Pushing Through Obstacles
If you want to make something happen, you often have to do it despite some internal and external resistance.
Want to go vegan? Well, you're going to have to do a bit of research, change up your food purchases, maybe modify the recipes you make, learn how to order differently when you eat out, start explaining things to your friends and family, ...
Want to start a new animal advocacy project? You'll need to carve time out of your day—every day, or every week—and plan your strategy, coordinate resources, learn new skills and tools, explain to people why you're doing this and not that, ...
Want to volunteer for an organization? You're going to need to research what orgs are out there, find one that's a good fit, apply online or reach out to them, carve time out of each day or each week, ...
And so on. Every change in direction requires overcoming some form of resistance.
Of course, this is less true if you don't mind drifting along with whichever way the wind blows you. You can take the path of least resistance in life—but then you will be taking it in directions that may or may not be aligned with your values. As Lewis Carroll said in Alice in Wonderland: "If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take."
If you want specific things to happen, you have to make them happen—regardless of the resistance and obstacles in your way.
