{"id":4736,"date":"2011-05-03T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T10:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2011-05-03T11:27:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T10:27:25","slug":"the-traveling-writer-jetlag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/the-traveling-writer-jetlag\/","title":{"rendered":"The Traveling Writer – Jetlag"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Bring a snack.<\/strong> This is my advice in every travel situation and specifically for a long international flight. \u00a0The food may not to be your liking and the sooner you can fall asleep on the plane the better off you are. So why wait for meal service when it will probably be mediocre at best. I like fruit and nut bars (without corn syrup in the ingredients because it is so noxious). Or trail mix.<\/p>\n

2. Select your seat carefully.<\/strong> I book a seat in the middle row (three or four seats across) on the aisle. \u00a0The aisle seats go quickly and likelihood that the middle seats will be booked is fairly slim unless the plane is packed. \u00a0Even then, if a couple is traveling together on a four seat across row they will sit together leaving the seat next to you open. \u00a0Why is this important? \u00a0You don’t want people waking you up or climbing across you when you are asleep. And you want easy access to the restroom yourself. \u00a0It’s also great to have an extra tray for your stuff.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Limit yourself to water or juice on the plane.<\/strong> Alcohol and caffeine will do you no good in the avoiding jetlag department. \u00a0Tea and coffee are a diarrhetic. \u00a0You don’t want to wake because you are constantly running to the restroom. \u00a0Alcohol won’t do you much good either so pass even if it is free.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Seek chemical assistance.<\/strong> Once you’ve had water and your snack it’s time to induce sleep. \u00a0I have a prescription for a low dose of Valium (now available as a generic so it’s dirt cheap). \u00a0Other people swear by Benedryl which causes drowsiness. \u00a0I am not a Benedryl fan for this purpose because it also dries your sinuses. \u00a0And Valium has a muscle relaxer which is useful if you are spending hours in a cramped space.<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Bring an eye mask and neck pillow.<\/strong> Bring ear plugs too if you are sensitive to noise. \u00a0I have a plush lavender scented eye mask and a travel pillow which is very comforting and soothing. Noise doesn’t tend to bother me so I forget the ear plugs. \u00a0My husband likes noise canceling earphones.<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0The time is the time where you are.<\/strong> Never look at the time elsewhere or say well it’s really 2am for me. \u00a0Just commit to the local time and leave it at that. \u00a0Don’t have these time zone discussions with yourself or anyone else.<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0Spend time outdoors immediately. <\/strong> The sun will help reset your internal clock. \u00a0Spend at least an hour outside– even if it is cold or overcast. \u00a0This is a huge help in adjusting. \u00a0Take a brisk walk or sit in an outdoor cafe.<\/p>\n

8. Get to bed at a reasonable time.<\/strong> Don’t go to bed before 9pm or after 10pm (or 11pm at the latest). \u00a0Between 9 and 10 is ideal. \u00a0 \u00a0Take a lower dose of your chemical assistance even if you don’t think you need it. \u00a0Eight hour of uninterrupted sleep is key to making the final transition. \u00a0After the first night I don’t rely on any kind of sleep inducer. \u00a0I also don’t drink while traveling and I try to be careful about what I eat.<\/p>\n

I can truthfully say I never am bothered by jetlag. \u00a0I might tire slightly more easily but I don’t have the spacey exhausted feeling. \u00a0If you stick to this routine you won’t have problems either.<\/p>\n

I just bought a Kindle and it is a fabulous boon to the traveling writer. \u00a0There is always a ton of travel waiting in going anywhere. \u00a0With a Kindle time flies with a wealth of guilty pleasure reading– which I can don’t much of when I am at home working. Most of the reading I do then is usually research related. My reward for patient waiting is fun reading material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because I travel so much I thought I would share some of my tips on how to avoid jet lag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[25,26,27,28,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,565,1145,41,42],"class_list":["post-4736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-clips-television-movies-series","tag-character","tag-characters","tag-emotional-toolbox","tag-etb","tag-film","tag-films","tag-laurie-hutzler","tag-movies","tag-nine-character-types","tag-screenplay","tag-screenplays","tag-screenwriting","tag-script","tag-scripts","tag-scriptwriting","tag-travel","tag-travel-tips","tag-tv","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"ttshowcase_normal":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",125,94,false],"ttshowcase_small":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",75,56,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",960,720,false],"Image Size 500x500":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n.jpg",500,375,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-300x400.jpg",300,400,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-600x450.jpg",600,450,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30710870_10211699141895539_4496568718662303744_n-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Laurie Hutzler","author_link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Because I travel so much I thought I would share some of my tips on how to avoid jet lag.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}