Hello and welcome to Eight Years In! And if you’re returning, a warm welcome back. I’ve been vegan for a long time—ten years now. And I have to admit, it hasn’t always been easy.
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Category Archives: The Internal Journey
Advice for new vegans
Hello, and welcome to Eight Years In! (And welcome back to my returning readers!) Today is a very special post, because I’ve written it in celebration of my 10 year vegan anniversary. That’s right, this month I celebrate 10 years of being vegan. And so I wanted to make a piece that would help others, people who are just starting out.
When I first went vegan, I had no idea what I was doing, and I didn’t know any other vegans who could show me the way, either. I looked online for guidance, as you are doing right now. And while I know that ten years of veganism doesn’t give me all the answers, I’ve definitely been doing this long enough to provide you with a few tips and tricks. These are the things that I wish I would have known before going vegan that would have helped me immensely, and I hope that reading this helps you!
Continue reading Advice for new vegansNot all vegan-positive content is helpful
Hello and welcome back to Eight Years In. If you’re new here, welcome! Recently, I talked about vegan activism on this site, reflecting on the two schools of thought and ultimately landing more on the side of attractivism. You can find that post here, if you’d like to catch up.
Continue reading Not all vegan-positive content is helpfulWhat is effective vegan activism
Hello and welcome to Eight Years In! If you’re a returning reader, welcome back! Today I wanted to talk about activism. If you’ve been vegan for an appreciable amount of time, you’re probably going to run into the question of activism. How are you supposed to perform it and what really works? And so today, I wanted to talk a little about it.
Continue reading What is effective vegan activismWhat I learned from trying (and failing) to go high carb raw vegan
Hello, and welcome to Eight Years In! And if you’re returning, welcome back! Today, we’re exploring the story of how I tried to be a high carb raw vegan, and what I learned. It’s bound to be a juicy one!
Continue reading What I learned from trying (and failing) to go high carb raw veganHow Veganism Taught Me How To Cook
Hello and welcome to Eight Years In. If you’re a returning reader, welcome back! Today I’m going to talk a little bit about my vegan story and how it intersects with me learning to cook!
Continue reading How Veganism Taught Me How To CookWhere Veganism Fails
Hello, and welcome to Eight Years In. And if you’re a returning reader, welcome back! As many of you may know, here on Eight Years In, we love veganism. That being said, after nine years of living a vegan lifestyle, I have a lot to say about veganism’s little failures and downsides. And there’s something in the vegan community that I feel could and should be improved. There’s this idea that veganism is essentially bulletproof, infallible, and the be-all, end-all. And well, if you ask me, that’s simply not true.
Continue reading Where Veganism FailsIs it hard to be vegan?
Hello, and welcome to Eight Years In! Here, we talk a lot about veganism and other things that we can do to make a difference and live an ethical life. If you’re thinking of going vegan, you’re probably going to wonder if being vegan is hard.
Continue reading Is it hard to be vegan?The Problem with a Vegan Identity
As many of you know (or could have gleaned from the name of this site), I’ve been vegan for years. And you know something? My veganism is really important to me. But I’ve noticed something in the vegan community and I find issue with it, so I wanted to talk about it.
Continue reading The Problem with a Vegan IdentityHow to avoid vegan burnout
Hello, and welcome back to Eight Years In. And if you’re new, welcome to you. Today we’re talking about vegan burnout. It’s a really important subject to me because I’ve seen it happen to many, and I’ve felt it in myself as well.
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