Is it time you went caffiene free?

I love Coffee, Coca Cola and Red Bull. Unfortunately, these items are typically laced with caffeine. For those of you who don’t know, caffeine is the ingredient in these drinks that actually stimulates your brain (a psychoactive stimulant drug or central nervous system (CNS) stimulant) into giving off the effect of temporarily warding off drowsiness and restoring alertness.

Apparently (and I say this with a wicked big pinch of salt, as it was taken from Wikipedia), Caffeine is, unlike many other psychoactive substances, legal and unregulated in nearly all jurisdictions. That means your have access to one of the most subtle drugs around. And like other drugs, you do develop an addiction to the stuff, suffering headaches, nausea, migraines, eye pain and even temporary memory loss if you go without it! That, if you ask me, is a proper withdrawal symptom.

What is this post actually about?

Well, a few of you may remember that a while I go I posted about m wanting to give up Caffeine. And I’ve done it! I’ve gone nearly a month without the stuff. And, more importantly, I feel better for it. I cut down from several, super strong black coffee’s a day, to nothing, taking things slowly (with the odd Coke Cola to subside withdrawal effects). Let me tell you, I know feel:

• More alert, more of the time
• Sleep better
• Am less irritable, and more calm
• Feel less anxious (a side effect of caffeine overdose)
• Am able to stay awake later, and get up earlier because sleep quality is much higher
• Have in general, much more natural energy (including in the afternoons, where I would be partial to a nap before)

I totally think you should consider dropping Caffeine. I’d love to be able to tell you my income went up 22.3%, which I cant exactly, but I do feel it has improved my concentration and memory to the point of working harder for longer. If your a freelancer, who’s patrial to a little bit of coffee in the morning, or a red bull on those all nighters, I recommend you try dropping Caffeine all together. If you like, I can tell you how I did it. I can create an ebook, which will be available for $5 or so, should the demand be high enough. Anyway, that’s enough about me, on with freelancing… huzzahh!!

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