How I became a Vegan and stayed that way and other lessons in self control
I’ve been a Vegan around two and a half years now. A lot of people ask me how I do it. The main secret also works with a lot of other things. Being a Vegan takes 30 seconds. 30 seconds when you buy your food, 30 seconds when you hold on to the will power to walk past that bacon sandwich (the vegetarian killer).
The reason I became Vegan in the first place was my wife asked me to do it with her for a week. That was because Tony Robins challenged her to. We failed for a couple of days, and then started again. But, I did indeed do it for one week. I figured if I could do one week I could do another week, and another, and so on. It took me a while to realise that a week was a long time, and that it’s actually a lot simpler; Thirty seconds is a lot simpler.
This of course works for most things. If something is difficult just break it down into smaller timeframes and aim at those. My recent blogging failures only serve to highlight what happens when you loose the chain. It feels like training, writing is now more of a chore again because I stopped for so long.
I would note this doesn’t mean that you have to always continue everything you ever decide to do. I’ve stepped down from my no alcohol stance. Now I only drink in situations that don’t give me the opportunity to have more than one drink. The easiest way to defend my moderation is to avoid temptation, but total abstinence isn’t always the way.
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