Today I decided to change my extended project to be a dissertation on vegetarianism. Originally I was planning on making a vegan cookbook, however, I decided against this as I didn't think it would be as challenging or as skill-developing as writing a dissertation, considering that none of the subjects I study at AS-level require any essay-writing skills. Having had the idea of creating a vegan cookbook I thought that I would base my dissertation on an issue related to vegetarianism. After choosing the theme of my dissertation I wrote my rationale, explaining why I chose my project. This was successful as being a vegetarian myself I am very interested and aware of the impacts of having a vegetarian diet on health but am not so knowledgeable of its impacts on the environment or sporting performance. This meant I would find the topic engaging and it would hopefully expand my knowledge of something that forms such an important part of my lifestyle. I had a lot to write about explaining why I chose my project in the rationale, making it very successful. Next I will focus on creating a timeline for my project.