Quiting coffee
I realised the other day I had no plan or structure for quiting coffee. Landmark Education taught me a crucial lesson some time back that has helped me build Saasu.com. You have to have a structure and a plan to break a habit, because habits are a natural act in your way of being in life. You’re getting something out of having a habit so you need to replace it or put a structure in place that messes with its hold on you. Just to give you an idea of how bad my habit has been. Some days I’d have 6-8 real coffees, the kind you buy from a shop. When I was trading at Deutsche Bank and had to work US or Europe markets at night from home till late the next day was very tough. Coffee was my savior. I’d arrive at work around 6:45am and have had 3 by 9:30am usually. Not good. So here’s my plan. I’ll let you know how it goes… - Need to get lots of sleep so I’m not tired the next day - Need to replace the habit/urge with water and herbal tea - Exercise more to counter tiredness - Eat less to counter tiredness - Fight the 3pm o’clock sleepy monster with a vengeance
December 7th, 2006 at 9:03 am
Yeah, I worked out that my $3.50 cup a day turned out to be a $900 a year habit … that helped make the mental change necessary.
Physically, go cold turkey, expect a bad 2 weeks, drinks lots of good fruit/veggie juice - better yet, do a liver cleansing diet - stock up on small ‘healthy’ snacks (unsalted and raw almonds, cashews, pepitas, etc).
I’ve done it from time to time, and it’s worth doing.
December 7th, 2006 at 9:34 am
You’re right, I should do that. My guess is that my liver definitely isn’t the right colour. I better go Google liver cleansing. Many thanks!