[freedumb2003]

That is my every day — sleep deprived or not.

;)

[Squantos]

I did all of that this very day .... Couldn't sleep so went to work, ate a big breakfast, walked a few miles around our complex, had plenty of caffeine in the form of coffee and diet dr pepper all day, took a power nap of 90 minutes and was back at it and now home. Hot shower, a steak and 3 fingers of buffalo trace whiskey and I'm headed for bed.....kinda tired.

Nite !

Good read....timely.

[discostu]

A steady supply of food, caffeine, and Iron Maiden. Also stay busy, as long as you have something to do you won’t have as much time to think about being tired.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“So within the first hour or so of waking up, get outside and get some natural light, if you can.”

Not often possible in the Cleveland/Akron area! Not much “natural” light!

[Jewbacca]

Or, use what they gave me in the IDF: modalert.

[latina4dubya]

i agree with the 2 p.m. nap... that is when my sleep train comes in... without fail...

[Opinionated Blowhard]

When I was younger, I had to do this all the time — work through the night and into the next day. Surprisingly, if you eat just protein (tuna fish without bread or mayo, etc.t) and hydrate yourself, you can go two days without sleep and think clearly. Going three days is a problem though.

[Semper Mark]

Call in sick.

[kvanbrunt2]

i did a computer job finding a billing error for company named nu-car carrier where gm wanted to buy the company but told the owner that he had to find a $1m short billing error to GM. we started on friday. i take the lead cuz that’s what i do. all night friday still nothing. we are on univac which runs same os as the IBM dos and some old line editor to try to find the code in some cobol billing programs. friday night comes some guys go home. Saturday comes some guys go home. I do not and stay awake until sunday morning. It’s snowed three times that weekend. Finally i’m looking over the shoulder of some guy (cuz i can’t sit and code i start to fall asleep ) at this vsam file read statement and look at the return code verification. It’s missing. tell the guy to fix it and run the job with that program. Done. drove home that morning with the schuykill covered in snow. company was off lancaster ave in bryn mahr. That’s accomplishment.

[Alas Babylon!]

2 p.m.: Best-case scenario: take a nap. This is usually the part in a sleep story where the writer urges you to take a nap, which always seems a little absurd. Who has time for that? If you can squeeze a quick nap in — maybe behind your closed office door or in your car if you drive one to work — your afternoon will be better for it. “Even a 20-minute nap’s restorative powers can last for hours,” Buxton said.

Have a carpenter make you a bed under your desk. Worked well for George!