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Originally Posted by Innerzone
I'm definitely the wrong person to ask. The 2 trips that I've made involving many times zones, 4 flights in a row, being up for... well, I've never been able to figure out because I get too confused... but somewhere in the 1 1/2 day range. I can NOT sleep in a moving vehicle, and jump right into the time zone reality and top that off by staying up really late...Soooo bad, I know, but both times it kicked me into most excellent hypomanias...that there's no way I'd be convinced to be sensible. 
(I didn't even know what they were at the time, but everyone commented with incredulity at my 'superhuman' energy levels, lol...) |
Yep, that's me. Life of the frickin' party. Wittier and more sparkling than ever before. Totally impress everyone. No one can keep up with me. And boy, the brilliant ideas that come out after 4 or 5 days of this... I have rules against sending email at that point!
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Originally Posted by Innerzone
BUT. If it was a regular feature and lots of back and forth back to back in both time zone directions, I'm sure it would be a whole other ballgame. You have really good ideas, and the only one I can think of atm to add would be to eat healthily and get lots of water. It's way too easy for those things to go by the wayside when travelling.
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Yeah, my travel is pretty irregular. Predictable, but irregular in terms of timing and location. I've seen strategies where you're supposed to slowly acclimate yourself to the timing for another time zone before you travel, and that just doesn't work for me; the travel time itself is as much of an issue as the local time zone change.
Good suggestions! It can be hard to eat well on the road, and staying hydrated is also a challenge. I always take a water bottle so that I can be sure to have my own supply of drinking water. I should eat better than I do, but my willpower falls apart in the face of eating out at every meal. One of my friends packs all kinds of healthy snacks, but that's a lot more preparation than I have been willing to put into it. Lately I just make sure I have some fruit-nut bars as a backup.