Quit caffeine: My personal top 3 tips
Quick summary
Breaking up with coffee doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing.
Identify the kind of person you want to be and make it part of your identity, not a daily debate.
Pay attention to how coffee actually makes you feel, rather than focusing only on quitting.
Keep the ritual you love and change what’s in the cup.
Experiment with what works for your body and circumstances instead of following rigid rules.
Ask: What function does coffee serve for me, and how else can I meet that need?
My divorce to coffee has been a long, tough journey.
Actually, let’s not call it divorce.
Let’s call it conscious uncoupling. 😅
I used to be the BIGGEST caffeine lover, although daily caffeine made me terribly anxious.
Here are my top 3 tips that changed the game for me (and for many of my clients):
My top 3 tips to quit caffeine
1. Decide who you are
I became the ‘kind of person’ who doesn’t have daily caffeine.
It stopped being a decision I had to make every morning and became a standard/identity I chose to live by.
2. Create aversion to the pattern
I started paying attention to how coffee actually made me feel.
Not instantly quitting the coffee game, but simply paying more attention to the result of it.
Creating a different emotional association with the behaviour.
3. Keep the ritual, change the item (decaf)
This one was HUGE.
I didn’t have to give up my cappuccinos or morning ritual I loved.
I just changed what went into the cup.
Interestingly enough, I drank caffeine again during my holiday after about a year without it.
And I noticed something I hadn’t really experienced before:
When I’m not working,
I’m moving my body,
I’m outside,
and I’m relaxed:
Coffee feels COMPLETELY FINE in my system (might I even say: great?).
And I love that this has shown me again that it doesn’t have to be black or white.
The more I experiment, the more I can fine-tune what actually works and feels good for me, so it can be a conscious decision in every moment.
Weekly practice 👇
If your coffee ritual is unhelpful for you at times, start with one of these steps.
When there is resistance, check in:
What is the function coffee has for you?
What else can you do to fulfill that same need in a way that works more sustainably?
Your experimentation might just be life-changing, as it has been for me! 🔥
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