Sleep = GOLDEN

If you are constantly falling asleep in class and staying up until the wee hours of the morning to write papers and study, listen up! My father has always preached the importance of sleep, and now here I am doing the same thing. For all teenagers and college students, we are under a tremendous amount of stress. Exams, papers, classes, clubs, sports, exercise; its a lot to handle. One of the best remedies for stress and fatigue is sleep, because it gives your body and mind a chance to heal and recharge for the next day. Now, some of you can fully function on only a few hours of sleep, but that is NOT healthy. Neither is drinking 3 or 4 cups of coffee or energy drinks a day to get by, or taking things like aderol. So what is a good amount of sleep a typical 17-21 year old should get every night? The answer is 8. 8 hours a day, at the minimum, is considered a good nights rest, and if you can get 10, you are in even better shape.

You will see the difference. Try getting 8 hours a dayfor one week. See how it feels and how you react to it. Also, listen carefully. Getting 8 hours of sleep does not mean you can go to bed at 3AM and wake up at 11AM and call it 8 solid hours, the 8 hour method only works if you go to bed early, around 11 PM or so. The best rest you get is earlier on during the night. Everything I am saying can be read in medical journals and various websites, so I take no credit. Getting rest is IMPORTANT! I promise you will feel less stressed and more focused with the 8 hour a day method.

Thats all for today...(GO JAYHAWKS!)