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How to Get Through Your Day on No Sleep

So you had a terrible night’s sleep. Here’s a comprehensive guide to handling everything you can’t move and how to wriggle out of what you just can’t handle.

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Amy Maoz

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How to Tell If You’re Too Tired to Drive—and What to Do If You Are

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The Case for Unproductivity: Why You Aren’t Meant to Be ‘On’ All the Time

Step away from the to-do list.

How to Get Through a Workday on No Sleep

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Don’t Have the Energy to Clean Today? Just Tidy up These 5 Things

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7 Workouts For When You’re Too Tired To Work Out

Exercise can banish a bunch of your exhaustion and give you that burst of energy you need to keep going with your day.

What Our Food Reporters and Editors Make When They’re Too Tired to Cook

It may come as no surprise: The list includes a lot of low-effort pasta, rice, eggs, toast — and anchovies.

How to Cancel Plans Without Losing Friends and Feeling Like a Jerk

If you have a packed calendar and a pressing need to practice self-care, this one’s for you.

Health Check: What Are ‘Coffee Naps’ and Can They Help You Power Through the Day?

How a coffee before a nap really can help you pay back your sleep debt.

Sleeping on the Job: How a Quick Nap Makes Us More Efficient

While working from home have you had a cheeky nap? Don’t feel guilty. Research shows a brief kip boosts productivity. But will it catch on in the office?

What Is Sleep Debt and How Can You Overcome It?

Learn the difference between sleep debt and sleep deprivation, the symptoms and possible effects of sleep debt and how to catch up on sleep when you need to.

What Happens to Your Body on No Sleep

In short, nothing good—and just one bad night can trigger a cascade of scary side effects.

BONUS READ: Your Favorite Morning Drink Doesn’t Have to Be Coffee

Choose your own caffeine level adventure.

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