Please drink more tea
Coffee’s great until it isn’t—jittery hands, crashing at 2 AM while still in the office, and the acid reflux of a man twice your age. If you want to last in this job, consider tea.
Green tea keeps you alert without the shakes, oolong gives you that slow-burn focus, and chamomile? Well, that’s for when the MD rips apart your model, and you need to sleep off the trauma. Bonus: fewer bathroom runs and less staining on those overpriced teeth-whitening treatments.
Not saying ditch coffee altogether, but mix in some tea if you want to keep your heart rate below "impending doom" levels. Trust me. When you are using stimulants like Zyns or even addy, your health is at risk when combined with regular 4-5 hours of sleep and constant stress. For me, tea has been such a game-changer and helps mitigate a lot of the high-cortisol related symptoms this job brings.
Godspeed
do you drink non-caffeinated tea primarily?
A bit of both. For when I’m working into the AM, say 2am onwards, I will probably have caffeinated tea in the night a few times - you’ll get less energy from caffeinated tea than coffee but the tradeoff is that you don’t feel as anxious/stressed. If it’s not super intense at work I usually won’t go for caffeinated tea past dinner because I don’t need require the energy that bad.
My strategy is a big coffee on the morning to wake me up and give me energy at the start of the day, and then diet cokes spaced out throughout the day for the slow release of caffeine
Haven’t we left behind the healthy-good vibes-zen-yoga type of life?
Let people shove whathever they want in their bodies
I promise you I am furthest thing from some kind of yogi. I am also not the tea police so feel free NOT to take my advice. Given the stories from recent deaths in the industry and folks from GS HC passing out on the desk, I thought to share a very simple tool that could help mitigate the massive toll this job has on your body - tea. The reason I mention tea is because it’s a super simple addition/switch to your day that doesn’t actually hinder your ability to perform on the job (eg taking time away to go to the gym could be more tricky).
My team is one of the sweatiest groups in London. I recently had two consecutive 100-110 hour weeks for reference and have only just found some downtime to share this. I like my team and I don’t mind working this much, but what I do care about is anxiety/fast heart rate/stress that carries over to the time I do have to myself, friends, and family. I still go for pints where I can, I still bench and squat when I can, I still take my gf on dates when I can, it’s not like I’ve made some revolutionary change to my life. For me personally, caffeine and nicotine has a very noticeable impact on my cortisol, which I had never noticed until I was consistently getting little sleep. I still have caffeine in the early morning, but the switch to tea (and by extension broader reduction of these stimulants) has made the mental strain of this job a lot more bearable and I can say for certain that I have been able to maintain a positive sense of overall physical and mental health, despite these absurd hours.
Tea is just an example, there are many other ways to help make sure your health isn’t destroyed. Good balanced diet, walking, breathing fresh air, taking deep breaths, etc.
Yes, this is America.
just drink water damn
it's really not that hard.
Does green tea make you nauseous/increase estrogen levels?
Take caffeine pills, cheaper and minimize other side effects like acid reflux ect
Not a bad thing but important to drink tons of water with this so you have ample hydration. Caffeine without water can have undesirable second order effects
Get those v8 drinks that are 80 mg of caffeine but also tons of fruit juice so keeps you healthier
Reasons why you should drink Green Tea | Wall Street Oasis
When I first saw this point I thought you had made another one.
haha
Isaiah- do you have any opinion on regular iced tea? I’m from the south and drink that most days. Just the regular Lipton iced tea
There is a time and place to drink sugar iced tea (sweet tea). You can basically drink unsweetened iced tea or green tea as much as you want.
I will never give up coffee but I fucking LOVE tea. There's a fancy artisan tea shop (we're talking have multiple walls full of tins, always coming up with new blends) like 20 min from me and I'm there at least twice a week. I WISH the US had kept the tradition of British tea time. If anyone knows any good MEA or Asian online tea shops I can order from PLEASE SHARE.
This is the type of quality content that this site needs
Recommend you throw together a bag of peppermint and a bag of green in the same cup. Both are stimulants but have different mechanisms and health benefits. Taste good together too.
Which brand(s) do you recommend?
The first two paragraphs read like an ad you'd see on the tube after a week of 3AM finishes, constantly asking yourself "am I going insane?"
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