I Tried Coffee Again After a Break. Here’s What Happened…

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I recently decided to go a month without coffee. I learned a lot from this experience. After being dependent on it for years, I discovered that I felt better without it. I didn’t need it to feel awake and alert. If I focused on building better habits, I would have even more energy without coffee. But after nearly two months without it, I tried coffee again.

I wanted to see what would happen after giving it up for a while. And the experience taught me an important lesson.

This blog post will give you this lesson I learned, and my experience of trying coffee again after a break from it.

Why did I give up coffee?

I decided to give up coffee because I felt dependent on it. I used it because I wanted a boost of energy on days that I worked out. And I also infrequently drank coffee on days that I wanted a boost of energy so that I could focus on my work.

But coffee had some side effects on me. These side effects weren’t worth the perceived benefit of increased energy.

Coffee made me feel jittery and anxious. I felt like I had a bundle of uncontrolled energy waiting to explode. I couldn’t focus this energy on my workouts or work. The energy “boost” was useless for me.