Someone in the chat group I'm in was like, “I don't know whether I need a coffee or a nap”.
I just had a nap.
Take the nap.
Like, honestly, this is a pretty universal advice:
You may love coffee, but if you *need* a coffee, what you're needing isn't the caffeine boost, it's the thing that's making you need a caffeine boost.
If you can nap, that means you have the time, the ability, and the opportunity to take the nap. That happens far less than your opportunity to get or make a coffee, which takes less time.
Ergo, just take that fucking nap.
And if you still feel like shit after, THEN you can take that coffee.
@Sweet_Tango_Chill Wait, coffee before a nap, or after?
@tariqk if I remember rightly that wasn't clear from the article but probably after right?
@Sweet_Tango_Chill I remember reading somewhere that it might be before. That's why I wondered. You drink that coffee, take that (power) nap, and when you wake up the caffeine kicks in.
@tariqk that makes sense. I'm very sensitive to caffeine (like most mind altering substances) though and it works very quickly on me. I wouldn't get far before bouncing off the walls
@Sweet_Tango_Chill Oh! Caffeine does the opposite to me. It knocks me out, and then I wake up feeling jittery, paranoid, and can no longer focus.
@tariqk the jittery, paranoia happens to me when I'm particularly tired I think I need the willpower to channel it in to useful energy. It wasn't that long ago
They took my advice! Now they want chocolate.
@tariqk yummmmmm, chocolate.
@tariqk I tend to do the reverse: have a coffee, powernap, and get woken up by the caffeine kicking in. Doesn't mean it's the right thing for your body, but it works pretty great on mine.
@kellerfuchs Exactly this. @Sweet_Tango_Chill
@tariqk apparently some research said coffee and a nap is better than coffee or a nap.