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My caffeine habit is wrecking my focus during long wiring jobs
I rely on coffee to get through 12-hour shifts, but now I'm jittery when soldering tiny connectors. It's so easy to make a mistake when your hands won't stay steady. I tried cutting back, but the fatigue hits hard. Maybe I need a better routine, but it's tough with our schedule, lmao.
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miles_chen6mo ago
Twelve hour shifts soldering?
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tyler_young6mo ago
Is it that bad though? I've pulled some long shifts on my feet that make sitting down for soldering sound pretty chill.
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lee5826mo ago
Soldering for that long sounds brutal on the eyes and hands. I once tried to repair a old radio and my back was killing me after just three hours. Can't even picture doing quadruple that time.
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blake_owens5mo ago
That caffeine crash is a real trap, man. It gets you going but then leaves you worse off than if you'd just been tired. Maybe try switching to a lower caffeine tea halfway through the shift, like green tea. The steadier energy might help your hands more than the coffee spikes and crashes. It's a pain to change the habit but the jitters during fine work sound brutal.
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