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Volume 47 · Brian DoughertyHandling jet lag
The last question comes from Brian Dougherty asks: The LA Rams-SF 49ers game in Melbourne and their different approaches to handling jet lag had me wondering about your experience in how to best handle jet lag. What worked and what didn’t work?
Some people really overthink jet lag. You are trying to adjust your sleep schedule, which means either staying up late or going to bed early, depending on where you are going and in what direction.
The worst jet lag I ever experienced was flying from LA to London. The flight left in the afternoon and landed in London in the early morning, just when you would have been going to bed back in LA.I landed early enough that I couldn’t check into my hotel to take a nap. My only option was to power through the day with Red Bull.
On the other hand, I’ve also flown to London for a very short trip where I never even tried to adjust. I’d just wake up at noon and stay up late because everything I had to do was in the afternoon or evening.
Here are my tips:1) Fly west if possible. Jet lag to the west is generally easier to deal with than flying east because you just have to stay up a bit later.
2) Figure out if it is even necessary to adjust your sleep schedule
3) You have to decide if you want to sleep on the flight or just stay up through it. I almost always found it easier to stay up.
4) Take the shortest flight possible or have a layover. For example, if I have to fly to Australia, I prefer to stop in Hawaii or Fiji for a few days to adjust.
In summary, I don’t think there are any jet lag secrets. You just have to power through it.
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