How can I think so lucidly sans caffeine?

[Descartes]

I am *extremely* lucid after consuming my usual 4 shots of espresso. I'd like the same level of brain function without having to have the coffee as the catalyst. I'm not a morning person, so the payload of an espresso usually catapults me into a state of unfathomable productivity.

For those who don't have a daily caffeine intake, how do you do it?

 

[Ryan]

"lucidly sans caffeine" bwhahaha - sounds like a font

Anywho, I don' need caffeine, as I never drink coffee, etc. I don't need any catalysts.

 

[Descartes]

How do you "wake up" then?

 

[mchammer187]

go to sleep earlier?

cold shower

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Get to sleep earlier. It's probably the only thing that would work.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

There is life without caffeine. Your "lucid thinking" is probably most people's regular thinking.

 

[jsbush]

Originally posted by: Descartes
How do you "wake up" then?

Sleep properly, you won't need to "wake up", you'll do it naturally.

 

[conjur]

Exercise early in the morning.

Drink plenty of water throughout the day.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
"lucidly sans caffeine" bwhahaha - sounds like a font

These two fonts walk into a bar.

Bartender says, "We don't serve your type here."

 

[Gyrene]

Due to a stomach illness, I'm forbidden to eat/drink anything that has an ounce of caffeine in it. So, to wake up in the mornings, I resort to running 2 or 3 miles. The first mile I'm usually going at a 15:00/mile pace, but by mile two I'm usually awake and running a 5:00/mile. Any form of physical exertion should help wake you up in the mornings.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: Descartes
How do you "wake up" then?

A regular sleep and exercise schedule allows the body and mind to wake up without additional stimulants.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: rbloedow
"lucidly sans caffeine" bwhahaha - sounds like a font

These two fonts walk into a bar.

Bartender says, "We don't serve your type here."

teehee

 

[Nyical]

Originally posted by: Descartes
How do you "wake up" then?

My alarm clock

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Get to sleep earlier. It's probably the only thing that would work.

I get my best work done at night, the caffeine is so I can work under hours of "normal people." It's hard for me to get to sleep early, because I hit my naturally lucid moments around midnight.

 

[Ryan]

I just got to cleep early. It cool when you have a set sleep cycle, and you wake up about a minute before your alarm clock every morning

 

[Kyteland]

When the alarm goes off I just jump out of bed, awake and ready to go. Back when I still drank caffeine regularly I had a much harder time waking up in the morning.