SURVIVAL KIT
Skip red bull. eat more green instead.
Even in the regular daily life, a Vegan has to justify his/her existence non-stop. How can you live like this? What do you miss the most? How to you feel? What about the protein? Aren't you tired? What the hell CAN you eat? Ladida, and so on. So of course, we might worry about the traveling health.
Fear not, Mamma & Co. We got this.
good food is good mood
As with most things in life, I tend to overthink every bit of my encounters and the planning of my day. And I can read Tolle's famous 'The Power of Now' a million times like every 2nd Vagabond right now, and attend a 10 day meditation seminar, and I will still spend too much time thinking about breakfast, lunch and dinner, and maybe a snack in between!? And how to make it super tasty. But what about the nutritious part. It is true, for my part at least, the female, sensual side of me is screaming for good food. No matter what life and living situation I found myself in, I have always provided tasty food - even if just for me. I think I am totally worth a great meal. Even alone. Ondrej, and I feel like he is not the only one in his gender, is a large bit easier on all that and probably could have driven several days on chewing sunflower seeds ;-).
The nutritious aspect of 'Good Food', the one that goes far beyond stimulating the taste buds and feeding the soul, came into my life with turning Vegan, in Canada. I learned a lot about nutrition, cleansed and detoxed until I accidently couldn't even move anymore, relaxed about it all again, stopped over-obsessing, found intuition and balance. Now, organic and natural food is still high on the list of what I would like to invest money in. In the future. Same with wine and beer. But whilst traveling on a budget, I had to understand that a bag of 10 apples for 4 bucks is better than one with 5 organic ones for the same price. If you are sincerely on a budget, learn to take it easy on the organic goodies. There will be the right time for it. For now, at least keep eating colorful instead of going for cheap bread because the real plants are too expensive. Go cheap, buy and eat whats on sale and if it makes you feel better get an organic veggie cleaner. Or wash with water & vinegar. Also. Go dumpster diving. We'll get to that in the next issue.
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