I went through a brief period in college when I was taking a full load and working 30 hours a week. I needed to carefully plan my sleep schedule. I was taking sleeping pills to go to sleep right away and caffeine pills to get going, with coffee/soda throughout the day. Was it healthy? Absolutely not.

On the plus side, I developed a new drink at the cafe I was working at, The Opener; for those 5am shifts.

• walk by coffee pots, start all of the machines.
• walk to espresso machine, pull an espresso shot into a regular coffee mug.
• set down all of my ‘stuff’
• at this point espresso has finished
• take espresso mug back to coffee makers. At this point they are hot and flowing. Replace coffee pot with my mug.
• Once mug is topped off with coffee, replace coffee pot.
• Sip drink while turning on the lights and computers