to start off

i want to quit coffee.

the time is only 12:22pm past mid noon, and i have had the equivalent of 5 shots of caffeine already. maybe more.

not good.

you know when there is a coffee machine in the office and unlimited supply, you tend to squeeze more Italian coffee powder into the scoop and hence a long black, in effect, is something like a triple espresso.

I had two of those already. And then there is the take away strong latte in the morning at my usual cafe on the way to work.

Come to think of it I have had something like 8 shots.

This is really not very good considering I have not eaten anything since lunch yesterday. And I'm planning to hit the gym in a few minutes time. 

I need to work out a game plan to achieve this. In my own understanding of things any major change of habits needs a fundamental philosophical reason, which has to be based on bulletproof argument that I have to build deeply into my subconscious so that later when I'm trying to talk myself out of it I won't be able to. 

That's how I quit smoking last year. There was really not much strategy when it came to the actual methodology of quitting smoking, but it was really a rather strong idea framework that I established in my mind that convinced myself logically and religiously.

When you have a framework like that I find it easier to isolate one's cravings from immediate attention and look at it objectively from a distance, which is the most effective way to confront cravings I reckon.

I went completely cold turkey. One day I was smoking, the next I was not, and had not ever since, except in two occasions I accepted cigarettes from my friend's offer, and did not enjoy the process of inhaling.

There was never really any strong craving either, strangely. There were occasional down points in life, of course, when one feels the need for instant satisfaction, but if deep down I do not categorized the chemical stimulation with a "satisfaction " tag. It really doesn't do anything to you.