Improvement Project - Personal Statement Example

The mere smell of brewed coffee makes me want to drink coffee. Whenever I am reading or doing my assignments, my cup of hot black coffee sits with me on my study table. I have read many articles regarding the harmful effects of too much coffee drinking. Although studies have shown conflicting results on the health effects of coffee drinking, I believe that it is my too much consumption of coffee that is causing me my frequent stomach ache and my stained teeth. Having these unhealthy conditions are not only annoying and irritating but also embarrassing.

So, I decided to reduce my coffee consumption from 4 cups to 1 cup daily within an 8-week time frame. 1. The first thing I did was to change my coffee environment. I removed all the factors that induced me to want coffee – I removed my coffee maker in my apartment; I gave away my unused coffee beans and did no longer purchase any of these; I avoided going to the coffee corner of our school, and I changed channels whenever coffee is advertised. Instead, I put in place coffee alternatives to drink when my wanting for coffee is great – I stocked green tea and bottled alkaline waters in my fridge.

Hence, whenever I wanted something to drink there is no coffee to drink. These changes in my coffee environment helped me a lot from reducing my coffee intake because I am conditioned every day to drink other liquids than coffee. 2. I know my taste bud for wanting coffee cannot be easily changed. What I did was to reduce my coffee intake gradually to avoid withdrawal syndrome that may instead lead me to crave for more. I first lessen the amount of coffee I put on my cup – This is to help me lessen my addiction to the caffeine and to frustrate my taste bud from wanting more.

Then instead of coffee, I drank other drinks to satisfy my thirst. So in between meals, I drink water to quench my thirst instead of coffee and before breakfast, I don’t have anything.