I find that the only thing that really helps me with jet lag is going with the time zone as soon as you get there. A few years ago I went on a trip to the UK, which is five hours ahead of my time zone. We went on a plane overnight, but I couldn't sleep on the plane. I was well and truly exhausted when we arrived. I slept for an hour, which was nice, and then had lunch at roughly the right time in UK time. I was quite tired at first, but then I went with my family to visit a really cool aquarium, went on the London Eye, and then out for dinner. You'd think I'd have been *exhausted*, but I had a great day and was barely tired. I slept normally that night (obviously going to bed a little bit early), and from there on I was almost perfectly adjusted to their time zone. Going home was the same - ate dinner at the right time, went to bed, and the next day was adjusted perfectly to our home time zone.
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I find that the only thing that really helps me with jet lag is going with the time zone as soon as you get there. A few years ago I went on a trip to the UK, which is five hours ahead of my time zone. We went on a plane overnight, but I couldn't sleep on the plane. I was well and truly exhausted when we arrived. I slept for an hour, which was nice, and then had lunch at roughly the right time in UK time. I was quite tired at first, but then I went with my family to visit a really cool aquarium, went on the London Eye, and then out for dinner. You'd think I'd have been *exhausted*, but I had a great day and was barely tired. I slept normally that night (obviously going to bed a little bit early), and from there on I was almost perfectly adjusted to their time zone. Going home was the same - ate dinner at the right time, went to bed, and the next day was adjusted perfectly to our home time zone.
February 16, 2013 - 9:20pmThis Comment
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