Adam Markel shares a 20-25 minute energy hack: lie on your back with legs up the wall, cover your eyes, and rest. He says it feels like a 2-3 hour nap without grogginess, and helps with back pressure and circulation.
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Until I would find that everybody, virtually everybody, was doing this because instead of reaching for that cup of coffee that I know I don't need at 2 or 3 o' clock in the afternoon because it's going to interfere with my sleep and it certainly didn't do anything great for my personality back in the day. And I used to do that when I was a lawyer. And so I guess it supposedly, I think it helped me in that particular work I was doing, but not with any of my personal relationships, not with relationships in the office either. So. So rather than reaching for coffee or sugar, I simply put my legs up the wall, meaning my body is in L shape. And again, 20 to 25 minutes with something dark covering my eyes. And it can feel as though I've had a two or three hour nap. But here's the key. I don't wake up grumpy and I don't wake up groggy. And sometimes I don't even lose consciousness. Doesn't matter. But it takes the pressure off your back, it allows your blood to circulate.