I pretend to cure jet lag by staying up late the night before I go on a trip. I can’t help it. I’m still packing and cleaning the house. I call it my hamster-on-a-wheel routine. There are more effective ways to combat feeling like your head might roll off –or that feeling like you’re listing sideways as you walk through sludge.
Here are some tips that I don’t follow because–well, I just don’t. But if you do, you’ll feel better than I tend to feel after a long, international flight.
- Find out what time it is where you are going a week before your trip. Gradually, stay up a half-an-hour each day to get closer to the time that it is at the place where you are going. That sounds like it involves math and planning. Lot’s of luck.
- Sleep on the plane.And miss the movies? I do about half and half, depending on how tired I am after staying up packing and cleaning.
- Bring a pillow. Okay, but I thought there were pillows you can use on the plane.
- Don’t eat the pasta. It will make you bloat. I tend to eat what is put in front of me. I like the surprise when I take off the tinfoil.
- Take jet lag medication. Blech! I’m not too fond of medicine.
- Take a nap when you reach your destination, but not too long. If I went to sleep, there’s no way, I’d wake up easily. I’d rather pretend my body doesn’t feel strange.
For the full advice and the reasons why, click here. I am a lousy study, but perhaps, you’ll do better.