Still unsure what to do about it. Feeling guilty seems unproductive and so does rabid vegetarian advocacy.
You could try to eat fewer animal products (which doesn’t require rabid advocacy), especially chicken, eggs, and fish; or you could donate to effective animal charities. I agree that “rabid vegetarian advocacy” is probably ineffective.
I agree that aiming to eat less meat rather than none is a worthy goal for many reasons, I just want to add (anecdotally) from the perspective of someone who was a strict veg for 10 years and recently started eating some meat again, that you have to be very strict and planned if you want it to be effective. During the decade I didn’t eat meat I didn’t think about it or miss it because in my mind it wasn’t an option. Now that I have the goal of just eating small amounts of it, it’s much more mentally taxing to actually make the decision at each meal as to whether I should or shouldn’t eat meat this particular meal.
So my, again anecdotal, advice if someone is to try and reduce meat consumption but not eliminate it: be extremely strict about how you’re going to do it, as in say you will only eat meat on weekends for example, or one meal a day, so that you don’t have to consider at each meal whether it’s appropriate or not, which I find draining on willpower.
You could try to eat fewer animal products (which doesn’t require rabid advocacy), especially chicken, eggs, and fish; or you could donate to effective animal charities. I agree that “rabid vegetarian advocacy” is probably ineffective.
I agree that aiming to eat less meat rather than none is a worthy goal for many reasons, I just want to add (anecdotally) from the perspective of someone who was a strict veg for 10 years and recently started eating some meat again, that you have to be very strict and planned if you want it to be effective. During the decade I didn’t eat meat I didn’t think about it or miss it because in my mind it wasn’t an option. Now that I have the goal of just eating small amounts of it, it’s much more mentally taxing to actually make the decision at each meal as to whether I should or shouldn’t eat meat this particular meal.
So my, again anecdotal, advice if someone is to try and reduce meat consumption but not eliminate it: be extremely strict about how you’re going to do it, as in say you will only eat meat on weekends for example, or one meal a day, so that you don’t have to consider at each meal whether it’s appropriate or not, which I find draining on willpower.