What do you do to stay awake during meetings?

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AlsDonkBoxSquat
AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
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I have meeting upon meeting some days and if I'm not charged with speaking during the meeting I tend to start dropping off. It's only been obvious once, but it's terribly embarrassing. Last few meetings I've taken coffee and got no help. Sometimes I blurt out something that's hopefully on topic to try to wake myself up as talking seems to help. So . . . what are your tricks to stay awake and alert during that long arduous meeting or training session?

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  • Chaosdrone
    Chaosdrone Posts: 171
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    meetings stab yourself in the hand
  • Krizzle4Rizzle
    Krizzle4Rizzle Posts: 2,704 Member
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    I literally pinch myself.
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
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    Thumbtack in the shoe, the "sciatica" excuse so you can stand in the back of the room, random hair pulling and drink enough fluids that you are VERY uncomfortable.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
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    Decide who would play each of the attendees in the movie of their lives. There's usually at least one Kevin Bacon.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,791 Member
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    I get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night.
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,360 Member
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    I doodle.
    On my note pat I draw little doodles, usually a line of each type. So, I draw a row of snails, next line a row of cats, then tea cups, etc. I have a large variety of little figures I draw and it looks like I am taking notes.
    I think writing little poems is fun too or haiku.
  • iuangina
    iuangina Posts: 691 Member
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    Stand up
  • TinaDay1114
    TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
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    Decide who would play each of the attendees in the movie of their lives. There's usually at least one Kevin Bacon.

    Bwaaa haaa haaa haaa haaa. LOVE this.

    I have no suggestions of my own -- I do the same thing myself. I tend to.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...now what were we saying??

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