What do you do when tired? (e.g. after school or work)

[own8ge]

Often when I come home from school I'm overly tired and am only capable to do things that doesn't acquire any energy (e.g. watching video's). However, I obviously strife to only do things that are indeed relevant...
If this is recognizable, then: How you do you deal with that?

 

[skip]

I nap. I don't think humans were designed to go 16+ hours at a time without sleep.

 

[Tony3d]

If I am tired then I sleep...

 

[Minuend]

I find that a great part of why I am so tired when I get home is that I allow myself to. If I know I have no plans for the rest of the day, I fall into tired mode. But if there is something I need to do, I don't focus on me being tired that much.

Other than that, book, interneting, seriesing, rest

 

[Kuu]

Drugs.

No other way to keep up with an insane overworked schedule for prolonged periods of time...

 

[Absurdity]

My after work routine has usually consisted of having a snack, smoking a cigarette, and then having a cup of tea or glass of wine whilst perusing the internet.

I usually look forward to it all day.

 

[Pilot the Cannibal]

I like to drink coke, watch TV, go on the internet, and play the piano (simultaneously, of course.)

 

[Nocturne]

Au contraire to Minuend's post, I find myself to be more tired as I am reminded of the things I need to do before the end of the day...
As for my relaxation attempt, I go on the Web, drink Starbuck products, and keep myself isolated.

 

[themirror]

Drugs.

No other way to keep up with an insane overworked schedule for prolonged periods of time...

Agreed. Smoke a bowl and watch the world turn round.

 

[PhoenixRising]

Caffeine! :smiley_emoticons_mr

 

[creep]

Hm... Tired... When I'm sleepy, I sleep. Physically tired without sleepiness, I tend to just power down for about an hour or so. Not sleeping, but doing activities that require nothing at all, really.

 

[Ionosphere]

I am always tired, except in the rare instance that I gain some form of motivation and re-enter the world from my mind and achieve something. For the rest of the time, I sit there, unaware of passing time and the world around me, in my mind thinking.

 

[Vrecknidj]

This semester, I work from 8am to 10pm four days in a row. Each day, when I get home, I have dinner, check my email, maybe look around online, and then go to bed. During the day, when I get tired, I have some coffee because I have to keep working.

 

[Kuu]

Agreed. Smoke a bowl and watch the world turn round.

You misinterpret me. It's not drugs for relaxation, but drugs to keep doing work/school. It is a never-ending life-consuming torture (fortunately this situation will be changed soon).

How is one supposed to survive a 20 hour work day, arriving home 10pm, totally exhausted, after being up since 6am, and then muster the mental and physical power to continue to work 4 more hours, and then sleep 4 hours and repeat, for weeks? Only with performance enhancing pharmaceuticals. Better slavery through chemistry!