First the good news! I haven't bought a single book this year! That's a definite step-forward. I have been regularly borrowing books from the local public library and that keeps my book-cravings in check. The fact that the books have a deadline (3 weeks) also means that I am a bit more intentional about reading them. On the other hand, my tendency to read more than one book at once means that I sometimes have to send books back without having finished them. Sometimes that is due to the fact that I tried to read too many books at once. Other times that is simply due to the fact that the book wasn't all that interesting and I got bogged down in it.
It's also true that sometimes I put in too many requests and they all get delivered the same week and I find myself swamped in books. My eyes are sometimes bigger than my mind it seems. So many books - so little time!!
So, that's the good news. The bad news... well, although I have been able to keep my Starbucks visits down to the weekends, more or less, my hot chocolate addiction hasn't shown any signs of improvement in other areas. I have been making home-made hot chocolate using sugar, cocoa, milk and the microwave. Every morning, after the rush is over, I make my hot chocolate and savour it as I get into the routine of my writing. But... some days I want a second one... and sometimes I make a second one. Which is not good! The point of Kicking Starbucks to the curb was to: (a) save money and (b) cut down on the sugar and (c) lose weight. So far, I am only ticking the box on (a).
So... I've been doing a bit of research into sugar... and realizing that I am a bit of a sugar addict. As a result... as of Easter Tuesday, we are going to go on a serious sugar fast. Which means cutting out my weekday hot chocolates. Sigh... so sad! I did an experiment the last couple of days and instead of having my hot chocolate, had water with lemon in it. Not the same. Not at all. But apparently the lemon water will help my taste-buds to reset. Ugh.
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