kick my capuccino habit

I’m marking this as done. I no longer have the urge to go out and have a capuccino in the morning. I have had capuccinos, but its always been in company, and did not have the element of “this will make me feel better.”

Achieving this is an minor but clear marker of my belief in my ability to change.

Having the instant capuccino that I got in my post-race freebie bag doesn’t count.

Not once this week did I go for the capuccino. I think it’s done. I’ll keep this goal for another week though, just to make sure.

This morning I did not have my usual urge for a capuccino.

Oh, why is it so hard to learn? I’ve been thinking of how I would “kick” the habit, basically using strenght of character. Of course progress is slow. Instead of just getting rid of the habit, it will be much easier to replace it with something else. So yesterday I had a plain instant decaff coffee in the office, instead of going out for the bad stuff.

So: three out of five this week.

I suppose I can always start again next week. The coffee shop is not much help: I’m so well known that they’re prepared to sell to me on credit!

At this very moment I am fighting the urge to go out to spend money on poisoning my body with caffeine and rotting my teeth with sugar.

Does it count if I had a capuccino when I met somebody for coffee? I mean, it did come in a proper cup with a saucer, and not in a styrofoam cup.

Last year I fell into the habit of buying myself a capuccino every day at work. While it is nice it is not harmless. I don’t need the sugar I take with it, and I could do without the coffee too. Most of all, I there’s no space in my budget for it.