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Last month was my birthday so as I turned 32 I have decided to celebrate with some raw vegan goodness from a local raw vegan and vegan restaurant as well as with some veggie burger and delicious coffee vegan latte. Yum! I have only recently started to order more so to speak. Especially in the beginning of my vegan and then especially during my raw vegan journey (which is still wonderful and ongoing, sometimes interfering with time frames of more vegan focus, then other times more raw vegan focus, its still a process of constant adaptation towards finding what works best for me so I am open and flexible) I have been making most if not all of my foods at home. And it has been wonderful and it still is as I am still doing this a lot. But I have also tried more cooked foods, more vegan orders foods, for raw foods I still love to make them by myself, its a great process, and I would say that it has been an interesting journey.

At some point last year I have also experimented for a few month with a delivery system vegan and raw vegan foods that would prepare a menu for all day and I have to say that the diversity that they have its just incredible so I was really enjoying that as well. Right now I am back to making my own, but I just wanted to share with you that it is ok for things to change from time to time, to shift and re-shape. It is a natural life process. Constantly in motion we are, and in constant change we are as well. So sometimes it might be a special event, like it was for my birthday, sometimes I might just be going out or meeting someone and I might be choosing to order or to prepare something and share with them it is a lovely experience to get and connect with likeminded people and to even gather and eat together in todays day and age. I used to find it difficult to eat from a menu in the past but right now, I am not only more open minded towards locations and solutions that fits into my way of living and being, but also each and every year there are more and more possibilities as new items are being added to restaurant menus and new veggie friendly places are opening around the city.

Even when I am travelling it is so much easier for me now than it used to be. There is always a supermarket in the area for fresh produce and smoothies or juices, there are also lots of vegan and even raw vegan options available on many restaurants menus and the options are only getting more and more diverse and inclusive so its great to be vegan or plant based or even raw vegan in todays day and age as you can get all kinds of goodies for yourself by staying open and flexible and take proper care of yourself and your body along the way. I am personally still enjoying the most the raw vegan cookies and cakes, be them made by myself (which is a whole amazing experience) or made by someone else it is after all what made me fall in love with this lifestyle in the first place and even though I am not eating so many raw vegan desserts as I used to before, I still absolutely love them and adore them as they are simply so delicious and tasty and so satiating at the same time too. So explore, explore, explore, there are always options available, just keep and open mind and know that it all works our for the best, support your local businesses that are doing a great job at providing a healthy conscious living and always remember to be gentle with yourself as you love your body, love yourself!