Posted by:
exminion
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Date: August 16, 2018 06:17AM
I don't tolerate caffeine very well, but, I swear by this, a cup of coffee makes me smarter! In graduate school, I drank a cup of coffee before every test, and I got an A every time! I just had a thought: that's why I didn't do as well at BYU--no caffeine! BYU needs caffeine!
In my great job in Silicon Valley, I had the task of making the coffee. They said it was because my office was closest to the coffee machine, but it was really because of my being a woman. (The other woman in our start-up business was an engineer, who worked in the assembly room.) Our little company thrived! It was a thrill to be part of that huge tech boom! I'm set for life, even if I quit working right now! I don't think we could have worked at such a feverish frenzy, and so intelligently, if we hadn't guzzled all that coffee. We were creating, doing things that were impossible, and training ourselves and others to do things we had never done before. It was the excitement of the job that was addicting, not the coffee.
Remember the old-time commercial about "The Coffee Achievers"? I think there's truth in that.
Yeah, if I missed my 3:00 cup of coffee, I would get a headache.
I began having intestinal problems, insomnia, and anxiety attacks, and was afraid it was from overwork and stress. When I quit the caffeine, the symptoms went away. I took Tylenol for the 3:00 headache, for a week or so. It really was no big deal.
A huge reason to quit coffee and tea is that it stains the teeth. My teeth are sensitive, and the whitening process is too painful, so I just don't let them get dark in the first place.
These days, I get the same morning lift, from my milk with vanilla, either hot, or over ice. Sometimes, I add almond and cinnamon to the hot milk. The protein in the milk sets me up for the day. I'm self conscious about NOT drinking coffee, like everyone else, so I keep my milk in an insulated container, and no one knows what I'm drinking.
It's probably 30% physical and 30% psychological, and 30% social.