I only eat fast food when I am traveling and working abroad, even though I usually try to find the healthy version instead of a Burger ... but I am almost addicted to coffee. A while ago I did a little experiment and coffee is the next on the list to go through a little endurance challenge:
"If you can live without something that you used to really like and enjoy for at least a week and don't suffer any major consequences, you are not addicted."
Life is full of addictions and we notice most of them too late if at all, unless other people point them out to us or our body gives us a warning. The last few years I tried to do sports more often, but despite a tough work schedule there was not much time. I went biking regularly and also hit the gym, but that didn't happen much as of lately and it is about time to go back, the winter was a welcome excuse to be lazy but your body will always make you pay ... that is a given.
I decided not to play poker for a week and extended that to a month late last year, not that easy when your work is ultimately connected to that fascinating card game but I pulled through and didn't have any shaky hands. It was probably a good decision because I could feel that I was not fully motivated when I was playing and just tried to kill some time ... I didn't lose much, but had no big score either and ended up being break even.
Coffee usually went along that road, a nice distraction while clicking buttons but after a while you just don't enjoy it anymore. Let's face it, as humans we are creatures of habit and often this is not for the good because we are unable to break out of that routine, kinda stuck in a black hole that keeps soaking us in. We often do things for the sake of it but don't enjoy, so what is the purpose after all?
Right now I am on a break from coffee for 8 consecutive days and intend to continue for at least one week if not a whole month. I like coffee a lot, but right now I cannot enjoy it and the past few days have shown me that I am not addicted to it yet, I don't depend on coffee to work properly. Of course this also causes several consequences, the first being more grouchy than usual. As substitute, I am either drinking hot chocolate (not quite healthy, I know), mint tea and water with biochemic cell salts and flower remedies.
The one question that you always have to ask yourself is quite simple: Why exactly am I doing this? If you can answer it straight and honest without looking into the mirror and seeing a pretender, you will know what to do. There is no ultimate rule of thumb what you can and can't do, of course there are healthy and unhealthy ways but in the end you have to feel comfortable. But when your body says no, it is about time to change something and face the reality, even if it requires quite some effort to make the necessary changes.
Besides the temporary absence from coffee I want to go biking more often, even if its just for an hour or less a day and there is no thunderstorm outside. The gym should also be happy to see me more regularly again, which would require an early start into the day as my regular work starts in the early afternoon ... this should hopefully improve my overall shape and I will definitely feel less guilty. And it will help to finally enjoy some aspects (including coffee in more moderate amounts) again thoroughly ... one step forward at a time instead of making another step backwards without notice.
"If you can live without something that you used to really like and enjoy for at least a week and don't suffer any major consequences, you are not addicted."
Life is full of addictions and we notice most of them too late if at all, unless other people point them out to us or our body gives us a warning. The last few years I tried to do sports more often, but despite a tough work schedule there was not much time. I went biking regularly and also hit the gym, but that didn't happen much as of lately and it is about time to go back, the winter was a welcome excuse to be lazy but your body will always make you pay ... that is a given.
I decided not to play poker for a week and extended that to a month late last year, not that easy when your work is ultimately connected to that fascinating card game but I pulled through and didn't have any shaky hands. It was probably a good decision because I could feel that I was not fully motivated when I was playing and just tried to kill some time ... I didn't lose much, but had no big score either and ended up being break even.
Coffee usually went along that road, a nice distraction while clicking buttons but after a while you just don't enjoy it anymore. Let's face it, as humans we are creatures of habit and often this is not for the good because we are unable to break out of that routine, kinda stuck in a black hole that keeps soaking us in. We often do things for the sake of it but don't enjoy, so what is the purpose after all?
Right now I am on a break from coffee for 8 consecutive days and intend to continue for at least one week if not a whole month. I like coffee a lot, but right now I cannot enjoy it and the past few days have shown me that I am not addicted to it yet, I don't depend on coffee to work properly. Of course this also causes several consequences, the first being more grouchy than usual. As substitute, I am either drinking hot chocolate (not quite healthy, I know), mint tea and water with biochemic cell salts and flower remedies.
The one question that you always have to ask yourself is quite simple: Why exactly am I doing this? If you can answer it straight and honest without looking into the mirror and seeing a pretender, you will know what to do. There is no ultimate rule of thumb what you can and can't do, of course there are healthy and unhealthy ways but in the end you have to feel comfortable. But when your body says no, it is about time to change something and face the reality, even if it requires quite some effort to make the necessary changes.
Besides the temporary absence from coffee I want to go biking more often, even if its just for an hour or less a day and there is no thunderstorm outside. The gym should also be happy to see me more regularly again, which would require an early start into the day as my regular work starts in the early afternoon ... this should hopefully improve my overall shape and I will definitely feel less guilty. And it will help to finally enjoy some aspects (including coffee in more moderate amounts) again thoroughly ... one step forward at a time instead of making another step backwards without notice.
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