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Coping with day-time world

In general, it's damn hard to cope with an active day schedule. But this world forces us to do so. There are, however, certain things that we can do to make it easier to bear.

The first problem is, of course, the light. Our eyes tend to better suited for night, and bright lights, including both sunlight and fluorescent lights, usually hurt our eyes, causing headaches and tiredness. What can be done about this is to wear sunglasses, preferably polarized ones, when you're outdoors. I think that sunglasses shouldn't be used when indoors, no matter how bright it were. Two reasons: People tend to think you weird, and, more importantly, you'll get used to sunglasses so that you have to wear them all the time.

If you're working with computer, I recommend that you move away from a computer screen at least once in a hour, outside if possible. I know there's the sun, but you can always wear sunglasses there, and getting some clean air works wonders. (Not to mention getting away from those terrible fluorescent lights.) And speaking about computers, remember that yours most probably has modifiable light and contrast. It doesn't need to be so bright. (Everyone always wonders how can I do anything when my computer screen is so dark, but I can see fine and it doesn't hurt my eyes. Well, color shades are not so easily seen, but it doesn't matter.)

The sun brings more problems than just the light. Somehow, it has a weakening effect on most of us. I'm not going to theorize why now, just talk about what can be done about that weakness. (Tips about how to stay covered from the sun are found here.)

Then there's the worst of the worst: waking up early. It's hard to give any advice about this. Only thing that I can think of is: Try to get as much sleep as you can. I know it's hard when you come alive at night. And don't always listen what doctors say about sticking to exactly same schedule. If you feel better for it, revert back to your "normal" schedule during weekends - sleep on days rather than nights. Then Monday morning will be like hell, but a few well-slept nights (or actually days) are worth it. And then there's one more thing: Don't become a caffine-addict! Days are terrible enough as they are, who would want to need a cup of caffee every other hour, or suffer even more, in addition to that misery?

I think I have covered the most important points already, but naturally there are still some which are recommended to normals too.