I’m super drowsy even though I had some caffeine. I’m drinking lots of water and eating healthy foods, but is there anything else I can do in the meantime?

How do you make yourself feel better after a poor night of sleep?

Edit: It went well! The director even said, “we should just hire you now!” However, I have one more panel interview. Time for a nap.

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    20 minute power nap

    Just curious, how do you guys manage to do that? It can take me up to 2 hours just to fall asleep, unless I just woke up in which case I still shouldn’t do that because few extra minutes of sleep just totally destroy me for the day.

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      20 minute Power Nap = lay down, close my eyes, think of nothing for 20 minutes.

      It usually takes me an hour + to fall asleep but I still appreciate getting a few minutes to shut down in the middle of a tiring day.

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      Just close your eyes and let your mind wander. Even if you don’t fall asleep you get a large percentage of the benefits. The 20 minutes is because that’s about the best timespan for the body to rest without taking into a deeper slumber that’s hard to wake up from

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      You’re not actually going to sleep, you’re “resting” for 20 minutes. It still had a massive impact on your energy level and well being. Anything past that and you run into the danger zone of sleeping too long and waking up mid sleep-cycle and feeling worse.

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        1 year ago

        Do you smoke before the nap? Or just the active use seems to help you nap in general?

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          Just the active use in general. I do sometimes have trouble falling asleep but its usually allergy related or my cat won’t shut up lol

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      I personally used meditation techniques to fall asleep faster until I taught my brain and myself the right routine. Don’t confuse your brain, Bed=sleep and keep a schedule. From there power naps are easy.