I write this Post not having eaten any form of meat or fish for 6 days. Tomorrow will be 7….a full week man. And it was easy. Much easier than I expected, especially considering we had a BBQ for 24 people last nIght and three rare, fat, juicy tenderloin steaks, garlic chicken breasts and red wine sausages, that were calling my name all evening. But, I was impressed that I actually changed something about myself for a full week without letting myself down as per usual.

This change is something I’ve thought about for many years. I love animals…shit, I fucking love them, and probably, sadly, generally, more than humans. They are so innocent, so natural, so intelligent…and I’m not just talking about pets. Some of them shit videos that you spend a good hour trawling through on Facebook actually turns up a beauty now and again and I see crazy skills every time. I’m sure the intelligence of most species is underrated by our superior-minded human thinking; I really hope in fifty years, we look back on our naive and callous treatment of animals with the same disgraced feeling as we now have about slavery.

This isn’t a final farewell to meat….for sure I will eat meat again, and won’t avoid it. But I want to start to think about what I’m doing and eating. If I had to kill my own meat, I’d sure as hell not eat as much…if any. Even watching fishermen down at the rivers and lakes unhooking the fish and throwing them into the bucket, left to thrash about and drown in the air, makes me feel uneasy. My major decision is where to draw the line. The line that says what can live, and what can die. What can be eaten, and what can’t be eaten. The different cultures all eat their own ‘kind’ of meat, and most with a disgusted view on the types other cultures eat. Us English folk are often heard to be preaching about how bad it is to eat dogs in a country such as China….yet roasting a baby lamb every Sunday morning is seen as the norm. Is that just because we don’t keep lambs as pets?! If it had been different, and dogs were farmed and sheep domesticated, what would our views be?!

This week I’m going to give up alcohol. I don’t drink excessively, in my eyes at least. But I do tend to have a can or two every night. I’m sure I will succeed, as 7 days is not that long a time….if we all sat back and realised how privileged we are….saw how certain people don’t have a choice to drink beer or eat meat and chocolate every night. The following seven days will be surfing every day. Every seven days, I am going to challenge myself to give something up, or take something on. Whether I will continue any of these fads after the seven days, only time will tell. But having enjoyed my diet of fruit and vegetables for the week, I know I will change my eating habits for sure!! If this all works out, when I return home in February, I will be a six packed surf God, with more back muscles than Arnie, free of smoking and excessive meat consumption and an all round healthier and sound lifestyle!

Big Love!x

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A thought from a confused individual who is amazed by everything and surprised by nothing.

ChewsFreedom.