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February 19, 2005
Beating Jetlag:Your Narrator's Suggestions- Stay awake on the plane. Drink any beverage that will facilitate this process (ie, coffee, tea, cola, yerba matte, Redbull, etc.).
- Bring lots of things to do on the plane. (ie, writing projects, books and flashcards in a destination language (or why not Esperanto), music, and postcards from home--which can be a nice surprise with a non-local postmark).
- Avoid alcohol. This may cause you to break rule number one. Alcohol is generally detrimental to most states of mind anyway.
Try meditating on the plane. Wear earplugs if you want. The environment isn't ideal, but you can still try. It helps.
- Go to bed at a reasonable local hour upon arrival, even if this means consuming more caffeinated beverages. If you're not tired at what you consider a reasonable hour,
- Take Melatonin, which you can get at any health food store. Melatonin is gentler than sleeping pills.
- Get up at a reasonable hour and exercise. This somehow helps. If there's sun outside, get in it. This is like hitting the reset button on your body's internal clock. I've read that light behind the knees is especially helpful. Experiment as you like.
- Eat dark chocolate with breakfast and fly, fly, fly on the land, land, land.
I hope this helps.
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