Oh hey there
Last week, I quit coffee again. Not banishing it from my life, just recognizing that I should not be dependent on it. After the headache subsided, life continued as usual. It always strikes me how much things don’t change in your life, even after you make a change. Inertia, even applied to things like quitting coffee or going to the gym.
Anyway, I gave myself a reprieve this weekend because I was meeting a friend. Coffee for me and tea for her. That was this morning. Now, in the evening, I’m not in a great frame of mind. Darkness has settled over my brain. Neurons are not happy. The world is ending. I don’t know what it’s like for you, but for me—coffee depression is real.
If that’s not a warning sign, I don’t know what is.
» I had already quit drinking coffee regularly before I read this article, but it’s fascinating—and alarming—how much we neglect our sleep.
“People are stunned when I tell them the quarter-life of caffeine,” he says. “It’s 12 hours. So if you drink a coffee at noon, at midnight a quarter of that caffeine is still in your brain.”
“And what’s the zero life?” I wonder. “When does it leave your system?”
“Somewhere between 24 and 36 hours.”
» Oh, and don’t forget: our sedentary lifestyle is killing us. (If you can get past the tone of the article, it’s an overview of how exercise is an add-in to lives of leisure.)
» “The Weight I Carry” is an essay about being fat, and wishing to not be fat. This is why Rule #1 is Don’t Get Fat.
» Hmm, I sense a theme here…. Let’s switch things up a bit.
» Earth’s magnetic poles are shifting and scientists have no idea why
» Peter Thiel is teaching a class on Sovereignty and the Limits of Globalization and Technology
» Maker or Manager? Your schedule impacts the type of work that you do.
Each type of schedule works fine by itself. Problems arise when they meet. Since most powerful people operate on the manager’s schedule, they’re in a position to make everyone resonate at their frequency if they want to. But the smarter ones restrain themselves, if they know that some of the people working for them need long chunks of time to work in.
» Pot may not be as safe as they tell you. #tellyoursonthis
» No idea if this is a hoax or not, but it’s pretty cool: ‘Wounded rare tiger seeks human help’ at remote border post on Chinese-Russian frontier. (Also a reminder that Russia is freaking HUGE.)
» I’ve been reading about fasting and this book chapter is interesting: How and When to Be Your Own Doctor: Fasting. The author’s views are pretty extreme but I’m caught by the idea that fasting forces the body to burn through fat stores and deal with the trapped toxins within, instead of carrying them around forever.
2019-01-14 at 7:32 am
Coffee definitely gives me a positive attitude. Bitter tastes do that. But then, I’ve tried to go off coffee for insomnia, and it doesn’t help. Not permanently anyway. So I drink it for good attitude. 🙂
2019-01-19 at 7:01 pm
It’s crazy to me how some people thrive on something (coffee, dairy, veganism) while other people wither away.
Enjoy your coffee!