Being honest, how many times have you got up late before an exam and believed you are being productive by doing a pull all-nighter? We’ve all been there. However, the real secret is as follows: sleeping deprivation could be killing your achievement more than you think.
Your Brain Needs Downtime
Think of sleep as your brain’s daily maintenance time. When you are catching Z, your brain is busy trying to sort all that you learnt that day, shifting information between short-term and long-term memory. The history lesson you had been sitting on? It gets stored in the right way in your brain when you are deep asleep. You cannot work excessively without sufficient sleep, and it is similar to opening a document without clicking on a save button, and the information is gone.
Better Grades, Better Focus
The students who have 7-9 hours of sleep regularly have much better academic performance. You will have more focused concentration at school, faster problem-solving capacity, and become more creative. That is in contrast to a day of 4-5 hours of sleep, in which even basic chores would seem as though ascending a mountain.
Your Mental Health Matters
Lack of sleep does not only has a bad influence on grades, but it also influences your mood, stress, and general health. Ever been in such a state of things that things seem overwhelming to you? Sleep, that is of good quality, will regulate emotions and help in minimising anxiety and thus, coping with the academic burden becomes easy.
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Conclusion
You would not go in a marathon without training, would you? Then why should you demand your brain to work without making it rest? There is no such thing as lazy sleep. It forms the basis through which you support the rest of the things you are striving to achieve.
– The Author is Mr. Ajay Thiara , Founder & Managing Director of 360 College Review
