I can't have you close, so I become a ghost.

[kaia]

Two posts in one day, look at me! It has been a while since I felt like doing that. I feel infinitely better now after my yoga session. I was completely drained after work today and ready to crawl into a bed, or, you know, the floor as soon as I stepped in the door. I was tempted, but no, I stayed awake wondering why in the world I could be so tired. I got my 8 hours of sleep, ate enough food, and had coffee plus I had been full of energy the past two days. There was one difference.

Coffee.

The past two days I hadn't had any coffee at all and I felt great. Today, my coworker offers me free coffee, and who passes up free stuff? I mean, really. Especially when it is something as awesome as coffee. But the first day I have coffee in a few days, I come home and feel absolutely horrid and ready to punch some faces. It was probably that I hadn't had any in a few days after pretty much inhaling too much on a daily basis that caused how bad I felt. The girls that work at Gloria Jean's in the mall actually know me by name. I'm there getting coffee that often. I love coffee, but after how completely terrible I felt today, I'm going to give coffee up. Since I've been doing yoga on a daily basis, I haven't needed the energy. Yoga has to be one of the best energy boosters and it feels amazing. I'm sure there will still be the day once every so often that I go without any sleep that I'll need something to keep me awake and will revoke that no coffee policy temporarily, but those days are rare and I'll feel terrible no matter what I do.

Comments

[smalldancingcat.livejournal.com]

Well, aren't you a prolific writer!

COFFEE.

That's actually why I avoid drinking it myself, I know I'd get hooked and eventually just feel terrible over ingesting so much acid and caffeine, and then have to quit and realize how awesome NOT being hooked on things is and...

...Yeah. Physical activity really helps with most of life's problems. For me it's not Yoga so much as Karate (though I've done both), but moving and doing just feels so good, and it makes days so much better.

Instead of coffee, I suggest those coffee energy drinks because they are delicious! And they make terrible days okay for about four to six hours.

[duskyn.livejournal.com]

It really does. Whenever I'm upset, all I need to do is move and it may not make it go away but I at least feel better. I've started, or well, started attempting to get up in the morning to do a little yoga before work. I feel amazing all day after doing that. The problem is getting myself out of bed to do it.

Two of my coworkers live for those 5-Hour Energy drinks. We have these huge drawers in the lab and they filled any entire one up with empty bottles.

[smalldancingcat.livejournal.com]

Meh. Getting out of bed is the hardest thing you will ever do, any day. If you can do that, everything else is cake.