Take a couple of days and drink the amount of coffee you typically drink. Take note of how much you consume, including number of cups and the sizes of each cup. Once you have a solid baseline, prepare yourself to start the process of quitting, when you’ll drink less. Drink extra water as you begin to quit. Being hydrated helps ease caffeine withdrawal. If you normally drink one cup of coffee per day, drink half a cup. If you normally drink four cups, drink two. If you want to drink the same amount of coffee but less caffeine, you can replace half of the coffee with decaf coffee. If you’re not sure how much coffee you normally drink, simply pour yourself half a cup every time that you would normally pour yourself a full cup. This will get your body used to a lower amount of caffeine. Drink extra water during this step to help your body detox. After a few days at this lower level of caffeine, you should not feel any withdrawal symptoms. If you do feel any withdrawal symptoms after a few days, stay at this level of caffeine intake until the symptoms (drowsiness, headache, shakiness) go away. If you’d gotten down to half a cup per day, now only drink a quarter of a cup. If you went from four cups to two, now go from two to one.  You may now be drinking very little coffee. If you still want to have something hot to sip on, fill your mug with decaffeinated coffee to add volume. Decaf contains caffeine, but the amount (only a few milligrams per cup) is generally considered negligible. You may want to stay at this level of coffee intake for a few days as well. This time, you won’t drink any regular coffee at all. Many people enjoy drinking decaf, since it satisfies the psychological need for coffee. You can choose to replace all of your daily coffees with decaf, or to refrain from coffee altogether. Choose  good decaf that you like. Dedicated coffee drinkers often complain that decaf doesn’t taste as good as regular. If you choose a high quality decaf, you likely won’t taste the difference! If you’re trying to quit coffee altogether, you’ll want to replace the decaf as well. Start by drinking decaf mixed with a coffee substitute.   Dandelion root and chicory are common substitutes for coffee. Many brands offer “coffee style” instant beverages made from these plants. You can drink them just as you would coffee—adding cream and sugar if you like. Eventually, replace all of the decaf with your coffee substitute. You may decide to go without the substitute completely if you don’t care for it very much.

Summary: Track your usual coffee intake. Drink half that amount the next day. Continue drinking that amount for three more days. Halve your intake of coffee again. Switch to only decaf. Blend the decaf with an herbal substitute.


Lightroom's export presets are essentially "shortcuts" for the saving process — they are sets of saving conditions that allow you to get through the export process quickly if you already know exactly what you want. To begin, select this option from the file menu — it's two options below the standard "Export" option. Your options should pop out in a submenu from the "Export with Preset" option. The different presets specify different conditions for saving your photos. See below for a brief selection of each. You can also access these presets this by selecting "Export", then picking the preset from the menu on the left. This option will create JPEG photos at maximum quality with a resolution of 240 pixels per inch and no scaling. By default, the files will be saved to the "Files On CD/DVD" location that you have chosen at the top of the dialog box. The DNG ("Digital Negative") file format is a raw image data format created by Adobe. The format is compatible with most Adobe image processing programs and many non-Adobe programs. This preset creates photos in this file type with no post-processing at the location you specify. As their names suggest, the two "For Email" options save your photos with email-friendly sizes and formats. The differences between the two options are:   For Email: This option immediately launches an email message with the files attached so that you can send your photos directly from Lightroom.  For Email (Hard drive): Saves the files with email-friendly characteristics to your hard drive. No email is sent. In addition to the presets that come with Lightroom, it's possible to create your own to save time the next time you need to save your work. To do this, use the steps below:  Select File >Export. Choose the export settings you want for your new preset. Click "Add" in the bottom left of the dialog box. Give your new preset a name and click "Create." Your preset will now be available via the same steps as you used for the other presets.

Summary: Select File > Export with Preset. Choose a preset. Select "Burn Full-Sized JPEGS" for CD/DVD export. Select "DNG" for use in other Adobe programs. Choose either of the Email options for email usage. Alternatively, create your own preset for future use.


Set the mixture aside when you are done. This method is meant to be used with glitter glue, but you can use it for white school glue as well. Simply reduce the borax to ½ teaspoon and the water to ¼ cup (60 milliliters). This will help make your slime more slimy and gooey. If you cannot find any glitter glue, you can make your own by mixing in about 1 teaspoon of fine glitter into clear glue. You can also add some color with a few drops of liquid watercolor, liquid food coloring, or gel food coloring. You can also use white school glue for this method, but you will need to add about 1 teaspoon of fine, crafting glitter. You can add some color to it too, but keep in mind that the color will be very pale. The slime will start to come together and form almost at once. At some point, you can even use your hands to knead and squish the slime. Once the slime has come together into a ball, take it out of the bowl. There will be some liquid leftover in the bowl, which is fine. Simply finish kneading the slime outside of the bowl.  Don't let the slime sit too long in the borax mixture, or it will turn too hard.  If the slime is too runny, put it back into the bowl with the borax mixture, and wait until it hardens again.
Summary: Mix 1 cup (240 milliliters) of water with 1 teaspoon of borax. Mix 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) of water with ½ cup (120 milliliters) of glitter glue. Pour the borax mixture into the glue mixture, then stir everything together. Take the slime out of the bowl, and finish kneading it.