You may or may not know this about me but I am an avid decaf coffee drinker. I haven’t always been this way & on weekends I may indulge in a cold brew but at home I make a decaf topped with frothed creamer because who isn’t frothing their coffee these days?! & if you’re not, might I add, you need to start.
Anyway, during quarantine I was constantly waking up with a pit in my stomach. Like the second I’d open my eyes in the morning I’d feel stressed/anxious about literally nothing…I’m thinking maybe the unknown because I was furloughed for a couple months but during this time I was drinking a lot of coffee. If my sister left the house she’d come home with Dunkin’ Donuts and if I left the house I’d do the same…it was a vicious cycle of unnecessary coffee runs but because there was nothing else to do that’s what we’d do. For a while I was staying at my Granny’s so I’d always make a pot of coffee for my cousin and myself and over the summer I’d be driving to my granny’s every weekend and stop for coffee along the way…you get the point.
So once I got called to go back to work I was still drinking an obscene amount of coffee, unable to get back into my old routine. So i’d drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day and then not be able to fall asleep at night. I’m sure this happens for a good percentage of people so I won’t elaborate.
I’ve tried giving up coffee before but there’s just something about a hot cup of coffee in the morning so I decided to try decaf instead of giving it up altogether. It’s literally the same thing (I mean it’s not as ‘strong’ or ‘rich’) but it wakes me up enough in the morning, makes me feel like I have a routine still and doesn’t interfere with my sleep at night. Also, adding frothed creamer helps hide the watered down taste of the decaf. Yes, I’ll be the first to admit I do not prefer the taste of decaf coffee LOL Again, I still drink regular coffee/espresso…what have you, but drinking decaf daily has really helped me keep a healthy routine and has cured my unwanted and very random anxiety!
That’s all…xxTay!