okay okay, i'll post!
how do you keep yourself awake? this is a very relevant question, as for the next 5 days i'm becoming nocturnal.
1) caffeine nap. when i first heard of this method, i thought it didn't make sense. caffeine wakes you up, so why would you nap? but apparently it works. you take in caffeine and before it kicks in, you power nap! two different methods, together as one awesome solution.
2) hair contraption. male or female, if you have hair long enough to reach a car window, you'll be sure to stay awake. just open the window, stick some hair out and close the window on it. that way if you nod off, the pain from your hair being pulled from your scalp will wake you up! unless.. you have no pain receptors, then you'll just end up with a bald spot. oh yeah, and you might get into an accident.
3) combined sleep. if you know you have to stay awake on a certain day, rack up the hours of sleep beforehand. i heard it works, even when you don't want it to. =/
4) constant hyrdation. i like to drink a lot of water while i'm on a night shift. something about water keeps your body running because dehydration slows down your systems (it's 2am right now, i don't feel like explaining) but i guess that applies to most liquids (minus milk and a few others). then again, i guess it could also be from the fact that it makes me pee a lot, and i'm pretty sure you have to be awake for that.. hm..
does anyone else have any suggestions? i would love to read/hear them! anything to help me stay awake during these graveyard shifts! (i'm so not a night person..)
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1 down, 4 to go. and remember, one of those 4 is a rest day... so it's more like 1 down, 3 to go.
and i must admit the hair contraption thing is pretty genius, although you have to be a girl for that one. or have a fro... or mohawk... or some other ridiculous hairdo.
I stayed up until 4 last night because I had no other choice. I was at a friend's apartment and she set up a bed for me and then promptly fell asleep on it, severing any method of rest/sleep.
It worked! I think just having the prospect of sleeping on cold, hard carpet is pretty energizing.
Point : BURN THE BED.
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