Time-released candy.
Every morning on my way out the door I grab 3 sugar-free Life Savers peppermint candies. (I actually prefer the taste to the sugar-full ones.) I have the first one as I’m walking out the door. It’s usually gone about halfway to work, but by that point, it’s done its job. I’m on my way to work, and I’m no longer wishing for the sweet comfort of my bed. (Though that comfort has been interrupted of late by a genital slashing kitten.)
The second mint is administered after lunch. I usually forget about it until about now actually. It’s like a nice little surprise. I wander the internet, work on different projects for the j-o-b, and have a moment where I’m staring off into space thinking, “I could just stay like this until the end of the day, and that would be fine,” when the “jam that individually wrapped piece of sweet candy goodness into your mouth right now” synapse in my brain fires, and I pull the 2nd mint from my left breast pocket (which is where I keep them) and pop it in.
Finally, I eat my last mint on my way home from work. After I climb into my car and navigate it out of the parking lot, I pull the last mint from my pocket and reward myself for fooling everyone into thinking that I’m a rational individual. I usually chomp this mint rather than suck (get your mind out of the gutter) it.
That’s right folks. The only thing keeping me going, day in and day out, is the timed reward of a sugarless sweet. I guess that’s better than taking a high-powered rifle to the top of a tower, or developing an affinity for the O’Reilly factor.
