for the past few years i haven't drunk coffee. i'm now working on architecture and i find myself drinking coffee. nerves, feeling stressed over designs, worrying about quality, comparing my work to others...anxiety! i ran into these stresses in architecture school and i wonder if unresolved issues are surfacing. a few months ago i was happily eating a healthy diet, no suguar, no caffiene, no meat, just grains, beans, veggies, cultured foods, getting plenty of sleep, daily yoga, a balanced life and i felt good. but, i'm resolved to work through this, figure out how to find balance in my design work and restore balance in the rest.
Matt,
ReplyDeleteOther choices:
http://www.kushistore.com/acatalog/The_Kushi_Store_Coffee__Tea___Other_Beverages_12.html
I work in an architectural firm now. I start the day with a cup of ginseng and then drink kukicha twig tea for the rest of the day.
happy balancing!
Ray
i'll give it a try. does it change your architecture?
ReplyDeleteI just put paper in file cabinets, but if architecture refers to the quality of homeostasis in my body then I would say that avoiding intoxicants and stimulants keeps me at a gentle hum. kukicha tea has a nice wooden taste and very little caffeine. Ginseng tea helps the adrenals get strong again. Coffee wears them out.
ReplyDeleteI watch the architects around me chug the coffee and freak out over deadlines, which always pass and rarely are devastating if missed. But I can see that they are attached to the thrill of this. For many the architectural profession seems to be a passionate love affair with time and detail.
Two good friends do this dance very well though, while keeping their bodies as balanced as their designs:
www.singlespeeddesign.com
peace!