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Ask HN: Do you feel completely drain at end of day?
Hey guys,
I feel completely drain at end of day after work.
When I come home I just want to lie down and watch something.
If I try to do something I feel tired eyes and do not want to do anything.
Do you feel same?
Please suggest how to overcome this.
- pplonski86 8y agoIt depends what I'm working on. When the problem is challenging than I cannot even sleep after work. What is more, I got small kids, so after work I play with them, chat with wife - this gives me super charge!
- otras 8y agoI know exactly what you mean, and there are many things that factor into my evening energy. Here are a few that I use as a mental checklist, roughly ranked in order of impact: 1. Sleep: did I get enough high quality sleep for the past few nights? This is by far the most important. 2. Exercise: have I been exercising regularly? Weights and cardio? 3. Caffeine: what was my caffeine intake like during the day? Did I have a coffee-induced spike at 4 that is causing a down-swing when I get home at 7? Having more moderation and reducing caffeine after a certain hour can really help me here. 4. Breaks: did I take enough breaks during my working hours? If I forget to, I usually feel mentally drained after work. If I get the "lie down and not want to do anything" feeling in the evening, it's usually because I slacked on some combination of these four. For me it's usually sleep, which I've found to be the key foundation that makes the rest much easier to manage as well.
- dawidw 8y agoYes. I was diagnosed very low vitamin D level. I generally speaking don't like sun but last summer I exposed to it so I hope that helped. Besides I'm going to do some more blood tests (GTT, Ferro etc.) to check if I have problems with insulin. That might be the indicator of insulin resistance, Hashimoto's thyroiditis or other form of diabetes.
- billconan 8y agoyes, I kinda feel the same. In high school I could program for 3 days without sleeping. These days, however, even I slack off at work, I feel drained after work, I don't have the energy to work on my side projects.