SMART Goal Reflection – Kalen

My goal was originally to take the bus to school for one week, but since that wasn’t amicable for my family schedule, my new goal was to not eat meat for one week.

I did achieve my goal. Since chinese food it part of my diet, there is a lot of meat intake. But at the same time, there are a wide variety of vegetables that I love to eat. Although the rest of my family ate meat, I asked my mom to prepare some of my favorite non-meat meals everyday to help me sustain my goal; like tofu and potatoes.

The most challenging part of achieving my goal was my family. I asked to not go out to any restaurant, since I couldn’t resist ordering something I’d like, and my family agreed. But, my family decided to cook my favorite meats every day of the week. It was a traumatizing experience, but I fought through and decided to eat my dinner/lunch facing away from them, in a different room.

If I were to do this goal again, I would make sure to search on how to make (or purchase) some alternatives to meat, that don’t have meat in them. Since the smell of meat is horribly strong (in a good way), it’s very difficult to stay away from it. But if you have a substitute, it might be easier to stay away from meat.

Although this goal was really interesting, I would not continue this goal. I’ve always thought of become a vegetarian, mainly because of the harm of animals, meat is still too precious to me. Living in a chinese cuisine based house makes it almost impossible to stay away from meat. I wish I could continue with this goal, one week is well enough, but my whole life? That’s too much