Thanks for the link! I remember that feeling well - when I was 21 (yikes, six years ago), I decided to quit nicotine and caffeine in the same week. After the initial pain I felt like a superhero every day, my body was so relieved...but somehow still have managed to get myself back on the caffeine train in that time. I'm probably well overdue for another purge!
Do you find the tea makes it difficult to keep the habit in check? I found even green tea, as light as it is, would throw me off in the months after I kicked the addiction. That's great that you haven't had to forgo that entirely as well.
Nobody is perfect, I’ve had a cup of coffee since I quit it, and I’ve come to crave black tea as much as I did coffee. One rule that has kept me in check with this and most other habits is never twice in a row. If I had a coffee yesterday, I won’t have one today. If I forgot to stretch my legs one morning, I can’t skip it the next morning. If you do a thing you wanted to stop doing, don’t do it again tomorrow. Never skip two days and it soon becomes a habit.
I like that a lot - it's all too easy to falter once and then never make it back to a comfortable pattern. Allowing yourself one, but not two, is a much more reasonable and compassionate self-expectation, and I'm sure makes it all that much easier to stick to your goals! Will definitely keep it in mind.
Thanks for the link! I remember that feeling well - when I was 21 (yikes, six years ago), I decided to quit nicotine and caffeine in the same week. After the initial pain I felt like a superhero every day, my body was so relieved...but somehow still have managed to get myself back on the caffeine train in that time. I'm probably well overdue for another purge!
Do you find the tea makes it difficult to keep the habit in check? I found even green tea, as light as it is, would throw me off in the months after I kicked the addiction. That's great that you haven't had to forgo that entirely as well.
Nobody is perfect, I’ve had a cup of coffee since I quit it, and I’ve come to crave black tea as much as I did coffee. One rule that has kept me in check with this and most other habits is never twice in a row. If I had a coffee yesterday, I won’t have one today. If I forgot to stretch my legs one morning, I can’t skip it the next morning. If you do a thing you wanted to stop doing, don’t do it again tomorrow. Never skip two days and it soon becomes a habit.
I like that a lot - it's all too easy to falter once and then never make it back to a comfortable pattern. Allowing yourself one, but not two, is a much more reasonable and compassionate self-expectation, and I'm sure makes it all that much easier to stick to your goals! Will definitely keep it in mind.
Absolutely. In fact, I wrote a whole article about that topic! :)
Fixing Bad Habits By Learning To Love Them: Agile Retrospectives
Cubicle Buddha ・ May 15 ・ 5 min read
P.s. I’m a 1.5 cup of coffee guy too. :) I’m nervous I’m getting dangerously close to 2.5! 🤪