So each and everyone suffers from this syndrome, yes I call it a syndrome, just because of the fact that it’s almost unavoidable.Did you hear me say the word “almost?” If you do, it means that it’s unavoidable. It means that everyone can still combat this.

A little background about me. Back in my school days, I was not really like most of my classmates who spend almost the entire afternoon in class sleeping or taking a nap that my professors would usually just ignore them. However its still a problem for me because it robs off my focus so badly that at the end of the afternoon, I would feel like I’ve learn nothing.

When I started working, that has become a bigger problem because in work, you tend to exert more effort  (more effort that studies obviously) and with that you get burned out pretty quickly.

(Note: Fortunately I don’t have any pic where I was caught sleeping in the middle of the day, If I have I make sure it’ll not spread. )

The truth about the matter is that when hapontukin sets in, it’s hard to battle it, so what I do first and fast is to try avoiding it. How? Well being in office or school, you can always have that feeling that you’re getting into that moment. So why not prevent it rather than cure it?

Ok enough fluffing here, here are several steps I could advice to you on how you can cope up with it.

1. Take a good morning meal

This where it all starts out. Taking a very nice morning meal will eventually set the tone right for you for the rest of the day. By saying good meal, I do not mean “heavy meal”, what I intend to say is a meal that you think you can enjoy.

For instance during my early days in office, I rarely eat breakfast in the morning. I usually settle for noodles and stuffs because of fear of getting late. Eventually when I started eating real breakfast, I realized that it made me more energetic, more aware and more importantly more efficient in work.

I’m not bringing up any medical studies here but I’m talking from experience. And I’m sure this is really a good start.

2. Take Enervon.

Come on, this is common sense right here right? Anyways, I like to take one after I take my morning meal. The reasoning for this is that Enervon helps a lot in making us focused and efficient whether we’re in school or work. That’s why its called Multivitamins right? It’s because it has multiple vitamins in it.

3. What to do after lunch?

Now this is the tricky part. Studies suggests that its the normal reaction of our body to feel sleepy after lunch or during up to 3-4 pm, meaning its not a disorder, nor a disease, it’s normal (ok im wrong for calling it a syndrome).

There can be two options here. First is the term not so popularly known as “power nap”. This is basically just trying to catch a quick nap after lunch. When I was having my OJT in a government firm I always do this. Basically we have a 1 hour lunch and then I try to eat my lunch as fast as possible (15-20 minutes) and then take a nap. You’ll be really surprised how powerful a quick nap is. Studies say that its even better than a coffee!

If taking a quick nap is not an option, the best thing to do is walk or have a little exercise. Now don’t do this immediately after taking lunch. Give yourself  at least 3-5 minutes of break and then try to move around. This is a good way to combat sleepiness and eventually later on drooling, yucks!

4. Afternoon routine – Make fun with/of your friends

Some people do have a harder time during the afternoon rather than after lunch. 3pm is usually the dreaded time for sleepiness and for me I develop a routine over the years wherein I would actually walk out of my workspace, go to my friends (in the other dept or other part of the office) and then make fun (or embarrass) of them.

Hahaha, it’s quite a bit evil I know, but Im doing this for two things. First is that laughter is one of the better medicine for sleepiness. By doing this, we’re making fun so we’re getting away from that snoozy feeling.

Second reason is that most of the time, my friends are usually very serious at those times and I always always find pleasure when being annoying focused people. They get pissed off at me but at the end they understand. It helps both parties since we’re trying to move away from that sleepiness sensation.

Now just one caution: Make sure you’re making fun of your friends, not to the other people you’re not really close with.

Conclusion

So just to put  together everything in here let me use the required line for this contest. “When hapontukin sets in, I just try to have fun and do things that can make my body and mind go alive without having to force it“.

To end this, I just like to mention that it’s all up to you. Some people feel contented abusing coffee, most don’t. Some people do power nap so well (that’s me), some don’t. It varies I must say. So when hapontukin sets in… (finish it with your own line)…