2022-01-25 10:12
Wake up and pay attention… Lately there have been many changes across the board in my life that have left me feeling a bit flat and demotivated. Tasks that I used to find straight for… Read More
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V-CAF The Blog is a resource that we created to help inform people about tiredness, sleep related issues such as sleep deprivation and insomnia, and caffeine. It is a collection of our experiences and information that we have found useful related to anything to do with staying awake and tiredness.
V-CAF The App, is an Apple Watch app that subtly notifies you when you are tired or about to fall asleep. We see it as a digital alternative to caffeine and / or coffee with none of the side effects that are associated with increased caffeine consumption.
2021-11-29 09:03
Profit by going without… The other day I went to meet a friend at the local branch of a world famous coffee chain and was surprised to see the cost of a cup of coffee. He told me that… Read More
2021-11-24 22:04
Slow down, take it easy… Hello all! It’s been six weeks since I got a chance to write a blog post. A lot has been happening over here @ V-CAF and we would like to apologise for… Read More
2021-10-11 08:01
Do it your way Recently I’ve taken part in some lively discussions at work and home that have left me feeling exhausted and frustrated. Although each side of the argument had valid poi… Read More
2021-10-04 08:39
Stay awake and alert… I had some urgent work to get done and time was against me. Caught between a rock and a hard place I decided to power on and resorted to coffee to help me beat t… Read More
2021-09-27 09:23
Take some well deserved downtime… My last three deadlines have been very stressful. After each deadline passed I felt exhausted and didn’t want to do anything work related for a… Read More
2021-09-19 09:05
Self first, then others Working or studying for long hours goes hand in hand with working hard and being productive. I’ve worked at many firms that believe this to be true. If the busi… Read More
2021-09-13 08:54
Stay Awake, Stay Alert Michelangelo, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Edison, Margaret Thatcher and Martha Stewart to name a few, only slept for up to four hours each night. Impressive stuff and… Read More
2021-09-06 08:57
Feel better, be better… It’s good to be in sync. Things seem to flow effortlessly, work ain’t such a drag and life is good. Being out of sync though, is not great. Doing t… Read More
2021-08-30 08:37
Have some me time… Over the years I’ve worked for many bosses that had the notion that if you weren’t tapping away on your keyboard or seen to be busy, then you were skivi… Read More
2021-08-23 09:35
Keep Going… If you work in an office environment, are studying, or driving for a living, the chances are that you spend a lot of time sitting down throughout the day. Although you don… Read More
2021-08-16 09:40
Sleep well, Eat well Feeling tired, lethargic or run down? Unable to concentrate or focus as well as you need to? We all have periods when we feel that we aren’t firing on all cylinder… Read More
2021-08-09 08:24
You Deserve It… The other day I was talking to a colleague about how currently there seems to be so much more to do. We went back and forth with anecdotes that confirmed how we felt a… Read More
2021-08-02 08:29
It’s the price your willing to pay that counts… We live in a connected world. The saying goes “when America sneezes, the whole world catches a cold”, (but actually t… Read More
2021-07-19 09:09
The New Twist on Combating Tiredness… Working in the tech industry it won’t surprise you to know that I can’t get enough of electronic gadgets. As time has progressed my i… Read More
2021-07-12 08:18
Stay Alert, Stay Focused To me, one of the weirdest things that we experience is time. Whenever I’m bored or doing something that I don’t want to (like being in a pointless meeti… Read More
2021-07-05 08:46
Be The Real You.. Lately, I’ve not felt at my best. I’ve had plenty to do, and just got on my grind to get things done, but ultimately it didn’t feel like my best work. It… Read More
2021-06-28 08:45
Boost your sleep, boost your productivity… There are times in our life when we find that we have too much to do and something has to give. Until a few years ago, that something that g… Read More
2021-06-21 08:27
You wake up, get ready for the day ahead, make it through the day and then finally back to bed. But how much thought do you give to whether or not you are fully refreshed after sleeping, and… Read More
2021-06-14 08:22
Change the way you play the game… Tiredness whilst working affects us all at some point, and it affects some more than others. When talking with colleagues the quick solution tends to… Read More
2021-06-07 08:02
We’ve had a few technical difficulties this past couple of weeks that quite frankly, pushed us near to breaking point. And as the saying goes, “it never rains, but pours”… Read More
2021-05-31 08:25
Away from your desk… Most businesses need to be profitable in order to survive. Whether we are an employee or self employed, the level of our productivity is either directly or indire… Read More
2021-05-24 08:56
Stay Alert, Stay Focussed Unpleasant doesn’t go far enough to describe the feeling of being so tired that you want to sleep, but at the same time also needing to stay awake! It’s… Read More
2021-05-17 09:54
Do something… Depending on the circumstance, it’s usually good advice to wait and see how things play out before making a decision on whether to act or not. However, when it com… Read More
2021-05-10 09:02
Small steps, one after the other… Being focused and being productive go hand in hand, so when people’s productivity begins to wane it usually has something to do with losing foc… Read More
2021-05-03 08:40
One step back… Unfortunately there are times in our lives when we just feel overwhelmed and find it difficult to sort out what we should be doing. No clear path to the road of order p… Read More
2021-04-26 08:11
Start now, worry later Sometimes I find it difficult to start getting things done. It is annoying, because I either know what needs to be done, or what I want to do, but just lack the enthus… Read More
2021-04-19 08:41
Stay Productive It would be an understatement to say that in the past I found it challenging to stay consistently productive and hitting all my objectives. Not that I’ve magically got… Read More
2021-04-12 08:05
Just start… There are a thousand and one different things competing for our attention at any given moment. Most of the time we naturally block out all that noise and tune in to what w… Read More
2021-04-05 08:32
And reap the benefits Have you noticed that when you wake up you stretch and yawn? Studies have found that it is more common to stretch and yawn than it is to yawn and stretch. No one really… Read More
2021-03-29 08:31
I have to admit that I find it difficult to stop what I’m doing when I become extremely focussed on something. On a few occasions this has worked out well for me as it made it easier t… Read More
2021-03-22 08:18
Slowly but surely, you will get there Years ago a friend bought me a fantastic book called, “The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet” to help point out to me that I was loosing &l&hell…Read More
2021-03-15 11:49
Stay Awake, Stay Alert, Stay Focused Feeling tired? Finding it difficult to stay alert? Don’t worry you’re in good company, because we all feel like this at some point in the day… Read More
2021-03-08 22:03
Avoiding the gin and juice Depending on how much I used to drink, I thought that in some cases alcohol helped me to have a deeper level of sleep. No problem if I had a hangover the next day… Read More
2021-03-01 13:18
It’s Your Life… Want to give up caffeine? I have on a number of times for various reasons. Each attempt to kick the caffeine habit taught me something new about myself and my re… Read More
2021-02-22 13:28
Take a chance, change your life There are moments in everyone’s life that are so profound that they can change your life for the better (or worse). When looking back at these points in… Read More
2021-02-15 13:29
Keep it simple… These days I seem to have more to do than ever. Tight deadlines, keeping in touch with family and friends whilst trying to complete my personal study and fitness goals… Read More
2021-02-08 16:01
Stay Awake Stay Alert Stay Focused Over the years I found that my tolerance to caffeine had increased. Coffee, tee, caffeine pills and energy drinks weren’t having the same effect they… Read More
2021-02-01 19:00
I like listening to video and audio podcasts when I’m at work. Luckily for me I currently work in an office where I am able to do that without too much hassle from other colleagues and… Read More
2021-01-25 18:14
It pays better terms of interest… Over the last few weeks I’d been feeling rather sleepy and put it down to the weather and it being the towards the end of the year. Work wasn&r&hell…Read More
2021-01-11 10:38
Work to your strengths… Lately I’ve been researching techniques that would help boost my productivity levels but found that I was doing most of the things that the experts recom… Read More
2021-01-04 11:43
The original power booster… Tim was fed up. He’d been working long intense hours to meet his departments’ end of year deadlines. He also had been putting in extra time on… Read More
2020-12-28 17:18
Super Booster You may have noticed that we are living in an age of abundance. Never before has it been so easy for people to pass information between each other at such great distances and a… Read More
2020-12-21 13:14
The V-CAF app Can Help… A lot of people that I speak to complain about not having enough time to get things done. Work or study loads are excessive, home life is hectic and there is a… Read More
2020-12-14 15:52
It’s time to change… During one of our insanely busy work cycles, Darren looked limp and worn down. In our daily meetings he just stared into the distance, occasionally checking… Read More
2020-12-07 15:26
Or Just Loose it… The frustration was building, and my patience was running short. Up until this point I thought that I was doing well. It seemed to me that I was handling things the… Read More
2020-11-30 22:00
John Lubbock, The Use of Life (1894) Many of us are under a lot of pressure and don’t seem to have five minutes to spare to just stop and do nothing. Despite all the advances in techno… Read More
2020-11-23 22:00
If you don’t hear, you will feel “What!? Another unrealistic deadline? When am I supposed to rest and recover? And what about the quality of the work you’re asking us to pr… Read More
2020-11-21 12:19
Best Practices for Effective Remote Working Guest Post By Earnin As the world hunkers down to weather the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), work is shifting gears as well. In many… Read More
2020-11-16 20:35
“It’s not the Destination, It’s the journey.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The title may seem nonsensical but does anything make sense right now? An escalator leaves no choice… Read More
2020-08-24 21:06
The same place you left your sleep… Are you having difficulty getting motivated to work or finding it hard to complete assignments, but can’t figure out why? I’ve been str… Read More
2020-08-17 18:39
Just Chill… It would be an understatement to describe this year (2020) so far as a little challenging. Dealing with a global pandemic and it’s social and economic repercussions… Read More
2020-04-27 20:31
Stay Relevant… A constant annoyance of mine has been the amount of times I get distracted whilst working. It’s not that I can’t focus, but never ending interruptions via m… Read More
2020-04-22 21:13
Rinse, Repeat… Drifting off to sleep at the the most inappropriate times has been something that has plagued me from school. As I got older I thought that things would improve, but si… Read More
2020-04-06 17:29
Nothing beats a good cuppa… I like drinking tea. For quite some time I’ve been drinking mostly herbal teas and occasionally I drink a few black leaved teas and green teas, but t… Read More
2020-03-30 14:58
Believe in yourself… Soon after finally accepting I had a caffeine addiction and knowing that I had to do something to change the situation, I began to realise just how much hard work… Read More
2020-03-23 14:28
Three steps to closer to clearer focus… Life can feel as if it has its own momentum with meetings, timetables, meal times and our list of things to-do can seem endless. We can go week… Read More
2020-03-05 10:52
As far back as my student days when trying to pass exams to get into university, caffeine and I have had a love hate relationship. Caffeine has helped me get through difficult exams, work pr… Read More
2020-02-25 22:50
Consistency Increases Productivity Recently, during one of my downtime breaks, I found myself reflecting on the times that I’ve felt the most content and satisfied with who I am and wh… Read More
2020-02-19 23:30
Stay Awake, Stay Alert, Stay Focused We’ve been a little busy over here at V-CAF. Tight deadlines, issues to fix and increasing demands have been taking their toll for the past few wee… Read More
2020-01-29 22:26
Your Life, Your Choices… Where I live daylight hours are starting to get longer, but most days seem to be overcast, dull and cold, (not the most optimal conditions to be trying to giv… Read More
2020-01-22 16:05
Don’t Give Up & Be Consistent It’s been a while since the last article was published, so belated new year’s greetings to you and yours. During the holiday season a lot… Read More
2019-12-10 21:50
Making the best out of a difficult situation A colleague of mine was speaking to me about doing shift work and mentioned how much he hated it. Luckily for him he only did this once every six… Read More
2019-11-27 15:29
Hack Your Productivity Everybody wants to be more efficient and productive. For years I’ve been searching for the golden mean between minimum effort verses maximum output. This has lea… Read More
2019-11-19 20:26
Silver Linings Everywhere A lot of people don’t realise that they have a caffeine dependency. Usually they don’t notice how caffeine influences how they feel throughout the day a… Read More
2019-11-13 19:55
The Media and Uncommon Sense I watched a short documentary about coffee the other day (17 September, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07nkgsb/how-the-world-came-to-run-on-coffee ) which… Read More
2019-10-29 19:25
Keep your head up and stand tall There is so much focus on productivity and organization that often the fundamental issues that impair both can be overlooked. Tiredness is difficult to quant… Read More
2019-10-16 05:56
Love Working, Hate Workaholism It’s easily done. You have a tight deadline, the works not finished but you reckon if you put the extra time in now, you can salvage your reputation and… Read More
2019-10-07 06:55
If you want to, that is… Recently I’ve had a lot of work on and noticed that I’ve been feeling more tired than usual. As a result I’ve felt that my work has been har… Read More
2019-09-30 18:19
Nothing ventured… In the past when I had a lot of work to get finished, a tight deadline, or studying for exams I would use caffeine to help me focus and stay awake. I started to be c… Read More
2019-09-22 14:36
Spread the word about World Narcolepsy Day, #WorldNarcolepsyDay I am writing this as it is World Narcolepsy day (September 22nd, 2019). This is the first of hopefully many public awareness c… Read More
2019-09-16 17:12
You Know… Before studying for my final exams, I used to drink coffee, cola drinks and tea every day. It never occurred to me that I might have been addicted to the caffeine in them. W… Read More
2019-09-09 15:06
Study This Study About Studying In the past when studying for exams or to learn a new subject at work, I resorted to coffee and/or caffeine pills to keep me alert. Some colleagues used to te… Read More
2019-09-02 20:52
V-CAF, The App, Can Help Most of us have to commute to work daily. In America, 76% of us drive to work. Worldwide, commute times are getting longer: Commute_full_list Infogram In a study of… Read More
2019-08-26 06:41
Coffee fuels my insomnia! Insomnia and sleep disorders in general are on the rise. Whilst many news outlets tend to focus on blaming the obesity epidemic, social media and stress, few if any… Read More
2019-08-19 06:36
One step at a time… Relatively speaking very few people enjoy discomfort and pain. Our instinct seems to be to avoid them, sometimes at any cost. Popular culture also encourages us to… Read More
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