So at noon I set my slack status to avocado emoji "eating lunch," pop a caffeine pill, then lay down with an eye mask and noise cancelling headphones for half an hour while an Australian woman tells me what to feel.
So at noon I set my slack status to avocado emoji "eating lunch," pop a caffeine pill, then lay down with an eye mask and noise cancelling headphones for half an hour while an Australian woman tells me what to feel.
This sounds like something a 2020 Patrick Bateman's would write.
Smiling Mind app, sit in my car, nice and relaxed and quiet.
It made my corporate afternoons tolerable and productive, and avoided the post lunch time lull!
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I remember reading up on it back in the day and I couldn't figure out if it was woo woo or something with proper scientific backing. I have since then tried a number of apps that claim to do the same but which don't work for me. This piece of audio works for me, so that's why I keep it around :-)
"popping a caffeine pill"?
The sections on Napping, and also the section on Caffeine are interesting. The gist of it is the caffeine will take 20 minutes or so to take effect, so by combining it with a short nap you get a double whammy.
https://www.dgeducationcentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/...
For me a nap is enough, usually set the timer to 12 minutes but feel energized after 10.
Caffeine withdrawal takes two weeks but was worth it. My ADD gets worse on it. Combined with Methylphenidat it feels like trying to drive full throttle into a dead end with a drawn handbrake.
If you do find that beneficial you might want to try the nicer japanese green teas - they have higher amounts of L-Theanine which has relaxing effects on the brain (and of course caffeine as well). Works much better for focus than just caffeine alone in my case
I’d sit in my car at lunch time and do a body scan.
It helped when in corporate land.
this is a published study that measured physical brain size over the long term, and not a suggestion that you'll feel better. What you are suggesting is not comparable in any way.