Vegan

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.

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.

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.

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.

For clarity I deleted last weeks megathread so reactionaries can't screenshot it and drive their harassment engines.