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I started an interesting journey at the beginning of December. I had a doctor’s appointment and it was suggested for my health that I look into a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Knowing me, I immediately went all-in since I tend to be very all-or-nothing about things like this. I had done a similar personal change of diet about three years ago but it was difficult because my husband has no interest in the same diet, so I was making two of everything, one plant-based and one animal-based. Again, with how I am, I have a very hard time not being completely committed to something like this, so this time upon getting the recommendation, I am also heavily researching veganism from the ethical point of view. There is a lot of it that resonates with me but because my husband has no interest and I am the person who makes the household meals (including his animal-based meals) I hesitate to say that I am vegan. I would like to be vegan otherwise. For that reason, I will say that I am plant-based.
Some of my favorite resources this past month include the Forks Over Knives website and recipe app, the documentaries Forks Over Knives, Game Changers, and Food Choices, as well as numerous YouTube channels including Cheap Lazy Vegan, Sweet Potato Soul, and Avant-garde Vegan. There are many other YouTube channels as well.
As I continue to go into this journey ethically, I am planning to make many changes in what I am purchasing and using, especially with regards to clothing, makeup, and essential care items like shampoo and toothpaste since these are things I have never thought about before but now I can’t really unsee it without going into some sort of denial. This also makes me step back and really think about the kind of fashion business I would like to work for or with because of the environmental impact that clothing businesses have on the planet.
As this continues, I plan to share more of my favorite new cruelty-free products and how I’ve made the transition in some of these areas. Full disclosure: in some areas, I haven’t started the transition because I am going to finish using what I have before I begin purchasing new items because I believe it would be more of a waste environmentally to simply throw out what I have now to buy something new.
Please let me know if there’s anything in particular you would like me to answer about this transition process. Also let me know if you have any tips if you’ve already made the transition to a vegan lifestyle. I would love to hear your tips!

(I am sharing my new experiences as I change my own lifestyle. I am not telling anyone else how they should or shouldn’t live their own life. All links in the post above are for convenience for the reader only and are not sponsored.)