In the wonderfully named 30 Bananas a Day! forum there are a couple of great tips on fruity alternatives to your morning brew. Lisa Dee recommends ‘starting with a cold glass of iced water and several bananas in the morning gives me my pickup – – I actually look forward to it now – as much as I […]
November 10, 2012
9 drinks that help when giving up coffee
Body+soul magazine has great suggestions for 9 drinks that can help when giving up coffee. Some will help combat dips in energy and headaches that you may experience while giving up, while others such as green tea and liquorice tea will help promote calmness. Oolong tea Rosemary tea
January 6, 2012
Give up coffee for Lent
If the thought of giving up coffee forever is too scary then why not give it up just for Lent? Many Christians make a personal sacrifice by abstaining from something for the 40 days prior to Easter. According to three of the gospels, Jesus spent forty days fasting in the desert before the beginning of […]
January 6, 2012
Jerry Seinfeld’s secret for sticking to something
Jerry Seinfeld once gave a great motivational tip on how to stick to something. When he was a fledgling comic he would sometimes feel making little progress, but knew that he had to stick to writing jokes every day, day-in day-out.
July 12, 2011
Alternatives to Coffee: Yerba mate
Yerba mate is a plant that is native to South America where it is a popular beverage. The leaves contain caffeine and it’s prepared by steeping dry leaves in hot (rather than boiling) water. In some regions it is also drunk cold.
July 12, 2011
Give up coffee for 30 days
This is a great (and short) talk by Matt Cutts from Google where he talks about a great approach to cultivating bad habits. Just try something for 30 days. The thinking is that it’s a short enough time that it’s not overwhelming, but long enough to appreciate, and potentially extend, the new behaviour.
March 18, 2009
Giving up coffee is easier than we imagine
In the low-carber forum, Nancy LC describes how she had been imagining who completely awful The Day That She Gave Up Coffee would be, but in the end the reality was about 30 seconds of thinking about it. Sure, she had made it easier by gradually cutting down, but it’s a good illustration that this […]