🌿Blueberry Forest🌿
16:31
I guess every vegan who has ever travelled somewhere at least once found themselves in a situation where the only vegan food around them seemed to be bread, salad & fries which after some days really starts getting annoying especially if you're around people who are eating "real" but non-vegan food all the time and you have to stick to your salad and fries. To avoid these situations or at least make the best out of them I decided to create this post with hopefully helpful tips&tricks to make your travels/vacation more enjoyable as far as food is concerned.
Green Goodness//Smoothie
12:30
Today's society is a fast moving, ever-changing and hungry one. Hungry for the latest trends, for cheap clothes, lots of cheap clothes, available always and everywhere - quantity over quality. That's the concept of fastfashion which unfortunatley but undeniably has been a very successful one. There are more new trends than ever and enough people are willing to follow them if only it is for one season. Don't get me wrong- I do like fashion, a lot, its a form of personal expression to me and I love experimenting and discovering the variety and possibilities fashion provides but what has become of the fashion industry nowadays is just disgusting and it's one of the largest most damaging industries existing nowadays.
Consumers have stopped asking where their clothes come from, how they're produced and what they are actually paying for, it's only the look they care for. If they would actually ask themselves these questions the answers would be: Your T-shirt was one of hundreds a young (15,16,17?) woman had to sew that day for less than 1$/day. When she leaves her work space, which by the way is poorly lit, got the worst air and forget about air conditioning whatsoever, after having been there for 12 hours she can't go home because there is no such thing as "home" without paying a rent which isn't possible if your salary barely covers your basic needs. If she is lucky enough she manages to eat more than 1000 calories that day and if she is really lucky she can buy herself something nice such as some 2$ jewelry (after having saved up for that, of course) As sad as it sounds it is 100% true and unfortunatley not an exception but even more sadly many people actually know excactly how our clothes are made, in ways no one could possibly imagine. But when they go shopping they are overwhelmed by the prints and promises that come with clothes so they just wipe out the things they've heard and images they've seen just as they do with many other things.The problem is: only that we cannot see certain things does most certainly not mean they don't actually exist. All the things you may or may not have heard (if the second applies to you, watch the documentaries linked in my guide!) are true, the reality of millions of people who are not as priviliged as you, reading this article.
-a little reminder to myself-
No, I do not think at all that I am wise whatsover after having been on this earth for such a small period of time. But what I can definitly say that especially the last few years I've had to realize lots of things however some of them I couldn't internalize until now. Hopefully one day I will be able to proudly say that I am 100 % content and satisfied with what my life has taught me and I will look back to this list realizing that' this has been the way I have been living my life.
1. Always be true to yourself. Don't try to be someone else to fit into a certain group. Real friends will accept you for your true self and everything that comes with it. Pretending to be someone else will satisfy neither others nor yourself.
2. Don't waste your energy & time on people who don't deserve it. Stop talking to people who won't listen to you anyways, stop caring about people who by the end of the day will have forgotten about you but keep your energy for those who actually need it, who actually need you, appreciate you and will evetually give you something in return.
3. We grow with our challenges. Certain tasks that seem to be impossible to accomplish to you right now will be totally allright if its your time to manage them. When you have to directly face them you will be ready with the only thing holding you back being your fears.
