Just some personal thoughtsdeliriantdreamsJanuary 23 2009, 21:00:46 UTC
Agreed. :)
To the OP:
Personally I think it's easier to "burn-out" if your focus is on the outward effect or outcome of your behaviour, rather than on your initial inspiration or personal reasons for living the lifestyle/supporting the causes that you do. But if your motivation comes from personal passion, it's easier to maintain a positive outlook. I'm vegan because I believe it's the right way to live, and I love being vegan, and that gives me energy. If I only focused on the (very tiny, in the general scheme of things) effect of my lifestyle on the rest of the world, I think I would just become overwhelmed and depressed. I wouldn't stop being vegan, because after all it's what I believe in and want to support and I don't only live this way for the sake of changing the world... but I wouldn't have the same passion or quality of life.
It takes time to make any significant change, and if you're only focusing on some far-distant goal (which may never happen in your lifetime) it may seem futile to you, and you might become discouraged. But if instead you focus on the things that you can do personally, the lives that you can help to save, and the minds that you can help to inspire, it's easier to stay positive. :)
To the OP:
Personally I think it's easier to "burn-out" if your focus is on the outward effect or outcome of your behaviour, rather than on your initial inspiration or personal reasons for living the lifestyle/supporting the causes that you do. But if your motivation comes from personal passion, it's easier to maintain a positive outlook. I'm vegan because I believe it's the right way to live, and I love being vegan, and that gives me energy. If I only focused on the (very tiny, in the general scheme of things) effect of my lifestyle on the rest of the world, I think I would just become overwhelmed and depressed. I wouldn't stop being vegan, because after all it's what I believe in and want to support and I don't only live this way for the sake of changing the world... but I wouldn't have the same passion or quality of life.
It takes time to make any significant change, and if you're only focusing on some far-distant goal (which may never happen in your lifetime) it may seem futile to you, and you might become discouraged. But if instead you focus on the things that you can do personally, the lives that you can help to save, and the minds that you can help to inspire, it's easier to stay positive. :)
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