I know, I know – didn’t I just say “goodbye” to good old Starbucks coffee? Well, after making that no-more-coffee commitment, I just got a flashback of my favorite frapuccino. No, it’s not from Starbucks! It’s from Island Vintage Coffee at the Aloha Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii. If you ever get to land in Hawaii for whatever odd reason, stop by this coffee shop and get the Coconut Kona Mocha Frappuccino.
Back to reality: it is still kinda hard for me to say good-bye to frappuccinos and mocha lattes everyday. I would always tell myself that I need coffee badly because I don’t get enough sleep. I should start breaking this insomniac habit so that I can resist the urge to buy coffee. I also have to pinpoint what keeps me up at night. While I don’t think about my debt in the wee hours, perhaps staying up late is my way of subconsciously coping with stress. Either way, I need to find ways to go to bed early so that my body can recover and get its 7 to 8 hours of sleep. Right now, it’s already 3:05AM. Not getting enough sleep and not getting any caffeine are a bad combination. Tack on a liability of about $100,000.00 in credit card debt, and you can bet that I’m on the right road to depression.
No, I will not allow myself to lose hope and fall into a depressed state! So…aside from saying “goodbye” to my daily caffeine, I shall also commit to getting some shut-eye no later than 9:30PM everyday (since I have to be at work so early).
Maybe I should still get me a good cup of coffee to reward myself at least once a month–that is, if I were to faithfully stick to my commitment of: no Starbucks and bedtime by 9:30PM everyday.
Am I making it harder for myself or what? Let’s just say, I’m paying it forward.“
