I have zero problems with this study method. It's very effective, too. For one, if you really think about it, you have altered your whole sleep schedule exactly to fit around your finals. How much more could you be doing to make school a priority? Answer: nothing at the current moment, but a hell of a lot 4 months ago.
When I said before that I have zero problems with this sleep schedule, I lied. I have one problem. Its very hard to break. To break this pattern, you have to fight the tiredness for a whole day, basically staying awake around 34 hours and then just crash as soon as you think you can sleep through the night without waking up too early. Once, I went to sleep at 7pm after a long day's battle and woke up at 3am (much to my surprise) and the cycle just picked up right where it left off, but to a lesser degree. Well, to make a long story short, I'm basically on the cycle again, after napping way too long on the Sabbath. Well, in my defense, I used the day of rest optimally.
The reason why I would prefer to be off this horrid cycle (no, not because it sounds like I have my own type of period) is because I have a baseball game at 9am- just 6 hours from now. I planned on waking up in 3 and a half hours, this way I have enough time to do the morning stuff and head out to the ballpark. This is where perhaps I am so excited to play ball tomorrow, it is hard for me to sleep. I'm not ashamed to admit it. Baseball still does this to me. When we first start practicing again after the winter, I didn't get any sleep the nights before the first few practices.
I know, some of you may be thinking that its irresponsible of me to stay up so late and then be tired during the game. Well, I actually have a history of playing pretty well when getting very little sleep the night before. Still, I won't do it on purpose, only when I'm on the wretched cycle. Back in my freshman year of college, I used to stay up late Saturday nights (after the killer naps during the day) playing ping pong with a teammate who lived on the same floor as I did. While he would get to sleep around 3am, I used to last until around 5, and get a few hours before the game. Well, one night, it wasn't happening. 5am, 530, 545, 6, the minutes ticked by. What was I supposed to do? I got up, surfed the web for a while, showered and got myself ready for the game. The game would happen to be one of my finest games as a freshman. I threw out a pair of baserunners and went 2-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Anyway, I'm pretty glad for now that I was able to get this post in. I thought the next time I'd have to really take some time write would by Monday. Peace!
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