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I agree somewhat, but as someone who stopped eating meat two months ago: The reduction of cognitive overhead is definitively a huge plus: "Has it meat in it? Do
by WA 7y ago
I agree somewhat, but as someone who stopped eating meat two months ago: The reduction of cognitive overhead is definitively a huge plus: "Has it meat in it? Don't buy" – this is a way simpler rule than trying to figure out the question "is this meat on auto-pilot or is it not?"
The reduction of choices in restaurants, malls and grocery stores is actually liberating in a way. You should try going meat-free for a month, just for seeing how it makes things a lot easier.
The next step would be to go vegan, because the dairy industry is no better than the meat industry, but I haven't done this yet. This actually increases the mental load somewhat again, because you then have to pay a lot more attention on whether something has dairy in it or not (or is made with the help of animal products such as juice).
- _Microft 7y agoYour approach sounds a lot easier in that regard. Let me explain the reasoning behind mine: The important idea was to have the 'failure' case being somewhat acceptable. It's not an either-or situation where you either are a vegetarian or not. It's meant to be a method to deal with weakness. Consuming a fraction of the meat than before is better than being a vegetarian for maybe five weeks before everything falls apart. Combining both approaches might even be the best way: Don't eat meat, except if you really want to sounds simple enough.