Jet Lag
Oddly, I`m much more jet lagged at the end of the return trip than the trip over. I`ve often wondered if this due to holiday anticipation/enjoyment,vs return to the humdrum of normal life after "the high life" of vacationing.
So I`ll do 22 hours straight, with one stop of variable period, going to Europe, and maybe have a 2 day stopover at the refuel/change on the way home. That seems to help. Nothing reduces the number of time zones crossed, whatever I do, but I do change time to arrival time,either final or the time of the brief stopover, and start "living" to that time.
Do stay hydrated. Good airlines circulate with drinks in all classes, they know about DVT, don`t want to get blamed for it, and I for one appreciate Peter`s well intended advice about avoiding it.
Returning, I find myself habituated to destination time, for waking, sleeping, eating etc. Takes about a week to readjust. Don`t yield to it,adopt normal home timing, that helps. If your flight home arrives evening, by going straight to bed, you start normal routine. Lauda used to do that, what a loss when Austrian took over and later ceased service altogether. When Nicki was Captain,the plane always went faster.