One of my big problems with working retail was that it seemed to lead me into a split day, where I had three hours in which to do things both before and after work, but not enough at one time. But after some thinking on the subjects, I realized that I had started drinking iced tea at work.

Now, my history with caffeine is pretty long. Back at my old job, I used to just drink Diet Coke after Diet Coke. I never got a headache from not having caffeine because it never happened.

When I started the diet program more than a year ago, I stopped drinking aspartame, saccharin, basically any artifical sweetener, and caffeine. The caffeine restriction isn’t strict; when I go out to eat I always have iced tea. Every so often, I have a cup of hot tea at night. But I recently started buying more iced tea to have at home, and realized that it was because I started drinking it regularly again.

So, went cold turkey earlier this week and when I get home from work, like now, I go to bed almost immediately, within an hour or so. It also reduced my expenses at work down from $1.70 per day (for my iced tea, and unlimited refills) to $0. I’m still adjusting to the lack of chemical. I’m more sluggish when I get up, but that will resolve itself once my body realizes it isn’t getting regular caffeine anymore.

Oh well, that is the big item for WHYDT, in addition to the usual gym attendance.

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