The Passion and the Hobby of Vegetarianism

It is going to take some effort to make the transition to a meat-free lifestyle and to be able to proudly say “I am a vegetarian.”  But instead of feeling intimidated by that prospect, what is called for is for you to not only make living healthy and without meat, your passion in life, but make it your hobby. 

The distinction between a passion and a hobby is important.  Your passion in life is what drives you to learn all you can about your new lifestyle of vegetarianism.  When you first make the transition or are preparing for the transition, it is natural to become obsessed with not only the reasons for becoming a vegetarian but the lifestyle you will enjoy when you finish making the change.  You should allow yourself to let being a vegetarian be a true passion of yours. 

It’s also easy to let your vegetarian lifestyle be a passion when you start to spend time with “die-hard” vegetarians.   Their enthusiasm is contagious and their devotion to what they are doing is apparent.  Not only are the health reasons for making this change enough to make a zealot out of any of us, the ethics of not eating animals and the morality and even religious rationales for eliminating meat from your system can make your vegetarian lifestyle as important to you as the love of family and devotion to God.

Zealot Stage

Now everybody who becomes a vegetarian gets to the zealot stage.  But it is a lifestyle that is so full of rich culture and the fun of exploring that culture as well as learning to cook and eat the vegetarian way can become something that you want to think about all the time.  When you get to that stage where you are living and breathing vegetarianism and you are actually having a lot of fun learning about your new culture and lifestyle, then you will have gained the momentum to make the leap into a vegetarian life that will carry you to success.

A hobby is like a passion and many of us get very passionate about our hobbies.  But along with allowing your new meat-free life to be your passion, make it a hobby.  The difference is that over time you can sustain your devotion to a hobby but at a more steady and measured pace.  Think of other hobbies like model building or bowling.  Devotees genuinely enjoy the time they spend on their hobby.  And for the most part, that hobby is something they probably will be involved in for life.  But it isn’t all they live and breathe.  It is part of life not all of life.

Over time, your vegetarian lifestyle will move from a passion to a hobby.  But it should be such an integral part of your life that it can be a great hobby and one you go back to weekly if not daily to enjoy partaking in your lifestyle.  There is a lot of diversity in the vegetarian lifestyle that will keep you fascinated for months and years.  Between the shopping for great ingredients for your next dish to the cooking, preparing, presentation, and dining experience to the quest for the next great recipe to the time you spend with other vegetarians, it really is a lifestyle as well as a diet choice.  So let it be a great hobby as well as your passion in life because a life of vegetarianism will make such a huge contribution to your quality of life that it will be worth your devotion to it.

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