I haven't made many self-improvements in quarantine, but leaning into vegetarianism is one I hope to hang on to.
I’m not someone who believes that this period of self-isolation and quarantine is a way to self-improve. Treating a national lockdown spurred by a pandemic as a space for productivity is the same as pretending unemployment is vacation. The time isn’t really yours if it’s eaten up with anxiety and fear. This isn’t spare time; it’s life in suspension. We’re all in various states of distress, some much more urgently than others.
But despite all of that, I have found myself eating less meat these days. In fact, I’ve been gradually cutting down on my meat consumption even before the pandemic. Partly it’s because of the mounting evidence of how damaging raising animals can be for the environment, and the increasing dangers of climate change. I know that individual shifts in diet aren't necessarily as meaningful as overhauling, but it’s still a small thing I can feel good about.
I’m not super strict about it. When I found a few slices of pancetta in the back of my fridge on week four, I fried them and ate them over my Brussels sprouts pasta meal with gusto. When I ordered takeout the other day I went for
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