No gamer but I do go out A LOT (my wife hates it but hey music is my life )...
Always
- Don't drink caffeinated beverages 6 hours before you go to sleep
- Get moving, get sunlight, get fresh air!
- Eat healthy
The day before you go out
- Wake up as you normally do during the week, I don't advocate sleeping in, I do advocate powernaps or hitting the sack earlier then usual
- Take a powernap during the day if you can, highly recommend this, half hour max works best for me
- Prepare as much as you can for the following days (plan meals, put your clothes ready, just make sure that if you are on zombie mode you can still go with the flow)
While you are out
- Don't drink alcohol when you go out, if you must stop at four consumptions to limit the hangover
- Try to drink nothing the last hour before you go to sleep, or you'll be woken by a filled bladder
Post party rest
- Even if you hit the sack at 0800 don't sleep past noon...
- Limit caffeine that day
- That evening go to bed minimum one hour sooner then usual, take melatonin if necessary
- as always, eat healthy (will be very hard, your willpower will be depleted), get moving, get fresh air and sunlight
First workdays after the weekend
- Go to bed as early as possible, minimum one hour before you usually go to bed
- Avoid friction as much as possible... You will be grumpy because of the lack of sleep... so if you prepared everything before you went out that will help!
- Cut yourself some slack... not the whole week though!
Always
- Don't drink caffeinated beverages 6 hours before you go to sleep
- Get moving, get sunlight, get fresh air!
- Eat healthy
The day before you go out
- Wake up as you normally do during the week, I don't advocate sleeping in, I do advocate powernaps or hitting the sack earlier then usual
- Take a powernap during the day if you can, highly recommend this, half hour max works best for me
- Prepare as much as you can for the following days (plan meals, put your clothes ready, just make sure that if you are on zombie mode you can still go with the flow)
While you are out
- Don't drink alcohol when you go out, if you must stop at four consumptions to limit the hangover
- Try to drink nothing the last hour before you go to sleep, or you'll be woken by a filled bladder
Post party rest
- Even if you hit the sack at 0800 don't sleep past noon...
- Limit caffeine that day
- That evening go to bed minimum one hour sooner then usual, take melatonin if necessary
- as always, eat healthy (will be very hard, your willpower will be depleted), get moving, get fresh air and sunlight
First workdays after the weekend
- Go to bed as early as possible, minimum one hour before you usually go to bed
- Avoid friction as much as possible... You will be grumpy because of the lack of sleep... so if you prepared everything before you went out that will help!
- Cut yourself some slack... not the whole week though!