End Morning Grogginess

Good morning, this is the TutorChad, where- you’re probably feeling really groggy right now aren’t you? You’re probably like, CUT TO THE CHASE MAN.

We hear you, and that’s exactly what we’ll do.

How the hell do you not wake up groggy- it's incredibly frustrating for a lot of people. Say you’ve got that exam at 9 or an important work meeting at 8:30, and you wake up at around 7. At this point, I’ve barely woken up!

We’re going to solve this for you right now, maybe.

Anyway, let's look at some of the latest developments and research, shall we?

Adenosine. Learn this word. Tape it to both a punching back and a coffee mug. Why? Well, this is the chemical that really helps you sleep at night. Something disturbs you in the middle of the night, so you get up, and need to go back to sleep? Adenosine is your guy. Or gal.

However, there is a dark side.

When you wake up, your body on some days will not have flushed out all the adenosine, and you’ll feel very groggy. 

Here are some quick tips to lower Adenosine upon waking:

1. Get that sunlight exposure (Hubermann, anyone?)

2. Hydration 

3. Exercise 

4. Caffeine (my personal favorite)

So grab that medium-sized soya frap with free water from starbucks on the way to the gym on a sunny highway. Kidding. You do you. 

Anyways, let's dig into sleep inertia, which is that transition period between waking and feeling awake- it's totally normal, but you want to minimize this with sunlight, water, and caffeine. 

Also, get a lot of vitamin B12- like a lot- and be sure to use supplements. Looking out for the vegetarians in the back because B12 is mainly found in meat products (don’t worry, I’m vegetarian 99% of the time).

Let's look at the BRAIN TECH TOOL OF THE DAY:

An app called Meditopia: It was founded in Berlin, has $18.3 million in VC backing it, and has thousands of different mindful and meditative pieces to choose from. Not bad.

Anyways, have a good one today, and may you wake up refreshed as a baby tomorrow.