I’ve been doing some pretty hard times trying to put together a beta release for Neely’s venture. And since caffeine and I don’t really mix well, and through trial and errors, I’ve discovered a few ways to keep at it without external chemical stimulants (that work for me anyway)… Besides, I think chemical stimulants are just for the weak-minded… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
\n1. Take a shower — this helps to keep me stay awake for at least until that ‘freshness” wears off (about an hour or two?).<\/p>\n
2. Keep the stomach full — it’s amazing what an empty stomach does to the morale. By having late night (or early morning, depending on how you want to look at it) semi-meals, I can plow through quite a bit of code more clear-headed. Maybe the stomach protests hunger by telling the brain to shut down in order to conserve energy.<\/p>\n
3. Get lots of rest prior to “the long haul” — people don’t realize how tiring it is when the brain is bitch-slapped for hours on end for attention intensive tasks like programming. So sometimes I do activities that are relaxing and don’t require the brain for a while, like playing with Bryan for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
4. Get up and walk around about once every 30 minutes just to get the blood flowing.<\/p>\n
5. Drop and do some push ups.<\/p>\n
6. When “in the zone”, stay in the zone. DO NOT STOP until you can barely keep your eyelids open. Sometimes I stay in the zone even when I am asleep. All my dreams would be about how to solve particular programming problems I’d gone to bed with — pretty freaky.<\/p>\n
7. Power nap for 15 minutes — this is usually followed by a quick shower. All this before diving into code.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Starting usually at around 2AM, I’ve managed to stay up until around noon of the same day by doing these things. And they seem to work well for me personally. I mean, I’ve tried<\/a> coffee<\/a> and even RedBull<\/a>. But they just make me super duper hyper that I end up not being able to concentrate at all. So I guess my body just isn’t made for coffee… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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