Blame Starbucks

An article on the internet says a recent review of roughly 100 studies notes that while caffeine enhances+ physical, cognitive and motor performance, boosts short-term memory, problem solving, decision making and concentration, it eliminates a key portion of the creative process. Caffeine gives a coffee drinker pinpoint focus, but it doesn't allow the mind to wander. And a recent study showed losing focus helps inspire creative solutions. It impedes the ability to go into deep sleep, which diminishes emotional intelligence, constructive thinking and the ability to cope with stress, It blunts the ability to solve problems and draw connections between unassociated information. Hold on a minute, while I refill my cup and think of where I want to go with the rest of this poem… sip, ahhh! Roll my eyes a little… Hmmm… hold on... um... err... Nope, it just ain’t happening… Copyright Vol Lindsey 6/17/2013