Ask Rachel: Jetlag

Tim C said...
Dear Rachel:

Recently I traveled abroad, to another hemisphere in fact. It was winter there and summer here, in America. When I returned to America, I found that I was unable to adjust to the summer heat and also the time zone changes. I cannot sleep and am awake and ungodly hours. My question, then, is how to overcome jetlag?


Dear Tim:
If history is any indication, I will probably not be able to help you on this one (see my previous post titled "Summer, and Rachel is Crazy"). One thing you could do is get a job teaching 12-15 year-olds for seven hours a day. That has been working for me.

My last transatlantic flight was nine years ago, and I was a foolish teenager, who didn't let things like jetlag ruin my fun. Try to recapture the spirit of youth. Tell jetlag, calmly but firmly, that you won't let it stand in your way of a good time. It can't help but listen, and once it listens, it will have to obey.

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