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I don't drink alcohol, but I do drink two cups of coffee a day - one in the morning, and a second after lunch. The first cup is to wake me up in the morning and it makes me highly productive. The second is to avoid the food coma.

If I ever feel stressed, I know I can go for a walk to exercise off the coffee. But most times I'm not.

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This is the trap many people (including myself, for years) fall into... You develop dependency on coffee and then you claim it is what makes you focused and productive. But if you never had a cup of coffee in your life (or if you stop and let your body adjust), you'd be as focused and as productive without ever feeling like you're missing it.

I drank no coffee up through university and my productivity was sound - I ended up getting good grades. I started drinking coffee after I got a full-time job.

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