I go through phases with it.

I will always love it, but sometimes I become actually obsessed. And by obsessed, I mean going through periodic cravings, up to three times a day, of how much I want coffee. When life starts to become busy, I can always see my love for coffee slowly creep up until I begin drowning in it every single day.

College started back up about five weeks ago, and I can definitely say I am starting to see those coffee cravings creep up on me very quickly. I always tell myself at the beginning of the school year that I will not need to run to Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks in-between classes every day until a few weeks pass and I enter the predicament I am currently entering—where coffee just seems so…fundamental.

Why you might ask? Well, with the signs of my various classes speeding up and while acknowledging that I am getting less and less sleep each night, I seem to stumble out of the front door each morning with the mindset that coffee will be my "treat".

The only problem about this is the fact that this "treat" turns into a daily, or twice-a-day routine, and my sleep schedule continues to ripple away while my Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks rewards skyrocket. I mean, I cannot complain about the free coffee's, but the ten priced coffee's required to gain that free reward is the scary part.

I'm sure all coffee-lovers can understand how this seemingly-necessary, yet likely unhealthy and pricey routine becomes fundamental to our increased schedules. I guess we can keep counting on the studies that prove coffee's various health benefits.

And with that mindset, we'll be all set.