Well it's day six of not having any caffeine. I mentioned before that I quit drinking coffee, and quit consuming caffeine of any kind. That was six days ago. It was hard at first. But I'm happy to say that now I am past the pain of withdrawl. I'm past the discomfort. And I'm past the brain fog.

Yesterday, I had withdrawal symptoms, but only for about the first half of the day when I had some body aches. Thankfully they weren't as severe as they'd been before. But for the second half of the day yesterday, I felt great. I went to work out at Planet Fitness and I had a good workout. It was the first workout I've had without being caffeinated.

Before I quit coffee, I would normally drink about four cups of coffee before working out. I said four cups but it was actually 8 cups of half decaf. You get the math.

And that's what I did. Every time I worked out, I became accustomed to working out with that kind of energy - with caffeine energy. Yesterday, I worked out without caffeine energy, and it was different. It's a different feel for sure - working out with caffeine energy versus without caffeine energy. I do need to learn to work better on my natural energy, to be driven by that. But it's been so long since I've relied upon it or tapped into it. I've become accustomed to relying on caffiene energy and the feeling of getting things done with my natural energy feels kind of foreign to me

I'm just saying that the state of mind that I have when I am caffeinated is different as far as what it feels like when I work out (or write, or read, or do anything). Then when I don't have caffeine and I go work out without caffeine I'm working with a different type of psyche that I haven't been used to in a long time. You could say I'm not used to dealing with my "natural psyche" because I've been caffeinated for a couple of decades. I've gone the last couple of decades being caffeinated by default.

I was very productive last night with some housecleaning after I got back from working out. For the days previous I was in too much pain with all the body aches and headaches. But once those were gone, I did great getting down to business. But like I mentioned with regard to working out, being un-caffeinated is a different state of mind. And doing different tasks with that different state of mind is something new to me.

I've also been drinking a lot of herbal tea. I bought some of those variety packs from celestial seasonings, and I also bought some nettle tea. I just chose the nettle tea because a couple days ago I was in the woods and there were a lot of nettle plants and they were making my legs break out. So when I was in the store I just happened to see boxes of nettle tea and I decided to try it. It's not bad. It's not all that flavorful. But all the herbal teas I'm drinking satisfy my craving for a warm drink to sip while I type on my laptop or play Clash Royale on my phone.

I look forward to the coming days without caffeine. I hope I learn to deal with my non caffeinated psyche and learn how to work optimally with the non caffeinated psych whether it be at the gym, or doing housework or doing stuff on the computer.

For the most part I feel pretty normal now. It just feels weird because I'm not used to not having caffiene flowing through my veins. In a way I think it sometimes feels boring without the jolt of caffiene in the morning or at other times of the day. On the other hand, I feel more mentally and emotionally stable.