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Jade Wu

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

If we look at them 10 years later, 15 years later, they're more likely to have heart disease, more likely to have cancer, more likely to have had some sort of fatal health event, or just to have passed away. So these cumulative types of health risks can add up really over the years.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

And even things about our day-to-day quality of life, like if you have an injury or if you have chronic pain, not getting good sleep and not being on a good schedule will exacerbate that pain and exacerbate our emotion dysregulation too. So we have a harder time coping with pain, coping with stress, coping with anxiety, You know, things that happen that are out of our control.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

And even things about our day-to-day quality of life, like if you have an injury or if you have chronic pain, not getting good sleep and not being on a good schedule will exacerbate that pain and exacerbate our emotion dysregulation too. So we have a harder time coping with pain, coping with stress, coping with anxiety, You know, things that happen that are out of our control.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

And even things about our day-to-day quality of life, like if you have an injury or if you have chronic pain, not getting good sleep and not being on a good schedule will exacerbate that pain and exacerbate our emotion dysregulation too. So we have a harder time coping with pain, coping with stress, coping with anxiety, You know, things that happen that are out of our control.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

So, yeah, emotionally, physically, mentally, we're going to be affected.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

So, yeah, emotionally, physically, mentally, we're going to be affected.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

So, yeah, emotionally, physically, mentally, we're going to be affected.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

What you can do is start to shift your circadian rhythm towards empowerment. your destination circadian rhythm. So for example, since you'll be traveling east, you can go to bed and get up a little bit earlier every day. Or if you have the freedom to do so, you could also go the other direction. You can go to bed later until you go halfway around the clock and you land on Australia time.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

What you can do is start to shift your circadian rhythm towards empowerment. your destination circadian rhythm. So for example, since you'll be traveling east, you can go to bed and get up a little bit earlier every day. Or if you have the freedom to do so, you could also go the other direction. You can go to bed later until you go halfway around the clock and you land on Australia time.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

What you can do is start to shift your circadian rhythm towards empowerment. your destination circadian rhythm. So for example, since you'll be traveling east, you can go to bed and get up a little bit earlier every day. Or if you have the freedom to do so, you could also go the other direction. You can go to bed later until you go halfway around the clock and you land on Australia time.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

If you don't have the luxury of being able to shift your rhythm leading up to a trip, then the best thing you can do is just to try to protect your sleep as much as possible leading up to the trip. Maybe even sleep a little bit more than you usually do. don't force yourself. If sleep doesn't come, it doesn't come, but give yourself the best opportunity to bank some sleep.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

If you don't have the luxury of being able to shift your rhythm leading up to a trip, then the best thing you can do is just to try to protect your sleep as much as possible leading up to the trip. Maybe even sleep a little bit more than you usually do. don't force yourself. If sleep doesn't come, it doesn't come, but give yourself the best opportunity to bank some sleep.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

If you don't have the luxury of being able to shift your rhythm leading up to a trip, then the best thing you can do is just to try to protect your sleep as much as possible leading up to the trip. Maybe even sleep a little bit more than you usually do. don't force yourself. If sleep doesn't come, it doesn't come, but give yourself the best opportunity to bank some sleep.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

And then when you do get to your destination, use your best friend's light and naps to adjust to your new environment. So use light whenever you need to be awake, especially in the morning of work, whatever day you need to be awake. So that means going outside. That means using a light box and use naps to catch up on the sleep that you lost through the process of shifting your rhythm.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

And then when you do get to your destination, use your best friend's light and naps to adjust to your new environment. So use light whenever you need to be awake, especially in the morning of work, whatever day you need to be awake. So that means going outside. That means using a light box and use naps to catch up on the sleep that you lost through the process of shifting your rhythm.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

And then when you do get to your destination, use your best friend's light and naps to adjust to your new environment. So use light whenever you need to be awake, especially in the morning of work, whatever day you need to be awake. So that means going outside. That means using a light box and use naps to catch up on the sleep that you lost through the process of shifting your rhythm.

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Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

But don't nap too close to the time when you should be going to bed at your new nighttime. And then after a few days, hopefully you will have shifted over to your new schedule.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

But don't nap too close to the time when you should be going to bed at your new nighttime. And then after a few days, hopefully you will have shifted over to your new schedule.

Short Wave
Don't Let Jet Lag Ruin Your Holiday Plans

But don't nap too close to the time when you should be going to bed at your new nighttime. And then after a few days, hopefully you will have shifted over to your new schedule.

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