Sleep is Good for you!
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Most of us like to sleep in. Up to a point where it’s nearly the afternoon! I’m generally a morning person, but quite honestly, there are some times I just wish I could sleep for another twenty minutes or so. Thankfully there are many reasons to sleep later than usual (Yay!). According to Life Evolver, it actually boosts your productivity rather than reduces it.
To prove this they’ve made a list of 5 reasons why it’s a good idea to sleep in, as well has how to get those crucial extra minutes of sleep. It’s really useful, and so definitely check out the full article from the link below.
Here are a few reasons I found most useful:
Sleep consistency is important; the time you wake up is not (unless you must get up for work)
Sleep consistency is key- this is why I named this post “5 Reasons Why Sleeping In Every Day Will Boost your Productivity”. But the time you wake up is not important:
In 1757 Benjamin Franklin gave us the epigram “early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” It would be more accurate to say “Consistently to bed and consistently to rise….” As long as you fulfill your sleep requirement without interruption, it doesn’t really matter what time you go to bed or get up.
-James B. Maas, Power Sleep
I bet you didn’t know that!
and here’s another extremely good reason:
Sleeping in can improve your long-term memory retention, memory organization, and learning
When you fall asleep at night, you go through 4 stages of sleep every 90 to 110 minutes. You typically go through 4-5 cycles of these stages each night. With each successive cycle, more time is spent in REM stage. During later sleep cycles, REM sleep increases from twenty to as much as sixty minutes.
Whenever you have a short night of sleep, you eliminate the long REM periods that come toward morning. This can have significant negative consequences in terms of your learning, thinking, memory, and performance. The only solution is for you to get more sleep.
These are only very short bits of the full article, which you should definitely check out.
[How to Become a Late Riser: 5 Reasons Why Sleeping In Every Day Will Boost your Productivity | from Life Evolver]
by Chris
18 Aug 2008 at 20:20
Totally agree on the topic of getting enough sleep. Memory is only one of the affected areas. Get plenty of sleep and you’ll perform better, remember better and feel better (reduced stress).
by NSA
27 Mar 2010 at 17:39
Hey, I thought waking up late in the morning is not good… :-\
Now that research proves waking up in the afternoon late – this means I can wake up LATE in the afternoon too! Hahah.
Also. schools must reconsider the time on going to school in the morning by 9:35, haha! :-p
(P.S. I was just joking. )
Thanks for this information that was stored in my long-term memory.