Mornings, ugh.

[cupcake_goth]

I'm flying to Ottawa on Monday, for a week of work meetings. In preparation for this, I've been vaguely shifting my schedule to a more daywalker -type thing.

UGH.

How do you morning people do it? Do you just not suffer the oh-G-D-what-why-HOW? jet-lagged feeling for the first three or four hours? Because that's what it's felt like, and I don't understand how anyone can be productive like that.

(I know, I know, different body clocks. but still. UGH.)

Even with this attempt at being awake in the morning thing, next week is going to be wretched. Not because of my team or what we're doing, but because the meetings start at 9am. East Coast time. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Pray for me.

Comments

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

Tiina is a morning person, and Shannon was too. They just wake up when the sun rises, spend a fuzzy hour, and then are bright and chipper and ready to go; and then they start falling asleep in the chairs around 9pm. I will always find that bizarre.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Tim has to be at work at 5 a.m. It's fucking awful.

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

Moving meds, dinner, and sleep back does help a little. Sending morning people vibes.

[aniline.livejournal.com]

LOL, I've had a day job since October, and the minute I have more than 24 hours off I become nocturnal again. In theory I go to sleep at midnight and get up at 7:30. In reality I fall asleep for an hour or two when I get home and then stay up until 2 or 3 (or 4...).

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

A strong cup of PG Tips and exercise, that's how I do it. I'm not that much of a morning person either, but I can and do function when I have to.

[morfydd.livejournal.com]

Belatedly:

--Lots of coffee. I'm actually perky in the morning when I'm up unexpectedly early, as my body assumes there must be an emergency and overloads the adrenaline. I start falling over in early afternoon when my body realizes it was a cruel lie. So:
--Light lunch. No matter how much I want to pamper myself with a tasty lunch, I'd better have a salad or I'll want to die in afternoon meetings.
--A notebook I can scribble in during meetings if they get boring so I can at least look engaged, and keep my brain moving.
--Brisk walk and/or stretches whenever I can get a break.
--Coffee and sugar. Pocket Coffee candies are effective and tasty. Once I'm free for the day:
--No naps, and a strictly enforced bedtime. If I get to a reasonable hour to go to bed, my stupid body decides it can make it all night. Pick a time that is "reasonable" to go to bed and turn off the lights and devices.

Good luck, and I hope you have fun in Ottawa!

[artemiswinter.livejournal.com]

Well, your trip has already come and gone, but here's some advice for the next one: Try a gradual approach. Let's say you have to start getting up at 7 a.m. on Friday, May 27 (unlikely, but this is just an example). Get up an hour earlier each day previous. So, today you'd have gotten up at 11 a.m., tomorrow 10 a.m., Wednesday 9 a.m., Thursday 8 a.m., and then 7 a.m. on Friday. I've done this for job interviews, and when I started my current job, which has me up at 6:30 a.m. every day (ugh).