hey guys welcome back ! So, today it's
going to be a bit of a different video
from what you're used to see on my channel.as much
as I like to film & create and edit my food
recipe videos, I wanted to talk to you
today about an issue that i've had in my
mind for quite a long time now. I wanted
to film this video for a long time,
but somehow I thought that it wasn't
going to be great, because I couldn't
structure the way that I wanted to make
it. and so that you could take something
from it.and I still couldn't find a way
to structure it, so this is going to be me,
talking about the issue of being a
perfect vegan or having the pressure of
being like a real vegan. I feel like
there's this idea of like who's going to be
the best vegan. And this pressure comes from
non-vegan people, as well as from vegan
people, which I find completely detrimental
to this awesome lifestyle.i hope
that you can relate that's actually why
I'm doing this video. for non-vegan
people that are scared of being or going
vegan, and also for vegan people that
feel sometimes guilty of not being as
perfect as they think they should be.
everything that I'm going to say in this
video is completely my opinion. i'm open
to discussion, as long as it's
positive criticism and just hate
comments. also, i might not choose the
right word every time, that's just like
what comes to my mind and English is
not my first language..so yeah. so when
I first thought about that issue of
pressure of being a perfect vegan,
I thought that, that might be caused by
something. I think it is caused by the
fact that we are following so many people
on social media. We are following people
that are inspirational people and that
do everything they can to show the
best of theirselves. They also usually are
people that are vegan, that are doing yoga,
that are doing
meditation, that are like, really into
health and like sometimes fitness, you
know all that.
so we have the illusion of people that
are perfect and also we have the
illusion of vegans are necessarily
associated with all. that's like a
package that comes with you being vegan.
I think that we need to remember that
being vegan has one goal and that is not
contribute to animal exploitation or
animal cruelty.
it is a compassionate way of living
towards the animal and towards the
animal first. it is love message and not a
hateful one. sometimes when I'm on social
media
tho, I feel like it's a competition on
who's going to be the best vegan.
I feel like some people in this
community feel or think that they
own the truth on how to vegan, and that
there's only one way to be vegan. if a
person doesn't align with all these
things, then they can't be vegan or they don't
have the permission to call themselves
vegan. i think that is super moralizing,
and that's definitely not compassionate.
I think it doesn't matter how you're vegan,
as long as you're vegan, and even if you're
not vegan yet, as long as you're in line
with your actions, your mindful and happy
with everything you're doing, I think it
is perfectly fine. And you're not a
horrible person for not being vegan. You
need to remember that doing something
is always better than doing nothing,
you know. also being vegan does not solve all the world
problems. you'll hear people say "oh you're
vegan but you're wearing nike shoes, have
you heard about,like, child labor ?" and all
these things. I think it is extremely annoying.
just because you're vegan doesn't mean
that you have to be a perfect person
that's going to help to solve all the
world's disease.
I feel like we're shouldn't rank what is
a better cause to support. Like, if you're
a person that cares about animals like i
do, it's so cool if you're vegan! and
if you're a person that's more
compassionate about, like, homeless people,
that's awesome too! we don't need to rank
who's the best and who's doing the most
powerful thing in this world, you know.
Although, I wanna say, being vegan helps so many
other like.. I mean it has a lot of other
side effects like environmental issues,
or hunger. sometimes i'm scrolling
through forums, i'm in some facebook
groups and stuff, and when i read what
people say, I feel like being vegan it's
like being in an exam where you can fail. So
many people are putting pressure on
theirselves to not fail. They feel like, if
they do one mistake it's going to ruin
everything.
I feel like we put so much pressure on
ourselves to show the perfect
example. to show that veganism has
the answer to everything or;
just like because you're vegan,
you're going to clear your skin, you're
going to get skinny. And to
show that veganism is gonna solve
everything, and that's not necessarily good
because some people might get pimples,
some people might be a little bit chubby,
and be vegan, and then people are
gonna judge them because, it is known that
someone who is vegan has a perfect skin
and a perfect hair, and perfect like skinny
figure and it is not always the case! and
sometimes it doesn't have to do with the
diet, the way of living and stuff like
that. and I get that, sometimes me too, i
feel like i need to show the best
possible way, because it is true that
being vegan is amazing for the animals but it
has also so many good side effects, you
know, and it is hard not to show them
because usually that's what people are
attracted to as well, you know. Then,
there's another thing that I want to
talk about.
and that is, being vegan does not
entirely change a person ok. So there are
some vegans that are not compassionate.
not all the vegans have to be your friends.
because vegans, who are they ? they're just
people that chose to have a different
way of buying and eating. Just like in
crowd outside, you wouldn't be friends with
everyone, that is the exact same thing with
veganism. something that my friend
well i guess i can call her friend, from
Instagram, Tia, she told me.. you have to
remember that not everyone is vegan
for the animals and compassionate reasons.
That's what I told you before,
a lot of people are seeing benefits
of being vegan on theirselves, and yeah
I don't think that's necessarily
an issue, because in the end, they're not
contributing to animal cruelty and stuff.
there's also a lot of people that aren't
vegan, and that are extremely
extraordinary people.. and you know no one
of my family is vegan and I love them so much.
so, I guess what I'm trying to say here,
is that being vegan does not define a
person. i hate when people say "she's a vegan"
like
the first thing they say about a person.
NO. being vegan is just part of all
the things that define a person. Although,
I have to say that being vegan has
helped me to be more compassionate about
a lot of things, I develop my curiousity,
and I just like, opened my mind on a lot
of different things. But, I've always been
pretty compassionate you know, i feel
like if i wasn't compassionate then I
would never have became a vegan.
So yea, behind every vegan is a
person with different lifestyle,
different activities, not just yoga, not just
fitness, not just healthy food. also, not
all the vegans stop drinking alcohol,
I don't drink alcohol because that
doesn't make me feel very well. So now I
want to talk to you vegan, that are struggling
sometimes with guilt. that guilty feeling
that you're not always doing everything
right and that you're not perfect.
please stop to feel guilty about what
you're not doing and start to be super
happy and proud about everything you're
doing. everything you're doing right now
is so much better than doing nothing.
don't let anyone judge what you're doing.
don't let anyone tell you if it is right
or wrong. and no one is perfect, and no
one will ever have the definition of a
perfect vegan because it simply doesn't
exist. and i really don't want you to
feel pressure by people that say you're vegan
but you're using a car, you're using an
iphone, you're not a REAL vegan. You're using
cosmetic that are from a cruelty-free
and vegan brand, but this brand is
owned by a bigger company that isn't
vegan. This is completely my opinion, okay,
but when you think about it,
big brands that have money, these are
the ones that are going to be able to develop
and research altenatives products.
And even though you're thinking that they're
not doing this for the right reasons,
maybe you're right, but that doesn't
matter because in the end, you have a
great alternative product for you to use.
it's like when I go in a restaurant, I
don't just go to vegan restaurants, i
go to normal restaurant and I get the
vegan meal so eventually, they will see
that there are people that are wanting
to eat differently. That is the
same in supermarkets,
I'm not going in a vegan supermarket all
the time, because that would be like, so
expensive ! and also I want to be honest
with you I don't want veganism
to be hard and difficult. if I had to
just do vegan restaurant, to just do
100% owned, cruelty-free makeup and
cosmetic products, then honestly I
wouldn't be a vegan. I really want this
video to be helpful
this is why, right now, I'm going to show
you that i am not a perfect vegan. i have
here, a lot of animal products. things
that I still have from before I went
vegan
Let's get into this. so I have a leather bag,
yes I have a leather bag, and i'm still
using it. and I'm still a vegan. because,
simply, it's almost brand new. And also,
you know, I am a person. this was my
gift when i graduated from business
school. you know I'm vegan now and I
wouldn't purchase any other leather
things, but that is still an important
thing for me. I have some boots. I lived in
canada for four years, and from the tahiti
it's kind of a difference of temperature!
the first year i went
to Canada, i bought so many things,
and I bought these boots. this is leather and this
is from sheeps, I think.
yeah then, okay, you probably will give me
so many thumbs down, but I'm being
completely transparent and honest with
you, so i'm going to show you. i have a
Canada goose. so, well, you know Canada Goose.
i bought this the first year that i
went to canada. I asked people over there
what they would wear in winter when it's
like minus 40 degrees and everyone was
telling me
Kanuk, Canada Goose, like all these very
warm coats. I kind of was
brainwashed, or like, I didn't really
think about it. i just thought about
myself being warm. and like, everyone,
everyone was wearing big coats, so I
thought that it was normal you know. I
didn't really question it. I never
learned about how these things were made
off and what they were made off.
and yes, I am still using it because
sometimes it's cold outside and I feel
like if it's just in my closet that's a
completely waste. and yeah, I'm not going
to lie, like I paid this a lot of
money, and I also don't want to sell it
because i feel like that would not be
very vegan to sell animal products.
Then I have Nike shoes that i
bought in Sydney before I went vegan. These
are made of leather.
another bag, which have leather things,
that some of you saw on snapchat or instastories,
and they asked me, if it was leather, and
yes, it is
leather. that is a gift from my sister.
It has my name, like, my nickname on it.
this is my everyday bag. I also feel like
it would be such a waste to just
throw it away or just, you know, give
it to someone just because it is not
vegan. because eventually I would have to
buy another bag, and I try to keep my
things to minimal. I have other things
that are made from, what's this called, angora,
Socks, Scarves. i have this that I got when I
was vegan. I bought my camera, that it
filming me right now, and it was in a
package, i opened it, and there was like,
this leather pouch that comes with the
camera. First I thought that I would give it
away, but they wouldn't take it back.
they wouldn't get me another pouch. So you,
know, what has been done has been done.
The, in this, all my makeup, and also like,
products. This is a foot cream. I believe,
Urea, Urea ? I don't know how to say that,
I don't know, but I think it comes from
animals. it's for my feet and I have a
terrible feet condition. Like they are so dry in
everything i do. They dry out very
quickly and this is the only cream that
has ever cured my feet, so for now until
I find another one,
I'm going to keep using that. Also, I have
so many makeup in here that are probably
not vegan, just because I never buy
makeup, and I've had this makeup for
about maybe, some of the things, maybe
have more than eight years or something!
and so i don't feel like i'm going to
throw them away and buy new ones, just
because they're not. because that would be
such a waste! of course my camera cut
so, um yeah, I wanted you to know that
because i own these products, if you're not a
vegan, and you're considering going
vegan, I don't want you to think that you
can buy these products. Like, 'okay she's a
vegan and she has that product'. I
would never buy animal products
intentionally ever again,
just to make it clear. if I have one
advice for you people, that are
interested in being vegan, or that are
maybe scared of being vegan, because you're
scared of, like, failing. and you're scared
of not doing things right. and you're
also scared of people judging you, of
this like, vegan police that's going on
on social media especially. just start.
start, and you'll see how easy it is to be
vegan. and you'll see that you don't need
to change anything about yourself. or you don't
need to change anything about your life,
except the way eat and what you buy.
That is it. if you make a mistake, it is ok.
like don't give up, and don't see it as an
exam like I told you before. don't
see it like you can fail or pass the test.
we all make mistakes, and I did a lot
of mistakes, and I still do some mistakes.
and it's completely fine. as long
as you do the best possible things and
the best choices that you can do in the
moment, then you can definitely call
yourself a vegan. And if you wanna go vegan
overnight do that, if you feel like you need
a little bit more time, take the time
that you need.
I swear when you go vegan things change
and, you will not be willing to buy any
other animal products intentionally ever.
there is this idea that when you're
going vegan you need to change
everything, you need to be healthy, you
need to be lean, you need to be skinny, you
need to be beautiful, you need to have
all like, perfect everything! but you
really don't. like you really, really,
really, don't have to do that. you
shouldn't allow anyone to dictate what
you want to do,
how you want to be vegan. Just go on with
your life and be happy. You will see that
it is so much better of a life when
you fully align with everything you
believe in. you're not forcing yourself
into doing things you dislike, just
because you've seen some people do that.
it will change a lot of things
positively in your life. so yeah I hope
this video wasn't too boring. i'm not
sure if it was well constructed or anything.
it's just thoughts that I had in my mind
that I wanted to share for a long time
and I didn't really know how to start.
let me know your thoughts below, and
thank you so much for watching, bye.
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