Needz… Decaf
Maybe I’m just getting old, but I’m starting to notice more and more the effects of things I put in my body. If I eat the wrong things, I feel sluggish. If I stay up late, I feel like a zombie the next day. If I drink caffeine at night, I can’t sleep. I used to just go through the day like a machine. I could eat or drink whatever I wanted, stay up late when I wanted, nothing seemed to affect me. Now I’m realizing how awesome that was, I guess you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
Yesterday I was driving home, and I felt wired. It was sort of making me nervous, I didn’t like the feeling at all. Yes, I was able to play tennis and get all that nervous energy out, but still - I didn’t like it. So from now on, I have a new rule - no caffeine after 1 pm.
Controlling the amount of energy in your body is something I started thinking about a few weeks ago at a card tournament. Just before the tournament, I had to run to my car, which was several blocks away. When I sat down to play, I felt surprisingly calm. Normally I have all this nervous energy running through my body, and no real way to let it out. But since I had just gone for a run, I must have burned off all the sugars & other junk that would fuel my nervousness. So I just sat there, calm as a monk. It was a pleasant experience, so now before any card tournament, I’m going to repeat the process.