I gave up coffee for a part of my new year’s resolution. At first it was just no coffee for January, I thought to myself, "That’s reasonable and just a month so I’ll start with that." I was never a huge coffee person but as last year went on, whether I was on my way to school or to just run errands, I would find myself stopping for one.

At first, whenever passing a Dunkin or Mary-Lou’s, I would pause and think about stopping to get a coffee. When my friends or family had coffee or wanted to know if I wanted anything, it was extremely hard to say no thanks. February rolled around, I told myself as a treat, I would buy myself one. I never had the craving to go get one, so I never did.

Cutting coffee out of my life made me realize that I am perfectly fine with or without, so why have it? I never got the daily craving of my favorite flavors. Luckily I didn’t get the headaches from not drinking coffee, like many people get.

I am not only thankful for giving up coffee for 2017 but thankful that I haven’t had the urge to go back to it. Coffee is meant as a treat, not a daily necessity. I’m not saying I will never have a coffee ever again, but the addiction of having it daily is gone.

I gave up coffee and not a day goes by that I regret it.