[Chinese Dragon]

I've suffered from chronic sleepiness and lack of energy for about 2 years now almost every day. Nobody noticed it but me because somehow I still managed to be productive the entire time. But when I was super-tired like that it was like somebody turned off all of my emotions and I didn't have the metal energy to feel joy or saddness, all I could really do was logic at that time. I hated it to the depths of the earth and thought it would never end but recently I've started to discover the reasons why I suddendly started to feel really tired for almost 2 years straight.

1. Get up at a fixed time every morning. Usually your body will oversleep by default, and that can make you more tired. Sleeping in will not boost your energy. I set my alarm clock at 6:30 every morning, a side effect of getting up early every day even on weekends is that you have to sleep less and feel more rested.

2. Exercise. I noticed that when I went to Disney this summer for the family vacation, my sleepiness dissapeared within a few hours after arriving. The one thing different that we did was walking. Tons of it. We walked around the airport, across the super huge parking lot, all over the hotel and a lot of other places I don't remember at the moment. After I realized that I started walking 1 mile or swimming every day and my energy has improved.

4. Eat healthy. Eating junk food will kill your energy, just don't eat it.

5. Don't stay up late. If you sleep through the alarm clock or subconsiously turn it off in your sleep you're not getting enough sleep. Turn it up louder if this happens. I find if I stay up past 10:00 I usually can't get out of bed very easily the next morning.

6. Stop thinking that you hate feeling a lack of energy. The LoA works here too, remember.