This four step challenge will make you more conscious of your caffeine habit. It’ll also be a chance to flex your self-discipline muscles—always a good thing to do.
Caffeine Challenge Step 1
How much caffeine do you drink?
Count your sodas, coffees, and energy drinks.
What’s the number? Write it down.
Caffeine Challenge Step 2
Work to eliminate caffeine from your diet. Decrease your consumption over the course of a week. By day seven you should consume only a small amount.
Caffeine Challenge Step 3
Avoid caffeine entirely for one week. You might have a slight headache, but if you were consistent about lowering your dosage it should be minimal.
Caffeine Challenge Step 4
After the end of the caffeine-free week, suddenly switch back to the amount of caffeine you were drinking previously.
Note how you feel.
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Chances are, you’ll be re-sensitized to caffeine and have quite a stimulative effect. Maybe even too much stimulation. This will bring awareness to your stimulant habit and show you what that caffeine is really doing to you.
Let’s consider caffeine the drug that it is. Ask yourself—do you really need a hit of stimulant every morning to get through the day? Really? Can’t get by without that coffee? Figure out how much you really need. If you find you can’t by without caffeine, look towards your diet, your sleep, and your life to find out what is causing you to require additional stimulation.
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