I just gave up on this goal, because it’s not realistic or all that important to me right now. I did quit caffeine entirely for a while, but desperate morning sleepiness drove me back as always. However, now that I’ve given it a few months I’ve found that I’m comfortable with my current level of consumption. I’m not fibrocystic anymore, and I don’t have trouble sleeping.
I try not to have more than one caffeinated beverage per day, and I gave up coffee about a year ago. I can occasionally have coffee now (maybe once a month or less), but it feels more like crystal meth than coffee these days. I’m really careful to never have caffeine after 5pm – and usually not after noon – which seems to help with the adverse sleep effects.
Ultimately, the benefit I get from being fully awake in the mornings (which sometimes, but not always, requires caffeine, unfortunately) seems greater than the benefit of cutting back entirely. I have other goals that are more important right now.
Mar 17, 2008, 11:57AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
I live in the CA bay area, along with a lot of my college friends. There’s another huge cluster of our buddies in the Boston area, and I’ve been swearing I’d visit for years.
Thanks to making it a 43 things goal, it was finally a priority. I managed to convince several others from area to come; we’re all going mid-April. Hopefully it will be warm by then! I’m looking forward to knocking out another goal and having an excellent time.
Mar 17, 2008, 11:50AM PDT | 0 comments
Feels great
17 months ago
I read 52 books in 2007, and it feels awesome. I will not make the same goal for 2008, as I found the pressure led me to choose quantity over quality sometimes. During the first half the year, I read non-fiction (Barack Obama’s books) and decent literature, but the last half was full of Dirk Pitt novels!
The main reason I made this goal, though, was to get back in the habit of reading a lot (I used to be a readaholic, what happened? stupid adulthood!) and watching less TV. I completely succeeded at that, and the writer’s strike should help. I look forward to reading more complex books this year. I’m sure I’ll read fewer than 50, but the important thing is… I’ll be reading instead of watching Grey’s Anatomy re-runs. Woohoo!
Jan 21, 2008, 01:05PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
I'm doing 43 things
