Not so Happy, Happy Meal :(

      Commitment it's something I'm scared about and it's something I truly want. What makes me scared about the word commitment. It's the idea of being stuck, being boring, most importantly being an adult. I think as a man, I'm very privileged to enjoy me time without thinking about running out time. I enjoy simple things in life like collecting magic cards, playing games, watching movies. Those simple things in life are evolving everyday because of my wants in life. As I'm gearing towards 30, I really want my next three years to be not only be life changing for myself but for others as well. 

     One life change I just started was to begin transitioning to being a vegetarian and eventually a vegan. So why the sudden change? A couple weeks ago, I was 80% vegetarian. Which is essentially trying to add more vegetables to my diet. Meat is by the way a new concept especially in Asia which veggies consisted about 80% of there diet. But because of social and economic change Asian diet has already become the same as american in a little as 30 years. Looking at the positives of meat, it most definitely taste amazing and it provides protein. The negatives would be causing health problems and oh yeah, you have to kill the animal. Even now, when I thinking about eating meat, I think of positive thoughts like happy cows, just getting there milk squeezed, chickens plucking away on the farm, essentially my view on how animals are slaughtered are like a happy musical. But After my 80% vegetarian diet and failing, I just realized there was no way I could eat that much veggies because there is not a whole lot of veggie options anywhere. So I let it go of the diet for some time and one day, I decided to watch animal cruelty videos that somehow was on my facebook feed. As I watched and watch, I realized I chose not to accept this reality. 

     As I have been letting people know about my choice to become vegetarian. I've gotten three types of responses. 1 is that's not possible, you need protein. I'm pretty sure there is a million different ways to get protein other than from animals. 2 is, don't tell me about it, I don't want to hear. Which, I was exactly the same way I was. Lastly, the worst look of all which is, another weirdo. The saddest thing is, I've thought all these things previously about vegetarians but what really made me change was the reality that WE DON"T NEED MEAT!!! It's a subculture cult we created. Bacon, In N Out Burgers, fried chicken, steaks,ribs, I guarantee that, when you read those meat items you secretly drooled and there is nothing wrong with, I did too. So just think about it, we are all addicted to meat. It is because of this addiction, poor living beings are slaughtered every day. We are making more and more animals for the purpose of feeding our appetites. I'm smart and old enough to see the simple choice, I do not need meat. 

      Ultimately, one of the most important things, we've had since day one was to have a choice. To do something or not but imagine being born without freedoms, being born to be someones happy meal. I just can't imagine the circumstances of me being someones dinner even though I believe I would be delicious. All that said, I'm not trying to give anyone a guilt trip. But I just want everyone to be conscious and more real about it. We all have an addiction problem to meat. There is ultimately nothing going to stop your addiction until you face it. So eat more veggies for not only your own health but the animals too.