WELCOME TO GLOWING GREEN PEACE 2.0!
For some of you, it’s a welcome back.
For a lot of you, it’s a “hi, let me introduce myself”
And for MAJORITY of you, I’m here like: please come and find me and read me
But for those of you that are here, you are staring at something awesome in the making- a plant based blog like no other. Welcome to Glowing Green Peace 2.0
This blog is a written projection of myself- and what I hope is that the things I love and the things I feel passion about you do too. I love to talk and explore vegan food, plant based cooking, ethical fashion and beauty, fitness, health, life lessons, eco living, travel and so much more.
I’m a proud Melbourne gal, and you’ll soon discover here that Melbourne is such a rad place to be vegan. I’m a bit of a hippy in the city. We’re gonna have so much fun exploring tonnes of vegan restaurants and experimenting with vegan products. But this blog isn’t just about veganism.
You see, from a young age I have struggled with my health.
I was born without a first breath because my nasal cavities were blocked with mucus.
I was diagnosed with severe asthma when I was 5.
I was born with severe eczema and skin rashes.
I’ve always been prone to colds and if there was a flu going around you bet I got it.
Once I hit my teens I was no longer naturally lean and really struggled between eating foods that were tasty and convenient and hating the body that continued to grow
Yet I’ve never in my life been overweight.
Acne made an introduction early into my life— and whilst I’ve had success on some diets and medications clearing it, I’ve never been able to tackle it once and for all.
And last but not least... I spent the last year and a half of high school cocooned in a bind of severe depression.
But this isn’t a sad story, so don’t ask me for a tissue because I haven’t got any. Instead I wanna give you my hand, because Ive always believed we have two for one metaphorical reason: one hand is to lift yourself from travesties, and the other is to then reach out to someone else. Ya feel?
So there you have it. We’re gonna change OUR world and THE world together in 2018. You don’t have to follow me, but I want you to join me. Don’t take my advice, but learn from it. And importantly, especially if the vegan lifestyle is new information to you— don’t get mad at me if what I say rubs you the wrong way. Ask yourself WHY it’s making you mad.
2018 for me is a year for getting shit done, but also for looking after myself. We live in such a busy, fast paced world that sometimes our own health gets shoved lower and lower on the priority list that it’s not until we are stamped with an expiry date or crippled with illness by the daily that we realise change must happen. I truly feel that internal issues within our immune system come through as whispers initially- headaches, pains, fatigue, weight gain, acne... and when those whispers are ignored our body begins to scream at us with- cancer, diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain... hoping that we won’t be as willing to ignore it anymore.
My perspective is— we shouldn’t let ourselves get to the point of our body screaming for some tlc. It deserves it, we deserve it! But I totally get you, I work up to 55 hours a week, I’m busy, I’m time poor. Don’t worry I’m on your likely level. So hence we’re gonna do this together. We’re gonna be on that so-healthy-you’re-practically-shiny-like-gold healthy. Sound fab?
Also, I’m not quitting YouTube. BUT I have always loved writing and blogging, so I want to find that happy medium where I can do both and still feel productive. They say if you chase two rabbits you end up losing both— but I’ve always enjoyed a good chase. So yes I’ll still be doing both. Hooray!
So thank you for being here right now, and I hope you’re as excited as I am to get started. I’m actually writing this on a train on the way to work right now so you can already tell I’m ready with a lot to say (thank god for the Notes function on smart phones now— remember when all we had were those tiny Nokia phones??)
But whattaya say? Let’s freakin do this 🤩🤩
Lily