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I saw titled, 鈥淚s it possible to sleep comfortably on an overnight flight?鈥� I don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 giving anything away if I tell you that the answer was no.

Travel expert Christopher Elliot had several tips on how to make your red-eye bearable, but ultimately, he advises just avoiding the red-eye unless you can afford to fly first class on Qatar Airways, and to me, that鈥檚 just giving up.

So, I would like to offer an alternative opinion, because I fly the red-eye to the east coast about twice a year — the 11:30 p.m. via Chicago 鈥� and I do pretty well.

To me, the most important thing is to de-stress yourself ahead of time.

To do that, I start packing weeks in advance, and put every piece of clothing into a large baggie so I can easily rearrange the suitcase. This way I can re-pack without having to re-fold 鈥� and by the departure date, I can be sure I haven鈥檛 forgotten anything.

I also stick to one carry-on, so there鈥檚 no baggage claim stress.

By taking an 11:30 p.m. flight you鈥檙e not stressing about traffic, and it鈥檚 easy to get to the airport two hours early, which also de-stresses you because even if they have to sniff your luggage and strip you naked 鈥� you鈥檒l get to the gate in plenty of time.

As for the actual in-flight sleeping, that takes some work. It helps to practice the art of vertical rest. I practice five nights a week writing these commentaries at home. If I get stuck on a word, I鈥檝e gotten to the point where I can close my eyes to think, and boom! I鈥檓 out, until my internal deadline alarm goes off. Or until my wife says 鈥渁re you in there sleeping again? The kale is getting cold.鈥�

But on the red-eye, no deadlines. No stress at all, because my clothes have been in baggies for weeks, I know I haven鈥檛 forgotten anything, and there鈥檚 no dinner in danger of getting cold. That makes it so that I can give in to the fatigue without a care in the world.

That鈥檚 the secret! It鈥檚 not about buying a sleeping pod on Qatar Airways, it鈥檚 about pro-actively de-stressing and learning to doze off at a desk. If you can master that, you should be able to conk out even in a non-reclinable 17-inch seat.

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