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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by minorsecond@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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.

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

The holy trinity of mental clarity is to take a hike, a shower, and then a nap, cyclically in that order. Best advice that ever reached me. I explain it here, but basically it's like companion planting: hikes get energy flowing and help with exposure, showers/hydration get rid of impurities and inspire epiphanies (I guess the mists do this), and sleep allows your mind to rest but also wander with all of that. If you can't do one, do the other two (caffeine is not good for people, that "wakefulness" is just a high).

Or you could always be like Satoshi Tajiri during his interviews and wing it based on 24 hours of no sleep (he would help with making games for 24 hours and sleep for 12 and repeat the cycle, he even had his bed at the Gamefreak HQ for a time, and one time the BBC or whatever caught him during the end of the 24 and was like "is this a bad time").

[-] hoodatninja@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the suggestion overall because it actually is pretty medically sound, but “impurities“ is just a meaningless term. You have a liver/kidney/etc. to get unwanted things out of your body. Diets and sweating doesn’t “remove” toxins or impurities or whatever buzzword is bouncing around the crunchy world .

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

By impurities I meant literal impurities, as in you get clean.

[-] hoodatninja@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone describe taking a shower as “removing impurities” but hey if that’s your intended meaning then cool!

For your future reference, “impurities” is kind of a catchall, meaningless term that health quacks throw around. “Do a juice cleanse, it’ll remove your impurities and toxins.”

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Sorry about that. English isn't my first language and I often have to alternate between semantic "modes" if that makes sense.

[-] hoodatninja@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Don't sweat it, you just unfortunately tripped up on a VERY charged word lol. Again, your advice is good! Getting the body moving and cardiovascular/pulmonary systems cranking is good for waking up and feeling energized. Showers just feel damn good too.

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