I used to overuse caffeine. Every few months I would go cold turkey for a week or two, to (a) prove to myself I easily could, but also (b) mostly reset the amount I needed or thought I needed for the same benefits. I figured this worked all right.
Then a change in my home life made it necessary to sometimes be able to stay or quickly become alert and useful at odd hours of the night/morning, and a moderate amount of caffeine just wasn’t enough to break through. So my partner and I instituted a new rule: (basically) no caffeine after noon, and at most one cup of coffee’s worth before that; but all the decaf I wanted.
Benefits: radically better sleep quality, one dose during nighttime emergencies is sufficient, and I no longer participate in the tolerance/turkey cycle.
Couple of other ELDRs:
we only buy a very specific brand of eggs, vetted to be the most ethically produced available locally
I play as many sedentary games as I like, but incur a certain amount of exercise debt per [session]
I used to overuse caffeine. Every few months I would go cold turkey for a week or two, to (a) prove to myself I easily could, but also (b) mostly reset the amount I needed or thought I needed for the same benefits. I figured this worked all right.
Then a change in my home life made it necessary to sometimes be able to stay or quickly become alert and useful at odd hours of the night/morning, and a moderate amount of caffeine just wasn’t enough to break through. So my partner and I instituted a new rule: (basically) no caffeine after noon, and at most one cup of coffee’s worth before that; but all the decaf I wanted.
Benefits: radically better sleep quality, one dose during nighttime emergencies is sufficient, and I no longer participate in the tolerance/turkey cycle.
Couple of other ELDRs:
we only buy a very specific brand of eggs, vetted to be the most ethically produced available locally
I play as many sedentary games as I like, but incur a certain amount of exercise debt per [session]