I’m not going to lie. Sometimes it is hard living as a vegan in a non vegan world. I want to give a huge shoutout to @joeybilotich for continuing to encourage and inspire many in this movement, myself included. For my birthday I watched Dominion (it’s free online) with my family for the first time. Thank you Joey! Keep pushing brother. We’ve got a lot of work to do but I still believe in a vegan world in our lifetime.

If you are not being a fit vegan, if you're not taking care of your physique and working on your health, then are we doing all we can to draw people into this movement? One of the best ways to bring awareness is to be a walking billboard with vegan across our chest! Hopefully you're wearing a vegan shirt (I wish I did sooner). If we can bring fitness to veganism and bring veganism into fitness, I think we're going to have a much easier time getting up this hill of getting the world to go vegan. So all my fit vegans out there, thank you for putting it out there. Thank you for showing the world that vegans can be strong, that we can be fit, that we can be bodybuilders, getting on stage, winning powerlifting competitions, running marathons, whatever your thing is. It doesn't even matter what your thing is, but if you're a vegan, let's excel at what we do and show the world that vegans can be fit, vegans can be strong and put this out there so that everyone can see it. It's undeniable when you walk around with muscle as a vegan, that vegans can be fit, vegans can be sexy, vegans can be jacked and you can too. So keep it up my fit vegans. I appreciate y'all.

If you are the only vegan in your house, or the only vegan in your friend group, or the only vegan at your school, or the only vegan at your job: there are two really important things that I want you to remember.

1. Work out. Show that being vegan and being strong can go hand in hand. 2. Support other vegan creators. Like, comment, share, and help amplify their message. 3. Make sure you share. Every post, conversation, and message has the potential to reach someone who needs to hear it. 4. Be an activist. Wear something with a message and give people an opportunity to start a conversation. 5. Take care of yourself. You can’t pour from an empty cup. Your health and wellbeing matter too. You don’t have to do everything perfectly. Just look for more ways to use your voice, your actions, and your platform to create change.

Both were ASPCA workers and we talked about how all animals should be shown compassion. They said they loved animals. But they said they weren’t vegan. So we discussed having compassion to all animals, including those most people eat. And when I asked how many more animals should die in their name: zero or more than zero, both said “zero”. We must have compassion for all animals. And, We must have compassion for those not yet vegan. Speak from the heart with love.