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I'm now on another round of scaling back.
• Coffee: all stop. Though I may have an espresso in the morning on weekends.
• Tea: green mainly—double-brewed, so half of what I drink is virtually caffeine free. One oolong or Darjeeling here or there.
I've been drinking up to 3 or 4 cups of coffee per day lately, and it's been taking its toll on me. I figure my caffeine intake has been up past 400 or 500 mg/day. It's likely now around 100 mg/day, which is less than a cup of coffee.
My last full caffeine day was Sunday.
It feels like someone punched me in the forehead.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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