100% Coffee Lover is now 100% Coffee-Free

I don’t do drugs - any drugs - that includes over-the-counter meds.   

I don’t drink alcohol - any alcohol … not even in Nyquil.   I never have. 

But I always drank coffee. 

Always. 

And today, I have been officially 100% Coffee-FREE for almost 5 months.  

NO COFFEE. 

I loved everything about coffee … the taste, the aroma, the meticulous preparation of adding my powder creamer and sweeteners into that murky dark fluid using my favorite coffee container; and just how good coffee felt going down my throat when I drank it.  I loved how coffee was my constant cup-to-go companion as I was getting 1001 things done in a day.

So how do I keep up with a world that is so over-stimulated and mega-saturated with hot coffees, cold coffees, energy drinks, caffeine drinks, sodas, stimulants, and drugs – when I don’t drink or use any of these things? 

How can I stay in the loop?  How can I keep up with the competition of getting things done … of accomplishing all of my “hopes & dreams” for the day … for the hour … for the night … for the year … getting in as much work and time management … squeezing out every last drop of sweat & energy -- all without coffee?

It’s as if I say I am going to be a bodybuilder but not utilize anything that ALL the other pro bodybuilders do to get to that contest-level.  It’s like pro bodybuilders using steroids or other supplements for growth, and I’m pulling the All-Natural card to be a pro bodybuilder on their level.  And I’m not even talking about using Natural HGH to be in contest form.  I’m just talking about hard work, sweat, blood, disciplined diet with perfect nutritional timing, plenty of sleep – all without the aid of any HGH to be a body-builder. Or it’s like being an organic artistic photographer that uses their eye, light, subject, equipment, and darkroom to create the perfect photo - and not using any Photoshop or digital format and trying to compete with other photographers out there in the world that do.  Or maybe it’s like being a film star and not getting any physical enhancements or taking diet pills.  How can one do it?  If you want to be a main player in any competitive field, it’s like you are almost forced to have to play the level of the field and utilize what others are using to upgrade the game. 

So if the world goes a certain direction, a certain tempo, a certain attitude … am I expected to just do like everyone else if I want to be in the competitive field of the world in order to just keep up with all the “spinning”?

Yes … IF you are THAT ambitious.

No … IF you are like me.

I say NOPE to DOPE. 

And I just mean “doping” myself in whatever way just to keep up with all these other peeps that work their butts off getting their band reviewed, shows booked, writing songs all hours of the night into the early morning, searching for their road to rock stardom.  Or people building their bodies to perfection far beyond anything that I could ever attain.

Okay. So instead of getting 1001 things done in a day, I get 888 things done a day. And one of those things is sleeping a little more.  And I’ve never wanted that to be one of the things I get done.  I always felt that I will sleep when I am resting in my grave.  But I am a living human being and I do have to shut the body down sometimes to regenerate. 

I know in my heart there will come a day when these stimulants or meds won’t be available and when people (that use them) can not get it when they want it or need it at that moment, at that hour, at that day … there will be a crash & burn.

I want to work hard to curb all of my habits … things that might have a hint of addiction. I want to be able to burn slow, strong, and resilient – a constant brightness.  I want to reach deep and create my own energy and dig deeper to shine brighter.  I want my thoughts calm and emotions steady and not be bombarded with a billion thoughts all at once about things to learn, to do, to say, to complete.  I don't want my brain to function like a search engine.  It’s like trying to use Google now.  I start writing the thing I am interested in and it starts writing for me all these other ideas I could be looking at.  I want to stay focused in the thing that I am searching for and not just start going off into googling noodling la-la land. 

And yes, I CAN get restless because I can’t accomplish everything that I want to.  I have to stop and regenerate.  And I CAN feel like I have a million things I want to learn and study and finish … but I have to stop and breathe.

So, I have made my lifestyle choice.  I will not be drinking coffee.  My cup-to-go and I had a great run together, but it’s just a “Taste”.  I wasn't born with a cup of coffee in my hand.  I never had coffee until I came to the USA.  It's acquired.  And with so much out there in life, I don’t want to be led by "A Taste”.  I am the leader of my palate.  I am also the leader of my palette.  I pick my colors.

Hanging out at one of my favorite coffee shops.