Break up, Spring, and My Factory Setting

So today is the first day of spring (at least according to the Calendar, I don’t know that our friends in the East coast will agree). But none-the-less it’s feeling spring like here, and I am feeling an interest in beginnings and growth and all that jazz. Especially since I feel like I have been in a bit of a personal winter.

So yeah in the spirit of spring, new chapters, onward and upward, and any other metaphor you can think of for that kind of thing, I have decided to do a couple week cleanse/detox. I will be significantly cutting out most dairy, I will be getting rid of sugar (save what occurs naturally in things like fruit and stuff) and getting rid of fake chemical no calorie sweeteners too. I will also be avoiding booze… even my beloved glass of evening wine.

All of that sounds pretty doable, the one thing I am extremely nervous about is that I will also be saying bye to coffee for a while. Coffee and I have a deep, loving connection, so I think this is going to feel more like a break up than a dietary choice. But the truth is I think this is something important I have to do for me. I think the coffee is making my already nervous disposition out of control, and I think it has been messing with how my body functions as a whole. so I have decided I love me more than I love coffee.

I am doing it because I want to try to get my body reset to its natural settings. We spend so much time fueling our bodies with chemicals and crap that I think we are making ourselves physically and emotionally ill. I think that my anxiety and depression is exacerbated by the stuff I consume. I am taking these steps in order to feel more whole.

 I am excited about this change

Course I may not be saying that as I am dealing with the first few days of the caffeine headaches, but I will cross that bridge when I get to it.