I have been vegan for over two months now but I can feel some old ways wanting to creep back in. Things like meat, milk, cheese and eggs I don't worry about, I won't be eating those again as the link between those products and animals is still in my head. What I'm having trouble with is are the things I find trivial (I use this word for want of a better term). I also understand the hardcore vegans out there will probably want to pounce on me for saying this but I'm posting this for advice on making the connection rather than receiving abuse.
I still wear my leather trainers I've had since before I made the change and I will until they are worn out. My issue is that when I look at them I don't see an animal, I don't know the process from cow to leather and I can't see any connection there even though I know where it comes from. Foods that contain extracts from insects in the manufacturing process also aren't an issue to me. A cow, a pig, a chicken, they all have aspects we can connect with, you can look in their eyes, you can tell they share a lot of the same emotions as we do but I can't say the same about insects. The final one is honey, not a jar of, never been a fan but for example 9bar, I think they are great but they often contain honey and that doesn't really bother me.
I hope you understand I don't mean any offence by this, I'm just trying to understand how I can make it more ingrained in my head rather than, for example, seeing honey in the ingredients and not wanting it rather than choosing not to have it but not really being bothered by it and being tempted to buy it anyway.
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