Inspired By Mitt

So Long, Caffeine

[youtube= there are other reasons I wanted to try life without caffeine for a while. Lent was one, sleep issues another. But there was also something about watching this guy perform in the presidential derby last year that was pretty inspirational. He went toe-to-toe with the president of the United States and, in this first debate, scored a clear knockdown. And even though he has multiple hundreds of millions of dollars stashed away, he was able to convince other people to give him multiple hundreds of millions more so he could run for president.

And he never touches caffeine of any kind.

Now, I’m not going to vouch for the veracity of anything he said. Just between you and me, I didn’t even vote for the guy. But there’s no denying that he’s accomplished a lot, and all of it with a kind of energy that I never knew could come from anything but a few pots of coffee.

So, by ditching the java myself, I hope to find, within myself, a bit of whatever Mitt’s having.

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0 Comments

  1. Beth Spencer
    February 22, 2013

    Apparently Pepsi, Mountain Dew and hot chocolate are OK.

    Reply
  2. johnshoulberg
    February 22, 2013

    You mean for Mitt? I thought he avoided all caffeine.

    Reply
  3. Bill Jones, Jr.
    February 28, 2013

    Studies have shown that long term, caffeine only makes users as alert as people who don’t drink caffeine at all. It apparently reduces the brain’s ability to be alert alone.

    Reply
  4. johnshoulberg
    February 28, 2013

    Two weeks into this no-caffeine thing, I’m starting to come to the same conclusion

    Reply

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