The H.E.A.R.T. Challenge I did this week was learning about sleep. The article I read was
Why Sleeping May Be More Important Than Studying. In today's society, I personally feel the pressure to give up my sleep, so I can study. I have often fell into the habit of not sleeping very much at all the night before a big test in order to study more. This often resulted in me being so tired the day of the test that my brain could not think. I have often found when I try to do this, my brain is so slow at trying to do any task that takes any mental capacity. So I have already known about this correlation between sleep and performing well. I have personally felt the results of not getting near enough sleep. Nowadays, since I rarely get to sleep due to college and work and everything else, I often require needing to sleep for about ten hours before I feel anywhere near fully rested. This is an insane amount of time to be asleep, as I basically sleep half the day away just to try and catch up on the sleep I did not get throughout the week.
On another note, something new I learned from this article is that high school should start their school day at 10 a.m. to account for the sleeping pattern of high school students. I definitely wish my classes in high school began at that time. The only downside to this is that I am sure the schools will not change how many hours the students have to stay in school, so this greatly reduces any afternoon time the students could use for other extracurricular activities or work. Overall, I wish I could prioritize sleep more my life, but with my current schedule and responsibilities, I cannot justify it.
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