Day 0
Getting ready and the flight to London
We’ve arrived in London and as expected no jet leg for me. I have a fairly successful record of not having jet leg. I attribute this to my anti-jet-leg lifestyle and some tactics and processes I follow prior-to, during and after the flight

Pre-trip
- Sleep erratically, with a stronger focus on not too much sleep
- go to bed at different times, wake up at different times
- Sleep four hours for a few nights, then eight or ten for a night
- Use caffeine to wake up in the morning and alcohol to go to sleep at night
By this point your body will have no idea what time it is anyway. You won’t have a certain time that equates to waking hours or sleeping hours. And, you’ll always feel tired anyway.
The previous two weeks I was up till 3 a couple of nights working, but also was in bed by midnight a couple of nights. Two weekends ago I was up till 4 am a couple of nights, but this last weekend I was up till midnight and got 9 hours of sleep. My body has no idea what time I am supposed to go to bed or wake up. And, I am constantly tired. Even if I were jet-lagged, I wouldn’t know the difference

During flight
- Only go to sleep when you are tired and think you’ll sleep the entire flight. Part of the problem with jet-lag is that travelers try to force sleep and end up sleeping restlessly.
- Drink a lot of alcohol. Much easier if you are sitting in first/business-class. Get drunk, go to sleep. Alcohol adds another component. When you wake up, you’ll feel as if you just had a late night out and are waking up early.
- Start training your mind that it is no longer the time of your departure city; it is the time of your destination city
- When you do sleep it is important to have uninterrupted sleep. If you find yourself waking up, that means that you should stay awake. Only sleep if it’s good sleep.
- Wake-up early. You want time to chill abit before landing. This time serves two purposes:
- You start acclimating to your new time – you are officially in your new time now. If it is 11 am, and you feel hungry, you are now hungry for lunch.
- Coffee and other caffeine products. Start getting them into your system now

Post-trip
- Continue to caffeinate and hydrate. Hydration is good because it causes you to constantly go to the bathroom, which keeps you moving.
- Go about your day in the new time zone. If its lunch hour, eat lunch. If its an hour at which you would normally sleep, then sleep.
- Do not take a nap and keep on the move.