Hi wasp
it is a big motivation!
I've never been a big tea or coffee drinker, but i got into the habbit of 2-3 cups of tea a day. But then i started to feel quite strange mentally, similar to how i feel after drinking coca cola on an empty stomach after playing sport - physically stimulated and alert but mentally dazed. I find this a strange and uncomfortable sensation. Therefore haven't touched caffeine this year, nor have i wanted to!
The tea/coffee phenomen has always amazed me. I've worked with men/women who drink 5-6 cups per work day, and i am a big chap who starts feeling funny after drinking 3 cups of tea in a day! How do they drink so much!
What also made me stop was reading/watching something about how caffeine relates to depression, anxiety, stress, sleep etc. A TV experiment with a none coffee drinking fitness guru who had to start drinking 8 cups per day. He ended up having to drink beer on a night to help him sleep, and having to rely on the coffee to make him feel awake due to the lack of sleep - a vicious circle! He also complained about how his body felt really awake, but his mind like mine felt dazed.
following on from my previous posts, it is possible to feel mind numbingly unstimulated in a work environment when you are interacting with other people. Furthermore, if you are surrounded by people who have lots of things to say to each other, and you are isolated in a minority with less opportunity to interact with others (eg. being one of 3 men in an office full of 20+ women etc.), then this can be quite bad because you are really not being stimulated, but you are surrounded by people who are, and continuing working/focus/motivation can be a real effort then also.
I guess, where ever i work, whatever i am doing, when i reach a point when i do feel that i am slipping into a mild coma 😉, i am able to snap out of it and remotivate/sharpen myself from within.
But trading alone has definately highlighted to me the need to be as active as possible outside work hours, in order to get the work life balance right. I think balance is the key!
I've been in contact with traders who do not work from home due to the possible family hassles etc. and therefore have their own office. And having a place to go to trade, as opposed to trading from home, is for some people a good idea.
Perhaps when the profits start rolling in, It might be a good idea to get a few friends to join me. ....a shared office with a few twenty something 5'8"- 6' Swedish looking birds will do the trick!....hmm, what do they call him - Hugh Heffnor :idea: 😆