Especially if you have kids and work all day
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Sounds like pure cope, but it really helps. I wait to drink any caffeine until 90 minutes after I’ve gotten out of bed. The brain can utilize the caffeine better that way and really gets me going.
This is actually an awesome tip! As I’ve gotten older I’ve been able to feel this more and more. Sometimes I get up and can tell coffee will only hurt.
A friend in college swore that the most effective way to use adderall was to start work and then once he got into a groove, take it.
Basically to avoid using it as a impetus to get started.
First thing out of bed, hydrate. Then I’m eating, then I’m showering, etc, but for me on 600ml water.
a short while later, I’m starting the caffeine cycle, but I try to do 1:1 coffee and water, same volume. Ideally, to keep the hydration going.
Some days nothing’s gonna help, and I have the RedBull on sinful standby. I raise the desk, move about to keep the blood flowing, and bop to the music in the hopes the blood flowing will bring me out of an all-day stupor.
to the people reading: for most people unless your sense of hydration is deficient, often due to age, just drink when you’re thirsty. fixing chronic fatigue has no one simple answer, it’s a symptom with lots of possible causes.
Much hustle. Wow.
I don’t have kids but I do generally work all day.
- Avoid inflammatory foods
- Take creatine supplements (avoid if you have kidney problems)
- Stay well-hydrated
- Resolve moral conflicts
- Get enough sleep
- Exercise
- Eat healthy food
I sleep 8 hours a night and wake up at the same time every day. I’ve found that as long as my sleep schedule is consistent and reliable, my energy levels are fine. It doesn’t really matter how busy I am throughout the day.
Once the sleep schedule gets out of whack (I sleep in too much, or have to wake up at 3am for work trip) then it takes a good 5 days or so to go back to normal
Maybe you should do a sleep study.
signed up for one but its a while from now sadly…
Monitor caffeine and sleep amount. I’ve also heard good things from removing the number of decisions you take each day.
Sleep a lot and being indecisive. I can see that working for myself, thanks.
Not indecisive, being more decisive or develop weekly schedules. More like wake up, shower, brush teeth, feed kids the monday menu instead of deciding what they are going to eat then if you’re going to finish food first or shower first.
That’s just theory though, I personally work well with a bulk decide then bulk execute strategy. I also take always the top shirt on a stack and whatnot. I have the same at work where I outline what I’ll do in which order and then I just do that.
Works for me, got the advice from elsewhere and have nothing else to support this claim.
I hear you, and yes I operate the same. But I feel what breaks people’s spirits is exactly that same routine, everyday, for the rest of our lives… any advice with that? 😅
That doesn’t break my spirit. I fucking hate novelty and am perfectly content — thrive even — on repetition.
I got a good one, pick up a random hobby for one day of the week and switch it up every now and then. Yoga, running and pottery are really fun. Any artsy thing is also fun when you leave the ego at the door.
Learning new stuff and meeting new people that share similar interests is a great way to break out of the routine and gets some nice skill progression at the same time.
If you want a quick fix then go find the nearest place where you can walk in nature without hearing cars, bring one person and walk for an hour. :)
Also decisions that are avoided are basically the same as an endless stream of decisions in terms of fatigue.
edit: avoided as in delayed. Avoiding them by eliminating them is fine
Excersice. I know, it sounds trite. But working out has helped me sleep more soundly despite getting less sleep. I have a few weights in my basement and when my kid is sleeping, I go downstairs and lift heavily. Especially leg workouts, your legs are a huge portion of your body and getting those muscles working is great. It usually takes me ~20 minutes to workup a sweat. Before I had a child I used to try cardio for longer periods of time. But I am more satisfied with short, difficult strength workouts.
That’s the funny thing, you don’t
cocaine
Do cocain about it.
Blood test of everything that affects it, and then correcting my daily nutrients accordingly.
Cut down the weed
I wish I could be someone who smokes occasionally. I’m either totally zero, or all day every day.
Sleep enough. Check for any deficiencies, especially Vitamin D when you live somewhere in the northern hemisphere
Sleep
Ha ha ha ha. Ha. There’s no ‘not feel tired’ when you have kids.
