• TheFriar@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I don’t know anyone who takes sleep aids every night. I take them when I want to knock myself out and have a day off the next day, but otherwise no one I know even seems to be aware of Zquil/etc

    • Lemmygizer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I went through a brief period in college when I was taking a full load and working 30 hours a week. I needed to carefully plan my sleep schedule. I was taking sleeping pills to go to sleep right away and caffeine pills to get going, with coffee/soda throughout the day. Was it healthy? Absolutely not.

      On the plus side, I developed a new drink at the cafe I was working at, The Opener; for those 5am shifts.

      • walk by coffee pots, start all of the machines.
      • walk to espresso machine, pull an espresso shot into a regular coffee mug.
      • set down all of my ‘stuff’
      • at this point espresso has finished
      • take espresso mug back to coffee makers. At this point they are hot and flowing. Replace coffee pot with my mug.
      • Once mug is topped off with coffee, replace coffee pot.
      • Sip drink while turning on the lights and computers