I do consider the suffering of dairy animals as I mentioned. Here in this article though, I was showing how there are little things that individuals can do to improve the world, using some examples from my own life. Teaching or trying to influence others is something that I also do, but to explain the formula that I use, I meant to stress that we are only in charge of our own selves, and we are really only able to change ourselves, and no one else. I've had to learn to accept that any change made to the world starts with me, and ends with me. In this article I looked at the bright side: just by eliminating meat from my diet made the world a little better. Could I do more by going full vegan? Yes, and eventually I'll find no use for dairy and eggs, but for this article I dared to dance with the religion of Carnism to make a point about how we individually can reduce suffering in the world, I definitely wasn't attempting to brag about how moral I am while I munched on a grilled cheese sandwich. It's why I spent a paragraph or two saying 'eat whatever you want, it's not my business...' because that wasn't meant to be the topic of this piece. If someone is inspired to change their diet to vegetarianism based on this writing, then I would see that as an improvement to the world, and if they go full vegan-- even better. It's the real reason that I shared this idea, to inspire others to do little things-- even if it's just letting a car into traffic or holding a door for someone- it's another way that I can help make the place nicer to live in.
"Cold Turkey" haha-- it wasn't too hard for me at first, I'd learned how to eat vegan at times when things like meat cost more money than I had. It gets tricky when I'm on the road traveling. I still haven't figured out how to eat on the road. I pack a lunch but it's never enough and not always what I want to eat when the time comes. Another banana or another peanut butter sandwich? Ugh. It's still worth it though!
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Fair enough. Thank you for answering my comment.
And I totally agree with you that it is better to change your own behavior that to proselytize.