How do not sleep

Canyarion · 04-06-2006, 08:12 PM

Sugar? Getting some fresh air from time to time. Get someting to DO, maybe your Gameboy or whatever.

Dyne · 04-06-2006, 08:36 PM

Light exercise.

Other than that, it's easier than it seems. I'd do it every night if it weren't for feeling absolutely crappy the couple days after you do it.

Fox 6 · 04-06-2006, 08:37 PM

Activities, anything to make you pay attention to what you're doing. I find video games and sugar works well

DimHalo · 04-06-2006, 08:39 PM

Agree with the above comments:

-always stay busy enough to not wear yourself out
-sugar
-fresh air
-stay cool

Fox 6 · 04-06-2006, 08:49 PM

OOOO i forgot about exercise. If you're doing this at school and can get a game of dodge ball or something going all the better, and fresh air is a good thing.

KillerGremlin · 04-06-2006, 09:06 PM

Fresh air, exercise, don't sit around you'll doze off and never wake up. Staying up all day/night is fun, but I always feel pretty bad 2 or 3 days later, especially if I don't make up the sleep. It's mostly stomach stuff, my immune system is pretty good.

An alternate to crappy energy drinks is coffee. Coffee has 0 calories minus flavoring, is easy to make, has a pretty decent amount of caffiene, and at worst will stain your teeth over long periods of consumption. And possibly give you ulcers.

MrCoffee · 04-06-2006, 09:11 PM

hmm...I have to work the next few days....I dunno if its in my best interest

Typhoid · 04-06-2006, 09:23 PM

Finally a subject I know.

I stay awake all the time, if anything, being awake at hours unimaginable is my job. It's a volunteer job, but we're organized.

Anyways, I havent found any 'tricks' to staying awake otehr than the obvious ones.

Make sure the room your in is moderately lit, but not a dim light, and not scaldingly bright.

Make sure you dont like down, nomatter how bad you feel like stretching. If you need to stretch, stand up.

Keep yourself busy. This is easy for me, because I write music, but if you're just playing games, or sitting at the computer, make sure you constantly have things to stimulate your mind, nomatter how minuscule of a stimulation it may be.

Stay away from milk. Cold or warm. Keep away.

Sugar doesnt help. Not in the longrun, because you'll burn out.

But ultimately, since this is in a well lit setting, with a possibility of endless excersize oriented activities, you're practically set.

Just know, boredom leads to sleep. So stay entertained.

Krypton · 04-07-2006, 07:00 PM

Strenuous activities.