Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Killer School

School is tough.  It takes everything I have just to get out of bed.  Here at college you actually have to study for tests and quizzes rather than in high school where all you had to do was show up, take the test and persuaded the teacher to give you a good grade.  School is a hard toll on the body too.  It always seems that i cant wake up at the right time for my classes even though i get over 10 hours of sleep a night. Probably I just need a vacation to get my mind right and on track with my school work.  So if you have any ideas on how to make my college experience better, body wise, I would love to hear them.

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  1. ya.. I don't have any ideas. I'm looking for them too. I only have class tues/thurs from 8-630 and it kills me everyday. I go from like 12 hrs of sleep mon/wed to like 6 hours of sleep school nights. arg!

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  3. Here are some tips, I hope they help.
    (1) If you're not taking your vitamins I would suggest to do so. That way you can make sure your body is getting what it needs nutritionally. For instance, if you're sleeping a lot you may be iron deficient.
    (2) Also, try not to get more than 10 hours of sleep a night. Getting more than 10 hours of sleep can make you feel as or more tired than if you didn't get enough sleep. It also helps to get into a good sleeping routine. Go to bed at a certain time and wake up at a certain time that way your body knows when to wake up.
    (3) It's best to have a really loud alarm clock so it will wake you up, and if you need it they do make alarms that have a separate little speaker that plays music and vibrates that you put under your pillow to make sure you wake up.
    (4) Lastly, what I find helpful is before you drift of to sleep at night, right before you go to sleep as you're laying in bed just as you're turning out the lights, remind and convince yourself of the importance of the class you need to go to and the time you need to get up. Tell yourself that you have to get up at such time to be on time for such class (fill in such with your applicable information). Repeat it in your head or out loud as many times as needed until you believe it and are a little bit anxious about it. Then relax and go to sleep. Get yourself worked up just enough so that you're determined to do it, but not to much you can't sleep. I find that when I do this just before I go to sleep it's the first thing on my mind the next morning, and I am more apt to get up and do it, because I have already planned on and convinced myself to do it.

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