11am - newsletter #051
I’ve been a vegetarian for almost two years. But I’ll be honest, sometimes I have relapses into fish and seafood. It’s a debate I often have with “hardcore vegetarians” who explain, often in a rather violent way, that “being a vegetarian” is “100% or nothing”.
Personally, I would rather be vegetarian 90% of the time than nothing at all, and I think it’s not by being so categorical that it will help others to become vegetarian. But that’s just my opinion!
When I see the pictures I posted on Facebook, 3 or 4 years ago, I tell myself that the world has changed, that I’ve changed, and most of all, that it’s for the better!
Until I was 33 years old, I was a good big carnivore, often looking for the piece of meat on the menu. That all changed in 2019, when I saw this documentary on Netflix :
In the end, I had a shock. I wondered if all this was true, if it was possible for the world around us to be like this. I don’t know how, but it “clicked” in my head. I didn’t touch a piece of meat from that moment on…
To support my convictions, the incredible documentary “The Game Changers” was released. It was the last piece of the puzzle I needed to be 100% convinced to become a vegetarian, for my health and for the planet.
Strangely enough, going from “carnivore” to “vegetarian” is done without any problem, overnight. However, to go from “vegetarian” to “vegan” is a completely different challenge…
I tried several times in 2019 but without success. There was always a piece of cheese or an omelette that could make me crack. It’s a real challenge at the top of my bucket list. The desire to see the impact on my body and to understand the constraints associated with this lifestyle.
Not wanting to stay on a failure, I decide to try again the adventure in Sydney in February 2020, but putting all the chances on my side…
ONE QUOTE TO SHARE
"I know that I shall not live very long. But I wonder, is that sad? Is a celebration more beautiful because it lasts longer? And my life is a celebration, a short, intense celebration." - Paula Modersohn-Becker
ONE ARTICLE TO READ
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ONE MOVIE TO WATCH
What would you risk for five minutes of pure power? On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user.
The catch: You don’t know what will happen until you take it. While some develop bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, others exhibit a deadlier reaction. But when the pill escalates crime within the city to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and risk taking the pill in order to track down and stop the group responsible for creating it.
ONE QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF
Who is your biggest fan? How can you thank them today?
ONE CHALLENGE TO DO
The “10min Plank Challenge”
Guillaume is a friend, he's one of those I call the "Crazy One". He decided to leave everything to "learn how to learn". I left to conquer my dreams, Guillaume left to learn as much as possible.
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