After having success with a sleep routine (that starts 1 hour earlier from when I want to fall asleep) and seeing someone mention morning routines and reset routines (“A reset routine is something you do when you’re feeling super unfocused”) I wanted to know yours, so that I can better craft and tailor mine.
I think most people drink too much coffee, which leads to tiredness, crashing, and dependency. Once I started thinking in terms of servings of caffeine instead of cups of coffee, I found a good balance that let’s me enjoy coffee without needing it every morning or afternoon crashes. At home I make a French press using 2tbsp of coffee beans. When I get a coffee while out, I opt for an Americano with two shots. Both of which should be about 120mg of caffeine (give or take).
Most people drink 12-16 ounces of coffee as their morning “cup” which is more like 150-200 mg of caffeine. Often more, and often followed up with a cup later in the day or a caffeinated soda or tea.
Ymmv, but I’ve enjoyed being able to have coffee in my routine once I found a way to manage the amount of caffeine.
Sadly I have never felt any effect drinking coffee, so I haven’t drank much all my life. I recently tried it again too after reading so many people with ADHD swear by it. Once again, felt nothing during or after, and I was pretty attentive to its possible effects that whole day.
I cannot manage one tea a day if I consume it every day.
I have far more emotional resilience when I am not consuming caffeine. I have more self-control and I am less impulsive; those should be obvious consequences. I also need less sleep, and I am more resilient in the face of a night or two of lost sleep. I feel worse, but I function far better.