Hey I'm Ailen 🌻 Vegan, Feminist, LGBTQ+🌈, Vegan food creator.
Hey you all beautiful people of Steemit. I'm so happy to finally found a platform that I agree enough to start creating content for it.
My name is Ailen (kind of weird isn't it? It's a Mapuche name that means little embers) I'm from Argentina, 28 years old, I live by the side of Los Andes. I consider myself a Pansexual, I'm all about open relationships even though I have the same partner since I'm 14 years old. I live with mental health issues but I made peaces with it. I have the constant urge to travel and cook vegan food for the rest of my life.
I lived in Buenos Aires all my life, but at the end of 2017 I decided to move to Mendoza, and I'm loving it. I've been working on a Bank for the last 5/6 years and the stress of it consumed me until I couldn't take it anymore. So I decided to change that and now I'm in a city I don't know, with no job at all, surviving from the little savings I have and looking for new adventures and ways to enjoy life without compromising my health and values.
This platform will be part of that process and I will share every bit of this journey with you! I'm so beyond excited to share all the amazing vegan food that I create. All the amazing places that I have the fortune to travel to and the amazing vegan food that comes with it. Also I want to share the "dark" side of it and how I struggle with mental health and economic issues.
Maybe I'm too naive for thinking this but I feel that I have a story to tell that may help a lot of people to change what they think about themselves. I met my current partner when I was 14 years old, we were together for 3 years and then I start discovering my sexuality and needed some time for myself, we've been apart for 8 years, and I have to tell you It's a long story but they were the worst 8 years of my life. I will tell you all about this in another post, but now we've together for almost 3 years and I learned so much about myself by his side than by myself.
Last two years I traveled as much as I could considering the little time of vacation that I had working on a bank. I will be sharing all the tips and tricks that I have to travel with little money and a lot of passion, wich places I recomend to visit of the countries that I went to. On April of 2018 I will be going to the US with my friends, we will be on Miami for a few days and after that we will be shipping on Cruise with PARAMORE! And of course I will share every part of that with you! After the cruise that also goes to Bahamas we will be going to Orlando, and a lot of adventures are waiting for us in there. So stay tuned for that!
Oh! I'm a make up addict too. So I will be sharing some tutorials, and some of them in ASMR style! Hell yeah!
I hope that this post gave you and overall view of who I am and what you will be able to see on my profile. Bye for now. See yo very very soon!!!
welcome to steemit wish you best of luck keep doing work hard .
I will thank you so so much!
Hi Ailen have great time in Florida and the Bahamas both are great places to visit
Thank you so much!! did you went there? have any tips for vegan food?
I lived there for a number of years. There is a few vegan facebook groups in the Bahamas that you may be able to ask for up to date information as I have been gone for a few years. We also used to visit the yoga ashram which is on Paradise Island you can join a class and they have vegetarian food available which is very good. Im not sure about any exclusive vegan restaurants but most of them have a vegan option.
Oh ok I will look for those groups, I only have one day at Nassau and then we will be back to miami. And go to orlando. But I'm sure I'll find a way to have good fruits and veggies at least. I'll do my research :D
I like it
Welcome to Steemit Alien! Love your name, good luck! Upvoted!
gtfo you ugly fuck
Thank you very much :D
Welcome to Steemit Ailen! It's nice you opened up about making peace with your inner demons. I think a lot of people can use some guidance such as your experience to guide them through rough times :) I wish you all the best!
I hope you have some time to check out my first post as well ^_^ I'm super new here!
Followed and upvoted <3*
Thank you so much! It's very important for me to help others to learn how to live with their demons instead of fighting them. Wish you all the best too. <3
Hello, fellow vegan partner! Looking forward to see some nice recipes, it's always interesting to try new stuff and innovate. I particularly like spicy food, I assume you're gonna have lots of it, right? ;)
Of course!! spicy food is like my favorite food. Ok, I'm lying, I have a big sweet tooth- but you know, if it's not a dessert it must be spicy.... well maybe if it's a dessert too HAHAH.
Spicy desserts, interesting thought... Go ahead, post some recipes😉
Welcome to Steemit and congrats on breaking free from the 9-5pm life :-) I work behind a desk with lots of stress and some days I’m ready to just walk away...go explore another country, maybe Argentina ☺️
I look forward to learning more about you and your partner. My wife and I had a similar thing: we had so many breaks up and at the longest point, we broke up for two and a half years. But man did we grow! After considering other mate options, I learned all the reasons why she was the one after all.
I’ll be following you! And maybe be inspired to take the leap from vegetarian to vegan...best to you here. If you aren’t already, I encourage you to join Discord. My profile there is betterbeing#0072 :-)
I have no word to tell how much you warmed my heart with this comment.
I really want to encourage you to go self-employed and forget de 9-5pm life if it not makes you happy. You're more than welcome to come to Argentina, we all have too much love to give :D And I can recommend you tons of places that you will love with no doubt.
I'm so happy to read about your story with your wife, sometimes it's a relieved to read people who been through the same things. And there's no better feeling than to know that you have found the one for you. ❤
I seriously hope that you take the leap from vegetarian to vegan, and be sure that I will be here to help you every step of the way if you want. I have tons of tricks to replace animal products and still have the most amazing food. So count on that.
I will be looking to learn more about discord and search for your profile. Thank you so much.
Welcome to Steemit Ailen. Finally I found a vegan friend who is on the same journey as me but with twice the courage. You are so brave to be so open with your mental health issues. If only I could borrow some of that bravery.
I got in the same situation as you kind of and now unemployed ( I prefer to say working towards selfemployment because that is what I due during the days) with mental health issues and trying to get by day by day. I'm so excited to see your future posts and really happy you found your way here.
Thank you so so much for the welcome Nicole. It's so good to read about more vegans here too. I don't really have that much courage but people that is as supportive about this as you gave me the guts to open up about it and hopefully help someone. I struggle a lot with depression anxiety and eating disorders, and I will talk more about this so people like you and I can feel less alone.
Lets go on this journey to self employment and taking care of ourselves together ❤
welcome to the era of freedom
hahahha I agree a 100%
Nice intro!! Welcome to Steemit. When I saw Vegan in your header I had to read through. I’m also vegan and 28. I am going to follow you and look forward to your posts!
I'm 28 too!!! How log you been vegan? what is your favorite recipe ? I'm gping right now to read all your posts. ❤
I’ve been vegan for about 5 months now and loving it! How about you? And that’s a good question... I’m not sure what my favorite recipe is yet. I made stuffed cabbage using quinoa, red lentils and tomatoes before and of the vegan meals I’ve made that is one of my top ones. Thank you for taking the time to read my posts and I look forward to our future interactions!!
Wowww congratulations on taking the step and go vegan. That sound really good. I'll make it soon and try it. There's nothing to thank, I love to connect with people here. I look forward to connect with you