I Believe in Sleep
You are sitting at your desk at 2:00 P.M. The teacher is talking. You can barely keep your eyes open and are struggling to stay awake. Your eyes are squinty and you repetitively blink to try your hardest to stay awake. You are no longer processing the words the teacher is saying because all your focus is on being so tired. Your head is bobbing from you wanting to just fall into a deep sleep after a long day, and a short amount of sleep the night before due to sports and homework. The clock is moving very slowly, and because you are having so much trouble to stay awake your day is miserable.
Getting enough sleep is vital to completing day to day tasks successfully and with more enjoyment. So many people, whether at work or at school suffer from being tired during the day. Being tired defects your performance in everything you do by you not completing tasks that you could normally complete to your full potential.This is because your mental capacity is strained from extreme tiredness.It is also very hard to …show more content…
Most high schoolers are involved in very busy lives trying to balance a job, sports,and homework all in one day/night after school ends at 3 P.M. In order to complete all of these things in one night and still get to bed on time,you have to use time management skills. This involves planning in advance and knowing how long each activity will take you. If it is late one night or you know that you will be staying up late, you just have to cut something out of your schedule. Although this is very hard, and you want to try and get as much as you can in one day, this step is extremely necessary. This is because not only is a lack of sleep putting your learning in danger, but also your life. If you are tired and driving, this does not make for a good combination. Next time when you are awake when you should be sound asleep in bed, ask yourself “Is this really worth it?”, and then just go to
You are sitting at your desk at 2:00 P.M. The teacher is talking. You can barely keep your eyes open and are struggling to stay awake. Your eyes are squinty and you repetitively blink to try your hardest to stay awake. You are no longer processing the words the teacher is saying because all your focus is on being so tired. Your head is bobbing from you wanting to just fall into a deep sleep after a long day, and a short amount of sleep the night before due to sports and homework. The clock is moving very slowly, and because you are having so much trouble to stay awake your day is miserable.
Getting enough sleep is vital to completing day to day tasks successfully and with more enjoyment. So many people, whether at work or at school suffer from being tired during the day. Being tired defects your performance in everything you do by you not completing tasks that you could normally complete to your full potential.This is because your mental capacity is strained from extreme tiredness.It is also very hard to …show more content…
Most high schoolers are involved in very busy lives trying to balance a job, sports,and homework all in one day/night after school ends at 3 P.M. In order to complete all of these things in one night and still get to bed on time,you have to use time management skills. This involves planning in advance and knowing how long each activity will take you. If it is late one night or you know that you will be staying up late, you just have to cut something out of your schedule. Although this is very hard, and you want to try and get as much as you can in one day, this step is extremely necessary. This is because not only is a lack of sleep putting your learning in danger, but also your life. If you are tired and driving, this does not make for a good combination. Next time when you are awake when you should be sound asleep in bed, ask yourself “Is this really worth it?”, and then just go to