So I never did come back after my last post (as I said and hoped I would), thus it is only fitting that I begin 2011 off on the right foot, and what better way than with resolutions? Snort. Now normally I don't believe in resolutions and figure that if you're going to make changes you make them when you're truly ready because intention is everything. And luckily becoming or staying vegan ISN'T a resolution I have to make, as being vegan is such a part of my nature now that it's not something I have to consciously think about. But the following I do resolve:
- to post more frequently
- to post about the topics I said I'd post about last year!
- to figure out what organizations I'll support financially
- to find animal sanctuaries here in Ontario, Canada
- to find more vegans offline
- to start (if I'm very brave) a vegan group in my own town
- to read more animal rights books
- to better keep up with other vegan/AR blogs
- to better understand how people become (or sadly, unbecome) vegan
- to learn how to become a more effective advocate
- to order and distribute outreach material
- to write at least one letter to the editor of my local paper
- to be more adventuresome with vegan cooking and baking
- to frequent vegan/vegetarian restaurants when I can (sadly not in my town)
- to ask grocery stores to stock vegan products (failed with soy creamer last year)
- to get a vegan tattoo
Okay, maybe not a tattoo, snort. But really, I can't think of any other cause that I would be willing to endure the pain of tattooing for, and be more committed to physically displaying on my body. And in a sense, "branding" myself could be seen as highly fitting given the literal branding so many nonhuman animals suffer daily.
How about you? Any vegan goals or resolutions? If not, please read Eccentric Vegan's Let 2011 be the year that your life matters most post for inspiration! :)
