Before I begin, let me outline my day. I woke up at 5:45 am, picked up a friend, and we hiked out for an hour before embarking on a 3 pitch climb. We got finished at 2:30 pm, I went to his house, had food, hung out for a bit, and then I went home and fell asleep. I didn’t wake up until 12:30 am.

So I’m watching Castle on Hulu when a 5 Hour Energy commercial comes on and it hits me! After seeing this commercial dozens of times, it hits me that the necessity for energy drinks is unnatural. Keep in mind, I eat nothing but sugar, candy, processed food, etc. I’m lazy and cereal and chips and fast food are my staple foods because of it. But the “2:30 feeling” and the fact that halfway through a day a person requires a beverage to wake them up from the exhaustion of the day, it’s not right!

How have we as people reached this point without realizing how unnatural and completely wrong it is to require a beverage to continue the day? Today I was tired, and so I slept. It was in the middle of the day, but it felt damn better than forcing myself to stay awake or going out to get coffee or an energy drink. Sure it was irresponsible and completely nonviable for a functioning society if everyone did that, but there’s a midway point somewhere there and it has got to be better than energy drinks.