How can I stay awake doing my volunteer work.?
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What kind of volunteer work are you doing that you have to be awake 36 hours?  My record for staying awake is 31 hours and that's with a very brief (I hope) nap lasting about 30 seconds after 26 hours.  I'd suggest trying to get out of it, or perhaps offering to do a 12 hour shift, then return in 8-10 hours for another 12 hour shift.  That would about cover the 36 hours and still give you a chance to let your body recharge.\n\nIf there's no way out of this, some tips include:\n1. Limit lots of sugar; it can give you a quick high but then you dip again.\n2. Eat high protein foods regularly (meats, cheese, peanut butter) as well as complex carbs (whole wheat, high fibre stuff).  These will give you more energy over a longer period of time than junk food.  Caffeine can help a bit, although some people find it makes them jittery and irritable.\n3. Take walks outside during your daytime breaks-to let your internal clock know when it's daytime.  If you're really tired at night, a brisk walk outside or doing some stairs may help.\n4.  Keep busy.  Don't just sit, other than at your break times, if you can help it.  Offer to stock shelves, run errands, whatever.  When you sit, it usually gets harder to get up and moving again.  The quick nap I took on the job occurred when I sat down after being awake 28 hours.  I had somewhere to rest my head and that was the end of me.  It was harder to work while sitting than it was to be on my feet all night.\n5. Expect to hit a wall.  When I worked overnight shifts, the wall hit about 3am and lasted 'til about 5am and then I got another energy burst and was all right again.  \n6. During your breaks, if you can grab a 15-20 minute nap (pack an alarm clock!), do so.  That 20 minutes can be enough to get you moving again.  Sleep much longer and you could go too deep and then be even more tired.\n7. Get as much rest as possible leading up to your shift.\n8. A few friends have found that eating sunflower seeds can really help-the continual hand-to-mouth action of eating the seeds and taking the outer shell out of the mouth keeps them alert.  Make sure you're allowed to eat before trying this.\n9. Splash cool water on your face when you go to the bathroom or anytime you're feeling drowsy.\n10. Make sure when you get off your shift you don't go and sleep all day-you may mess up your sleep schedule even more.  Allow a two or three hour nap, then go to bed at your regular time that night.\n11. Ask the nurses and doctors you're working with how they handle long shifts; they may have some really good tips for you.\n\nGood luck!
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OMG! I'm so all over that! lmfao.. But if you aren't into waking up, how do you manage all of those other hobbies?
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Eat chocolate and drink an energy drink or a Coke/Pepsi.  If you don't want to do that, standing up and moving around always wakes me up at my desk.  Take a break and go outside if you can.
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sleep work...swim run eat bike jog fix a car work on the house work in teh house/appt\n\nfind a friend meet new people drivae around walk around hit up the mall walk teh neighborhood.....\n\ntalk to friends\nmispell words such as "the" and not correct them when one should be sleeping...
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Get plenty of sleep and work out regularly. \n\nSeriously, if you have a steady work out for about an hour a day (the morning is the best) you will have so much energy and it will keep you going all day. When I first started working out, I did it in the evening after work and I was up all night.
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There are games that you can print & have everyone try to figure out the puzzles, maze, scrable, word search or play bingo.  Then there are activity games to make veryone get up and move around.  Do both & try to keep the men awake!!  hehe\n\nI've attached several links to give you more ideas!  Have fun!  ;o)
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Before you roll out of bed in the morning, count your blessings, and tell yourself your are going to have a good day.  Give gratitude in all things. Rejoice in your health. Volunteer for a good cause.  Do at least one thing, anonymously every day that makes someone else happy.  Practice a hobby you love.  Love what you do. Meditate. Pray.  Watch some good comedys.  Read some upbeat or self help books.  Take a class.  Take a walk.  Take it easy.
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spectators also need rest. i cant keep awaken in night continuosly for three-four days
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Be on medical mission!\n\nVolunteer
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Try to take the stress out of your day.  It is the only way that I have ever found that actually works.  I make a big to-do list and then work at it all day so by night time I don't have a whole bunch of projects lingering over my head that I think about instead of sleeping.
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Stay home. Do not let them control your mind. Use lots of alunimum foil. Be brave and God bless.
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First, be honest with yourself about what you can do, and communicate that honesty to others.  Speak only when you have something to contribute.  Listen, really listen to what others are saying.  Volunteer, but actually carry through with what you have volunteered to do.  Never get mad.  Make sure you have an attainable goal.
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drink confee, energy drink during night time shall keep u awake for a while.
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do have a wndow in yur rom, if so make sure u make seem lik usally in yur rm then when u know their doing wateve before their asleep then go out the window, this could take until the time is rite.
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If you prepare well in advance, you will be more interested in the subject and ready to participte.  Also, and very important (as others have suggested) is that you get a good nigh't sleep.  Try going to bed at the same time each night.
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I've taken part in a few sleep deprivation experiments and i found that the thing that kept me going the most was conversation or games. preferably both.\nif you're interested in something that uses more than one part of your brain, then you will stay awake longer. its got to be something that will not add to tiredness though, so nothing too demanding.\n\nare you allowed any sleep at all? if so, micro sleeps are useful. you literally nod off for about 3 seconds and then you nod yourself back awake... or someone nudges you. but a few of these can keep you awake.\n\navoid sugar/ caffeine as stated above. the highs are great, but 20 minutes later the lows make you so drowsy.\ngentle exercise - a walk (difficult to sleep while your walking); nothing that will get you too out of breath.. you may get a blood sugar dip and that will make you sleepy.\nno coffee. its great in the short term... but your brain will produce more and more sleep drug to compensate... while your kidneys are getting rid of the caffeine... eventually there will come a point where you have so much sleep drug in your brain that you will be too tired.\n\nwill power.\n\nmain point: don't do any one thing for too long... change works
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that's actually pretty easy, just keep your mind and your sense constantly stimulated and you'll be able to stay up for 50 hours straight and keep your energy levels up because when they start to go down you'll start to feel tired