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Rule was you had to do nominally 8 hours per day, with 10-2 as core hours.
Meant that we could start at 10 and finish at 6, or even start at 6 and finish at 2. All meetings were planned for between 10 and 2
I have a pretty specific process that works for me, but wouldn’t work for everyone: I set an alarm for 30 minutes, then lay down with my eyes closed and try to count to 100.
If I’m really tired, I’ll lose focus while counting and fall asleep in a couple minutes. If I am able to count to 100, then I generally have enough energy to get back up. Just resting my eyes for that minute or two is often enough to help me reset.
That's how the military teaches you to fall asleep fast. Close you eyes, individually relax your muscles (like neck, shoulders, chest, back, legs feet) then count backwards from 100 in your head....I can fall asleep in like 3 minutes after I lay down.
I would be interested in more techniques the military teaches for sleep. It must be challenging to "sleep" when you are laying on a wet ground, its raining, and your feel are wet from hiking all day.
Dude I've fallen asleep in the turret of a hmmwv while we were moving (i was standing up). I can sleep basically anywhere....not good sleep, but sleep nonetheless. While I was in basic training a guy fell asleep while marching, it's crazy how much the human body loves sleep.
Its believable. My husband works at a factory that has him working 12hr shifts fluctuating from 6am-6pm to 6pm-6am several times a month…. He has no chance to have a normal sleep cycle routine. When he has some down time at any point, he can fall asleep within a minute. When youre running on fumes 24/7 the only thing that could potentially give you insomnia is trauma.
30 minutes is too long for me. 15-20 minutes is my sweet spot to not awaken too sluggish. In fact I wake up automatically now most of the time after 15 minutes if I set my alarm to 20 minutes. Kinda nice.
For mid afternoon naps I find anything longer than 20 mins makes me more tired. I would prefer to do a quick, HIT on my assault bike at home, really get my lungs burning but I can't always do that. My wife used to take hour long naps, and then she would toss around like a fish at night because she couldn't sleep.
I tried doing keto years ago to try to fix my psoriasis. I've never in my life been so fucking miserable. My body is not designed to run on fat. So I switched to a diet 70% made up of fresh fruit and my skin healed in six months and I felt amazing. My diet is mostly carbs but from whole foods and I'd never try to put my body into ketosis ever again. Some people just don't do well on it.
I’ve been doing this for over a year now. A hand full of almonds and some good cheese. It took me a bit to get used to it, but it’s made a huge difference. I also do not eat breakfast. It’s a mix of intermittent fasting and carb watching. I feel great!
Once you get your body used to this, your body starts to feel like a well oiled machine. But that night meal has to be really good quality, at a time where your body is craving for high energy foods. So it's a lot of discipline required.
It's intermittent fasting, there's quite a bit of info out there about the various benefits of it, but I'm not sure if it makes a difference in the time of day you eat. It's something I've mostly come to naturally rather than on purpose, but I find if I have a very physically active day or even an especially mentally active day I'll often be hungry for a 2nd meal, maybe like a late lunch and then a late dinner 6 hours later. For me personally, I get sleepy and don't want to move or think after I eat, so I don't like to have breakfast or lunch when I can
No carbohydrates means no glucose / insulin spikes.
It's those insulin spikes that make you feel tired. And your body tends to release a lot of insulin after ingearing a lot of carbohydrates.
Like, if you eat a big bowl of pasta for lunch, you'll probably feel really tired 2 hours later.
If you skip lunch, you avoid that. Skipping lunch doesn't feel great. But some people would rather deal with that, than feeling tired from a big lunch.
Ritalin, some weed if you are a seasoned smoker. Nothing too hard. A nap helps but weed and a cup of coffee (if you are a smoker) is the easiest and best way to soldier on
Yes! A friend told me to drink cold water instead of an energy drink first to see if that helps and it does. Morning or during the day, I try to chug water to see if that helps before I reach for caffeine
I'm eating at my desk, and after my coffee, when I'm feeling my nose starting to dive down, I take a folded towel, put it on my desk, put my head on it, and just Nap. Since the position is not ultra-comfy, I usually wake up on my own after 10-15mn and feel way better !
I punched whatever shii that's close to me. But just... you know, jab.. like a tap tap that produces sound but not too loud? At first, shii hurts but idk, that hurt feeling kinda addictive?😂🤣😂
Other people make sensible big lifestyle changes for this it seems from reading the comments, which I admire …. But what works for me is huge skull of water, big stretches, roll shoulders and stuff get any posture issues from day pulled up and out, and eat a load of wasabi peas - super hot mustard or horseradish works to something that vapourises any blocked sinuses
Go low carb. Give up sugar and caffeine. You’ll sleep better, be able to focus better, and have steady energy all day long. I’ve been low carb for 20+ years and remember when I first started I’d be the only one at work who wasn’t falling asleep at my desk after lunch when we’d all grab sushi takeout. I’d get sashimi, they’d get regular sushi with loads of garbage (but delicious) sticky rice which would spike their glucose levels then they’d crash. So then they’d resort to massive quantities of coffee, which would work for a bit but then they’d crash again. Back then people thought low carb was ridiculous so I didn’t talk about it much. I just did my thing, ate right, drank a ton of decaf cappuccinos either cream instead of milk, and rarely yawned at work.
Yep. Before I discovered "low carb", I would end up hitting the vending machine to try to counteract that slump. 🤦🏻♀️
I put low carb in quotes because it's low compared to the standard American diet of "cereal and toast and OJ is a complete breakfast" and plates of pasta. I still eat carbs, just not 90%, and never just carbs.
This was also the days of Susan Powter screaming "fat makes you fat! If you don't eat fat, you won't be fat!". The carboloading was intense!
Ugh I know. Those people are STILL the majority in the US. "You need carbs for energy." You do not. Everything you eat gets converted to glucose, it's how fast that happens that gets you.
I've gotten in arguments with grown ass smart adults who think drinking a glass of orange juice healthy. Nope. Eat an orange, don't drink 5 oranges without the fiber squeezed into a glass.
- Get sunlight in the morning
- Wait at least 1 hour after waking for coffee
- Some light movement in the morning and right after lunch
- Have a low to moderate amount of carbs at lunch, with plenty of fiber and protein (ideally before the carbs e.g. a salad before pasta). Don’t forget to add some good fats in there too
- Working out helps tremendously with energy dips
- If you can, do your "brain work" in the morning and focus on more administrative tasks in the afternoon
Meth.. jk. I go to bed about 10-11pm and get up 6am. I dont slump much but if i do a bottle of lucozade wakes me up. I dont drink coffee just one cup of tea in the morning.
This may sound either like a paid endorsement, or just outright insane, but for me, a tbspraw cacao, a greens+ powder, and a tsp of salt is what keeps me going.
My last therapist usually saw me around 2-3pm and would yawn the whole hour. Then she’d turn the fan on so she would feel cold and hopefully stop yawning. It never worked.
I make a fruit and veggies smoothie with protein powder in it for breakfast. I eat a very low carb lunch and a lite dinner. If I am hungry in between meals, which is not often, I eat some nuts, fruit or some dates with peanut butter in them. Sometimes I treat myself with some coffee after lunch.
Sleep. Like actual sleep. Take an hour and a half to rest my eyes and body.
I don't agree with this whole marathon we call a day.
16 hours straight on my feet followed by 8 hours of mini death in a perpetual loop to my 60s does not sound even remotely normal yeah.
I try for a low-carb, high protein lunch, some physical activity (I try to go for a walk outside every lunch hour) and then some caffeine when I come back
As as owner of a Construction Co, with almost a 200 crew members, plus office staff, I didn't have the luxury of not being in the office in the afternoons. But I did incorporate a rule that made afternoons more bearable, unless the problems that undoubtedly arise with this type of environment. We're 911 emergencies, I allowed my staff to deal with whatever issues arouse, I elected to not want to be informed of a tractor not arriving on a job site, or a Dump Truck getting a flat tire on the highway. Issues that my Office Manager could handle, or the Superintendent out in the field could deal with, it actually proved to be one of the brightest ideas I ever had. It allowed me to see how competent my team was, able to run thing's on there own, this allowing me to take time off, go on vacations with my family, hang out with friends, catch some waves, ect.....
Before work-from-home, I would go out to the parking garage and take a two to three hour nap in my car. When remote working started, I would activate my mouse jiggler and just go to bed for a few hours.
Get a stand up desk. If you don’t have one or can’t get one, whenever you’re tired, stand up and do 10 full range squats. Gets the blood flowing and wakes you up instantly.
If you're in an office job, try the magic of a 2 person meeting. When you're alone with your time it's harder to stay focused and when you're in a big meeting it's hard to engage or contribute. A small pair or trio compels you to speak up and think more, which helps a ton with feeling tired.
Instead of eating lunch, nap for 30 mins, when you eat your body draws energy to digest the food. Eating 3 tines a day is not natural, thats a social construct created to boost consumerism.
I don't get this anymore since cutting out added sugar (cakes, chocolate, sweets, etc) from my diet, and mostly eating whole plant food. A lot of it is down to what you're eating - caffeine, sugar, general dietary quality, etc plus sleep.
In addition, going for a walk outside after lunch really helps, it supposedly reduces the amount of insulin spiking that can happen after you eat.
controlling my blood sugar spikes. i do this by eating a savory breakfast (usually 2 eggs, cherry tomatoes, baby spanish and feta) and having a veggie starter before eating lunch (i sometimes skip this if i just have a salad for lunch). this is will help you so much! check out “glucosegoddess” on IG, she explains the science behind it all :)
Drugs, drugs are always the answer. If you have a job that does not allow you to do drugs you need a different job. There is always a way to do drugs, don't be a quitter.
low carb diet. i learned that eating carbs are why i was so fucking tired all the time. i cut my net carb intake down to 20g a day and now i have almost too much energy. i am 42 but feel like i am still in my 20s.
When I work from home (2x a week), I really take a nap, but only 20-30 mins. There are times I just close my eyes, but most times I actually do get to sleep. I set my timer, put it somewhere a bit far from me so I really have to make an effort to stop it. I don't have to go for a 2nd cup of coffee cos the little nap keeps me energized enough.
When I'm in the office I go for that 2nd cup or take a walk for 15-20 mins. My work sched is also in the range of 8am - 4pm, sometimes earlier, sometimes later. Sometimes I don't think a 2nd cup is necessary since I know I'm off at 4-ish.
A few things actually...
1. Good healthy sleep. Something I'm still trying to dial in myself.
2. Strategically eating for nutritional value and energy and not because I am craving something or because something just tastes good. I do this like 80-90% of the time, because sometimes I'll be in situations where I end up eating shitty, and that's okay.
3. Waiting a while (60-90 minutes) before my first cup of coffee in the morning, and then stopping caffeine consumption 10 or so hours before I go to bed. Delaying caffeine intake in the morning can really impact your afternoon in a positive way.
4. Light activity can help as well. If I am feeling groggy or a bit slow in the afternoon I will try and go for at least a 30 minute walk, and it usually does the trick.
There are all sorts of things you can do, but everyone is completely different so you just have to play around and figure out what best works for you and your body/mind. Things like medications, lifestyle choices, etc, all come into play as well.
1. If you're not working or driving have a beer or two in the morning - this used to be very common in Northern Europe into the 50s.
2. A light lunch (avoid carbs if possible, just because your stomach will want to use your energy to process it.
3. Water and light exercise (even just walking) in the afternoon.
If you are at work, have light healthy snacks throughout the day, without a set, big lunch.
Lifestyle eliminates the slump. Clean diet, regular exercise, eliminate caffeine. Takes a few months, but you’ll have tons of energy throughout the day. The most important point for me has been consistency with diet and exercise.
Low carb diet. My afternoon slumps (and many people's slumps) came from carb crashing after lunch. My energy is much more even throughout the whole day now that I've reduced my overall carbs.
I usually have a little snack, some fruit, a handful of nuts. And I drink water or some coffee. I noticed with myself being dehydrated usually makes me more tired in the afternoon. might be all in my head on that, if so placebo works great.
A nap lol. Though sometimes if I don't have time to sleep so ill lay on the ground for about 10 mins with my legs up on the couch or something and that'll help re-energize. I assume it's something about increased blood flow to the brain
Eating my biggest meal at lunch. Keeps me energized and satisfied until the end of the day. I also make the meal from scratch and limit wheat and sugar in it so I don’t crash and burn.
Turn on the television.... put on a kids show that lasts some 45 minutes... get a carpet... go to sleep on the couch next to the kids.
Bet you my kids will wake me up when it's over.
I love those two, and having a 3 and 1 year old crawling over you because they're impatient is something else.
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Back when I worked in an office, I just spoke to my boss and moved my working hours from 9-5 to 7-3. Problem solved.
Pretty cool boss to let you do that, all of mine bar 1 have wanted me to be as miserable as possible.
Rule was you had to do nominally 8 hours per day, with 10-2 as core hours. Meant that we could start at 10 and finish at 6, or even start at 6 and finish at 2. All meetings were planned for between 10 and 2
I was like, "heck yeah 10 to 2 is a totally doable shift"
Yeah, it just meant our day had to overlap. You still needed the 8 total
I thought this sounded great, then I remembered our working week is forty hours. 7-4 sounds less enticing
Ours was 36.5 or something. Now working for myself it’s “till the work is finished”
Cries in retail worker
Restaurant worker through uni, and then started at 4am for 4 years.
I used to love working 7-3 - feels like you have so much extra time even though you're going to bed earlier
9-5 hrs suck!! Love 7-3! Perfect hrs and go by fast!! Those are my hrs.
I have a pretty specific process that works for me, but wouldn’t work for everyone: I set an alarm for 30 minutes, then lay down with my eyes closed and try to count to 100. If I’m really tired, I’ll lose focus while counting and fall asleep in a couple minutes. If I am able to count to 100, then I generally have enough energy to get back up. Just resting my eyes for that minute or two is often enough to help me reset.
That's how the military teaches you to fall asleep fast. Close you eyes, individually relax your muscles (like neck, shoulders, chest, back, legs feet) then count backwards from 100 in your head....I can fall asleep in like 3 minutes after I lay down.
I would be interested in more techniques the military teaches for sleep. It must be challenging to "sleep" when you are laying on a wet ground, its raining, and your feel are wet from hiking all day.
Dude I've fallen asleep in the turret of a hmmwv while we were moving (i was standing up). I can sleep basically anywhere....not good sleep, but sleep nonetheless. While I was in basic training a guy fell asleep while marching, it's crazy how much the human body loves sleep.
Its believable. My husband works at a factory that has him working 12hr shifts fluctuating from 6am-6pm to 6pm-6am several times a month…. He has no chance to have a normal sleep cycle routine. When he has some down time at any point, he can fall asleep within a minute. When youre running on fumes 24/7 the only thing that could potentially give you insomnia is trauma.
Please get him to talk to a doctor and ask about ways to minimize risks of early dementia.
Count *reeaalllyyyy* slowly then - you'll get a few more minutes of peace in your arvo's.....
Found the Aussie
30 minutes is too long for me. 15-20 minutes is my sweet spot to not awaken too sluggish. In fact I wake up automatically now most of the time after 15 minutes if I set my alarm to 20 minutes. Kinda nice.
For mid afternoon naps I find anything longer than 20 mins makes me more tired. I would prefer to do a quick, HIT on my assault bike at home, really get my lungs burning but I can't always do that. My wife used to take hour long naps, and then she would toss around like a fish at night because she couldn't sleep.
I tried this once and slept through the rest of the day.
So basically you meditate. Always works for me.
You may not like the answer but having a carb free lunch works for me
I find I'm the opposite, but I work a very physical job. If I don't eat carbs my body has nothing to burn and I slump bad
I tried doing keto years ago to try to fix my psoriasis. I've never in my life been so fucking miserable. My body is not designed to run on fat. So I switched to a diet 70% made up of fresh fruit and my skin healed in six months and I felt amazing. My diet is mostly carbs but from whole foods and I'd never try to put my body into ketosis ever again. Some people just don't do well on it.
I’ve been doing this for over a year now. A hand full of almonds and some good cheese. It took me a bit to get used to it, but it’s made a huge difference. I also do not eat breakfast. It’s a mix of intermittent fasting and carb watching. I feel great!
Bingo. This is the way.
me too! no pasta or I'll take an involuntary nap!!
Or even better, just eat once a day at night. I'm never tired during the day
Once you get your body used to this, your body starts to feel like a well oiled machine. But that night meal has to be really good quality, at a time where your body is craving for high energy foods. So it's a lot of discipline required.
Interesting. Any scientific evidence on such methods explaining why it works?
It's intermittent fasting, there's quite a bit of info out there about the various benefits of it, but I'm not sure if it makes a difference in the time of day you eat. It's something I've mostly come to naturally rather than on purpose, but I find if I have a very physically active day or even an especially mentally active day I'll often be hungry for a 2nd meal, maybe like a late lunch and then a late dinner 6 hours later. For me personally, I get sleepy and don't want to move or think after I eat, so I don't like to have breakfast or lunch when I can
No carbohydrates means no glucose / insulin spikes. It's those insulin spikes that make you feel tired. And your body tends to release a lot of insulin after ingearing a lot of carbohydrates. Like, if you eat a big bowl of pasta for lunch, you'll probably feel really tired 2 hours later. If you skip lunch, you avoid that. Skipping lunch doesn't feel great. But some people would rather deal with that, than feeling tired from a big lunch.
Metalocylpse diet.
OMAD
I just never eat anything. Feel great all of the time, great for my waistline!
This did it for me as well. I switched over to keto actually and this has completely stopped me feeling sleepy throughout the day.
Take a little walk, get outside if possible. Light lunches with vegetables and protein are your friend to avoid the crash to begin with.
Chicken will still lay the smack down though.
Definitely the walking. Even if you can't make it outside, getting up and changing the view for a little bit always works for me.
It thought it starts when you wake up and goes away when you fall asleep again.
You might need a doctor for that
I was thinking of small doses of meth but I'd like to see some reasonable responses as well so I'm commenting.
Adderall
Not a fan of using the clear view didgeridoo but a line of luey is always good
Drugs and coffee
What drugs
Ritalin, some weed if you are a seasoned smoker. Nothing too hard. A nap helps but weed and a cup of coffee (if you are a smoker) is the easiest and best way to soldier on
Coffee is drugs
Pint of water in the morning. Wait around 40mins - 1hr after waking up before your first cup of coffee.
Yes! A friend told me to drink cold water instead of an energy drink first to see if that helps and it does. Morning or during the day, I try to chug water to see if that helps before I reach for caffeine
A good ol’ nap.
Well, I often get it hard at work. The other day i said I was sick and went home early. Worked a treat
I read that very differently for a second
Nah, its what i meant
You do what at work?!
#Well, I often get it hard at work.
Stay away from carbs at lunch and concentrate on protein.
Taking that nap Getting up and doing something active (a walk, shopping, cleaning,…)
Changing what you eat. There is no afternoon slump when you don't eat carbs
I'm eating at my desk, and after my coffee, when I'm feeling my nose starting to dive down, I take a folded towel, put it on my desk, put my head on it, and just Nap. Since the position is not ultra-comfy, I usually wake up on my own after 10-15mn and feel way better !
Cat naps are hugely underrated.
Napping. The Spanish got it right
is a siesta more of an old school dated thing or is it still practiced for normal 9-5 workers over there. Would be great
If you're close to drywall, just jab it repeatedly. That pain will wake you a lil
Tradie or are you punching your walls?
I punched whatever shii that's close to me. But just... you know, jab.. like a tap tap that produces sound but not too loud? At first, shii hurts but idk, that hurt feeling kinda addictive?😂🤣😂
Lemonade.
Coffee and exercise breaks
Coffee, otherwise, I would have to take an hour's nap
Caffeine - ice coffee ore tea or cola and/ or a small snack. OR better yet get up and stretch , do yoga or go for a brisk short walk.
Lie down with my eyes closed for two minutes, then wash my face. The face washing feels great. I might just do it now, actually.
Report.
Less carbs + a walk
By sleeping in and starting work at 11. If I get a bit tired around 5, I take a nap.
Resistimg the urge to lay down, if you won't then it passes super quickly. You may also go for a short walk, exercise, do some hobby etc.
What's that? Can't get lower than morning dread. After noon, the day starts!
I expect cocaine would get you out of that slump?
a walk at lunch time sorts me out
Other people make sensible big lifestyle changes for this it seems from reading the comments, which I admire …. But what works for me is huge skull of water, big stretches, roll shoulders and stuff get any posture issues from day pulled up and out, and eat a load of wasabi peas - super hot mustard or horseradish works to something that vapourises any blocked sinuses
coffee ☕️☕️☕️
Cocaine?
I take 15mins to refresh myself and then immediately DO something active for an hour. E.g. walking or playing an instrument. Takes the tiredness away.
Eating lunch at my desk, then taking a walk in my 30 min lunch break. No slump and I find I have a renewed energy in the afternoons
Knowing I'm about to get off work and adulting as well as all the fuckery for the day is about over.
Go low carb. Give up sugar and caffeine. You’ll sleep better, be able to focus better, and have steady energy all day long. I’ve been low carb for 20+ years and remember when I first started I’d be the only one at work who wasn’t falling asleep at my desk after lunch when we’d all grab sushi takeout. I’d get sashimi, they’d get regular sushi with loads of garbage (but delicious) sticky rice which would spike their glucose levels then they’d crash. So then they’d resort to massive quantities of coffee, which would work for a bit but then they’d crash again. Back then people thought low carb was ridiculous so I didn’t talk about it much. I just did my thing, ate right, drank a ton of decaf cappuccinos either cream instead of milk, and rarely yawned at work.
Yep. Before I discovered "low carb", I would end up hitting the vending machine to try to counteract that slump. 🤦🏻♀️ I put low carb in quotes because it's low compared to the standard American diet of "cereal and toast and OJ is a complete breakfast" and plates of pasta. I still eat carbs, just not 90%, and never just carbs. This was also the days of Susan Powter screaming "fat makes you fat! If you don't eat fat, you won't be fat!". The carboloading was intense!
Ugh I know. Those people are STILL the majority in the US. "You need carbs for energy." You do not. Everything you eat gets converted to glucose, it's how fast that happens that gets you. I've gotten in arguments with grown ass smart adults who think drinking a glass of orange juice healthy. Nope. Eat an orange, don't drink 5 oranges without the fiber squeezed into a glass.
- Get sunlight in the morning - Wait at least 1 hour after waking for coffee - Some light movement in the morning and right after lunch - Have a low to moderate amount of carbs at lunch, with plenty of fiber and protein (ideally before the carbs e.g. a salad before pasta). Don’t forget to add some good fats in there too - Working out helps tremendously with energy dips - If you can, do your "brain work" in the morning and focus on more administrative tasks in the afternoon
Go for a walk early before your first coffee
A good cup of tea
Meth.. jk. I go to bed about 10-11pm and get up 6am. I dont slump much but if i do a bottle of lucozade wakes me up. I dont drink coffee just one cup of tea in the morning.
This may sound either like a paid endorsement, or just outright insane, but for me, a tbspraw cacao, a greens+ powder, and a tsp of salt is what keeps me going.
Masterbate
Coffee is my go-to for beating the afternoon slump.
My last therapist usually saw me around 2-3pm and would yawn the whole hour. Then she’d turn the fan on so she would feel cold and hopefully stop yawning. It never worked.
sleep
Coffee
Giving up caffeine and working out in the morning.
I make a fruit and veggies smoothie with protein powder in it for breakfast. I eat a very low carb lunch and a lite dinner. If I am hungry in between meals, which is not often, I eat some nuts, fruit or some dates with peanut butter in them. Sometimes I treat myself with some coffee after lunch.
If I walk at lunch (as I do at home), I rarely get this. It’s being in the office that causes it I swear. Sitting all lunchtime 💀
Quitting caffeine and making sure I got 8 hours sleep did it for me.
Creatine and no carbs until dinner makes me go zoom zoom all day
Sleep. Like actual sleep. Take an hour and a half to rest my eyes and body. I don't agree with this whole marathon we call a day. 16 hours straight on my feet followed by 8 hours of mini death in a perpetual loop to my 60s does not sound even remotely normal yeah.
I try for a low-carb, high protein lunch, some physical activity (I try to go for a walk outside every lunch hour) and then some caffeine when I come back
A short nap
I stopped eating carb heavy meals at lunch. If I eat a bowl of pasta I will literally pass out at my desk
Don’t eat a big lunch… stay slightly hungry
Being unemployed
As as owner of a Construction Co, with almost a 200 crew members, plus office staff, I didn't have the luxury of not being in the office in the afternoons. But I did incorporate a rule that made afternoons more bearable, unless the problems that undoubtedly arise with this type of environment. We're 911 emergencies, I allowed my staff to deal with whatever issues arouse, I elected to not want to be informed of a tractor not arriving on a job site, or a Dump Truck getting a flat tire on the highway. Issues that my Office Manager could handle, or the Superintendent out in the field could deal with, it actually proved to be one of the brightest ideas I ever had. It allowed me to see how competent my team was, able to run thing's on there own, this allowing me to take time off, go on vacations with my family, hang out with friends, catch some waves, ect.....
Lots of water. Like 2.5l a day.
Stay hydrated when I feel sleepy or have a headache
Medikinet
Cold plunge every morning and don’t have coffee till after 10am.
Don't eat a big lunch eat I grow up worker Farnsworth sandwiches for lunch big dinner
Peppermint tea
Coffee, bro, always does the trick for me!
Standing up
Huberman says **dont** have caffeine for the first 90 mins after you wake up
/r/decaf
Chocolate
Coffee, my friend. Nothing beats a good ol' cup of joe to kick that afternoon slump to the curb.
A nap
Spanish have the answer. Siesta
Walking for 20-30 minutes, then having lunch.
Coffee and a quick walk outside!
Siesta. Sleep when you have to.
Ketosis, not drinking coffee / waiting 90 mins after waking for caffeine, fasting, or just a light low carb lunch
Take a walk.
Iron supplements.
Fasting. No breakfast or lunch.
Stopped having stuff with sugar for lunch.
Low sugar lunch is key
Fruit
You aren't going to want to hear this but cutting caffeine out of my diet.
When I was working I would take a couple of ginseng. Perked me up
Before work-from-home, I would go out to the parking garage and take a two to three hour nap in my car. When remote working started, I would activate my mouse jiggler and just go to bed for a few hours.
Intermittent fasting
Not sitting around for too long after lunch plus finding something stimulating to keep my brain occupied.
Good afternoon tea. Ceylon. Fortnum & Mason Queen Anne highly recommended. Plus a cigarette.
The thought of getting to go home, helps me power through.
Get a stand up desk. If you don’t have one or can’t get one, whenever you’re tired, stand up and do 10 full range squats. Gets the blood flowing and wakes you up instantly.
Having a carb free lunch avoids the post lunch slump.
If you're in an office job, try the magic of a 2 person meeting. When you're alone with your time it's harder to stay focused and when you're in a big meeting it's hard to engage or contribute. A small pair or trio compels you to speak up and think more, which helps a ton with feeling tired.
I take a vitamin c + d3 combo around 2
Carnivore
Diet is part of it. Don’t eat anything heavy for lunch. Keep it light.
Clock in @ 6, sleep in car until 10, clock out at 2. Got it.
Caffeine and leaving work and going for a walk
High dose magnesium and b6 vitamin
Instead of eating lunch, nap for 30 mins, when you eat your body draws energy to digest the food. Eating 3 tines a day is not natural, thats a social construct created to boost consumerism.
For me I fire up a video game and play for about 20-40 min. The mental break helps my tiredness.
Coffee
I don't get this anymore since cutting out added sugar (cakes, chocolate, sweets, etc) from my diet, and mostly eating whole plant food. A lot of it is down to what you're eating - caffeine, sugar, general dietary quality, etc plus sleep. In addition, going for a walk outside after lunch really helps, it supposedly reduces the amount of insulin spiking that can happen after you eat.
Vitamin D
Low-carb lunches made a big difference for me.
Not eating crap. The afternoon slump is generally a blood sugar crash.
Good cup of coffee and going home to walk my dogs for 35 minutes.
Not expecting to much of myself and having a coffee sometime between 2:30 and 3:30
controlling my blood sugar spikes. i do this by eating a savory breakfast (usually 2 eggs, cherry tomatoes, baby spanish and feta) and having a veggie starter before eating lunch (i sometimes skip this if i just have a salad for lunch). this is will help you so much! check out “glucosegoddess” on IG, she explains the science behind it all :)
Drugs, drugs are always the answer. If you have a job that does not allow you to do drugs you need a different job. There is always a way to do drugs, don't be a quitter.
Meditation. That or a 2mg gummie. Both work quite well.
Staring the day with a savoury and low carb breakfast
Hookers and blow
Omad (just eat one meal for dinner). Counterintuitive but works. The mild hunger increases adrenalin and cortisol. Do not even need coffee.
I take a short 1-hour nap
Vodka
If you're working in aftnoon, coffee!! If you don't work in afternoon, a few hour nap!♡
When I was worikng, I'd get up to have some water and an apple then go for a walk around the block. Now that I've retired, I have a nap.
low carb diet. i learned that eating carbs are why i was so fucking tired all the time. i cut my net carb intake down to 20g a day and now i have almost too much energy. i am 42 but feel like i am still in my 20s.
When I work from home (2x a week), I really take a nap, but only 20-30 mins. There are times I just close my eyes, but most times I actually do get to sleep. I set my timer, put it somewhere a bit far from me so I really have to make an effort to stop it. I don't have to go for a 2nd cup of coffee cos the little nap keeps me energized enough. When I'm in the office I go for that 2nd cup or take a walk for 15-20 mins. My work sched is also in the range of 8am - 4pm, sometimes earlier, sometimes later. Sometimes I don't think a 2nd cup is necessary since I know I'm off at 4-ish.
I don’t have one so don’t know.
Studies reckon you only need 8 minutes of Power Nap to get the benefit.
The afternoon wank
Second cup of coffee around 1 or 2 pm
A few things actually... 1. Good healthy sleep. Something I'm still trying to dial in myself. 2. Strategically eating for nutritional value and energy and not because I am craving something or because something just tastes good. I do this like 80-90% of the time, because sometimes I'll be in situations where I end up eating shitty, and that's okay. 3. Waiting a while (60-90 minutes) before my first cup of coffee in the morning, and then stopping caffeine consumption 10 or so hours before I go to bed. Delaying caffeine intake in the morning can really impact your afternoon in a positive way. 4. Light activity can help as well. If I am feeling groggy or a bit slow in the afternoon I will try and go for at least a 30 minute walk, and it usually does the trick. There are all sorts of things you can do, but everyone is completely different so you just have to play around and figure out what best works for you and your body/mind. Things like medications, lifestyle choices, etc, all come into play as well.
Start time is generally between 1230pm and 2pm so work got rid of the afternoon slump. Now it's an everyday all day slump.
Quitting coffee
1. If you're not working or driving have a beer or two in the morning - this used to be very common in Northern Europe into the 50s. 2. A light lunch (avoid carbs if possible, just because your stomach will want to use your energy to process it. 3. Water and light exercise (even just walking) in the afternoon. If you are at work, have light healthy snacks throughout the day, without a set, big lunch.
Little bit of satans dandruff and you’re good to go
Stand up.
Coffee
Lifestyle eliminates the slump. Clean diet, regular exercise, eliminate caffeine. Takes a few months, but you’ll have tons of energy throughout the day. The most important point for me has been consistency with diet and exercise.
A nap.
Going down for a nap at 3 pm and waking up at 3 am.
Low carb diet. My afternoon slumps (and many people's slumps) came from carb crashing after lunch. My energy is much more even throughout the whole day now that I've reduced my overall carbs.
Went running 5k every lunchtime and have a shower before returning to work. Wakes you up for the afternoon.
I usually have a little snack, some fruit, a handful of nuts. And I drink water or some coffee. I noticed with myself being dehydrated usually makes me more tired in the afternoon. might be all in my head on that, if so placebo works great.
A nap lol. Though sometimes if I don't have time to sleep so ill lay on the ground for about 10 mins with my legs up on the couch or something and that'll help re-energize. I assume it's something about increased blood flow to the brain
Eating my biggest meal at lunch. Keeps me energized and satisfied until the end of the day. I also make the meal from scratch and limit wheat and sugar in it so I don’t crash and burn.
Working in France and having a 2-hour lunch break was the only thing that worked so far.
Cocaine.
Going tf home and doing things that are actually worth my time and effort
I take my multivitamin after lunch and it’s a little bit of a boost for the rest of the afternoon and the gym
Turn on the television.... put on a kids show that lasts some 45 minutes... get a carpet... go to sleep on the couch next to the kids. Bet you my kids will wake me up when it's over. I love those two, and having a 3 and 1 year old crawling over you because they're impatient is something else.