I don’t get why that happens or how to stop it from happening.
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There are a lot of things that can cause people to be tired. Hormones, health, poor diet, weather, eyestrain, lack of natural sun light, bad sleep cycle, etc.
So it is impossible to tell what you have or how to help you.
For me personally, something that helped was cutting back on caffeine and only having small amounts in the morning. I also took naps when I was tired instead of trying to drink down a large soda. I just noticed over time I got less fatigue.
Used to happen to me a lot.
But here's what I did to correct the problem:
1) ate less meat. I eat more fruits and vegetables. 70% of my diet. 30% is meat and carbs.
2) I work a physical job (welding, sandblasting.. while not as physical as some other jobs like concrete, warehouse selector, and tree cutting, its still physical. Some metal parts are heavy). Ironically I was more tired when I used to work an office job. So if you can't work a physical job, exercise. Even a simple 20 min normal walk to start.
3) supplements... I take organic vitamins, fish oil, magnesium. I also drink those protein shakes (not whey... the vegan ones that have pea and other veggies mixed in)
As a result, I've lost weight and have more stamina than some guys younger than me.
Often times the hardest part is committing to starting to do something. If I am lazy all morning, I still feel tired and lazy in the afternoon. If I can get myself going on something, that feeling often clears up. But as others have mentioned, there are many possible reasons one would struggle with feeling tired.
Try taking a walk in the morning, if possible. I know you mentioned taking walks before. Maybe that will help, and if not, you can rule one thing out. 🤷♀️
I second this!
[Personal experience]
I used to feel confused about why I feel so sluggish when I haven't done anything. (even after I drank coffee!)
So I give myself the benefit of the doubt and stay under the morning sun for 15-30 minutes, and I can feel the changes in my energy level!
The rest of the points are definitely a factor too!
I used to be cool with doing nothing and having no structure and it made me
feel free at that time and I thought that was the way I want to live my life but then it made
me depressed in the end.
I have structure and habits nowadays. When there is something uncomfortable to do
(writing invoices, taxes, filling out forms, paying something etc) then I get it done as
fast as possible.
Structure & habits is the answer
I wish I could create my own structure, but I can't make it so that happens and instead just feel a rush of satisfaction when I have to go to school next wednesday and end up doing way more stuff that day because I wanted to get a bunch of stuff done before 11am because I wouldn't be able to later, or doing it in between classes when I have the chance.
I don't really know how to do that. I even chose just one singular thing to make absolute certain I did every single day even if I didn't do the other things, and I just missed it after two days in a row of keeping up. And on top of that I'm also behind on my schoolwork which is mandatory.
Do you know how to make a structure happen anyway? I've tried multiple things and they don't ever fully work, and eventually fade out and then I'm not doing it. I've done this with a daily schedule so many times.
If none of the suggestions above are landing, is mental health and/or burnout a potential factor? I know at the peak of my depression, I want to want to do things—which isn’t the same as actually wanting to do them. Motivation zero.
Regardless, the Huberman Lab podcast (YouTube, podcast land anywhere, etc) has some great + comprehensive episodes on productivity, routines, and dopamine (which is responsible for our motivation/drive). He’s got solid suggestions though I personally tune out all the supplements he pushes.
& Finally, the book Atomic Habits is full of useful info on what you’re asking about and I think they have a free audiobook of it on YouTube or somewhere similar
Start with a ridiculously short time frame.
Extreme example:
Every day at 6 in the morning you read for 10 seconds.
Then you clean your room for 10 seconds.
You work out for 10 seconds.
Do that one week. It will feel like you did nothing but it will also
feel like it was no problem because the 10 seconds were over fast
before you could even start.
Next week you do it with 30 seconds. It will maybe still feel ridiculous
because you can´t read much, clean much or workout in 30 seconds but it
will also be over fast.
Increase the time every week. Use the timer on your phone
I did that with jogging when I was 31 and I never did any sport until then and was super lazy. I started
with one minute and after one year I was running a half marathon and I was running 30 minutes in the
morning 3 times a week before I started my work day.
This taught me discipline and it started to feel satisfying and I trained my brain that I can achieve
things and that´s how I learned all kind of things and that´s also why I have now a super clean house.
You have to imagine that I was a very depressed and chaotic person and that I did whatever I wanted
my whole life, bad at school, probelms with authority + I was drinking and drugging. I had no mentor or
teacher, I figured this out by reading books and training myself
Are you in college? This could be something you discuss with an advisor.
I know there may be a recommended number of classes per semester, but sometimes taking less classes can help with stress. You might have to be at college for another year but once you get your degree, people don’t care if it took you longer.
An advisor will also give you on campus resources that might help you.
HMMMM, Sounds like Iron deficiency to me 
but in all seriousness buy some iron tablets (and if you're a guy some ashwagandha) from your local Walmart or Target its a small temporary solution but when caffeine didn't work I switched to those and they work wonders, even off them I still have a decent amount of energy. But that doesn't work then try talking to a doctor or specialist. A lot of the time it is a mentality/burnout issue and sometimes it's best to focus on other things outside of what we work on. Hope this helps
Could be mental health could be too much caffeine. It would be better to talk with a doctor if you're unsure since the human body is complicated.
I watch this YouTube channel called Doctor Mike, he gives a lot of accurate medical info and one of the advice he gave was if you feel tired in the middle of the day go take a nap because if you don't then your brain learns to ignore the tired signals which makes things complicated for you when you want sleep. (I'm paraphrasing that btw)
Anyway, good day!