Trying to cut back on coffee.

I enjoy reading articles by other Note users.

And, they are incredibly educational.

I get sleepy immediately when I read formal, text-heavy textbooks.

Although I, Itsuki, often grumble about insomnia and being bad at falling asleep.

Actually, I have a secret weapon for a good night's sleep (?):

“If I read a complicated reference book or history textbook in bed, I'd fall asleep instantly.”

That is the kind of thing I have.
I just don't do it because it feels wrong somehow.

I just don't do it because it feels wrong somehow.

If I accidentally choose something I'm interested in on those days, I'm headed straight for an all-nighter...

For someone like me, Note articles, which are full of personal experiences and the author's emotions, slide into my head and heart very smoothly,

as if I were eating somen noodles.


As a major premise, it's even more so because I'm actively going to read articles on topics I'm interested in.

My recent trend is,
in addition to visiting the articles of people I follow as if they were neighbors, I've been visiting the articles of people I don't follow as if they were from out of the prefecture.

It's very fun because there's a sense of encountering a new and vast world, like being on a trip.

In the midst of such days, I read this article ⇩

It's an article about the changes that occurred in the author's body after not drinking coffee for two days.

Itsuki has made it a habit to enjoy grass-fed butter coffee for breakfast on weekdays ⇩

And, coffee time is also a healing ritual ⇩

However,

If I'm thirsty, I have coffee.

Coffee when I feel like having something in my mouth.

Coffee when I'm hungry.

Coffee after a meal...

I'm also aware that I'm abusing coffee.

It's impossible to give it up.

I suppose I could if I really wanted to, but I don't want to do that if I want to enjoy my daily life.

So,
I think I'll try to cut back on the coffee I drink "just because" other than the grass-fed butter coffee I have with breakfast and the coffee I have as a treat.

Even if I do drink coffee, it seems it won't affect my sleep if I have it 5 to 8 hours before bedtime.

To make it easy to understand, I'll decide for myself that it's okay until my afternoon break around 3 o'clock, and I won't drink any after that.

The idea is to cut my current intake of about six cups of coffee a day in half.

When I put it into numbers, I'm surprised at the level of dependency.

This is the behavior of someone who no longer wants to sleep.

As expected, it seems I need to cut back a little.

Actually,
I started yesterday, and I feel like I fell asleep better last night.

It might have just been self-suggestion, though.

I'll try to be conscious of it for a while.

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