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| skware |
Don't hit the caffiene too much, it's often better to use water rather than caffiene. Generally natural is heaps better for you and for you to stay awake than most stimulants (including nicotine). Have little healthy snacks to munch on around you rather than away from the place you need to get work done.
Try short power naps every couple of hours. Sit in a comfy chair in low lighting with your keys in your hand. Leave your hand in a position that once you fall asleep you'll drop your keys and wake up having had just the right amount of rest without actually falling asleep. (Should be about 12-20 mins or so).
Go for a walk outside to get the blood flowing again, sitting down for hours on end will generally make you drowsy anyway.
I've found various pieces of music really put me in a study mood, but this is different for everyone (my absolute focused album is Orbital - The Altogether, though BT - Ima is pretty good for study too, YMMV) |
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| escee |
| quote: | Originally posted by skware
Don't hit the caffiene too much, it's often better to use water rather than caffiene. |
I dont think that can be stressed enough. If you are constantly taking caffeine when it wears off you will be more tired at that time than if you hadnt taken it.
| quote: | | Try short power naps every couple of hours. |
This doesnt work at all for me. Short naps dont give you any REM sleep which is what your body needs to feel rested. You can only start having REM sleep after being asleep for so long. Or unless your body is used to sleeping like that.
ive read papers which people have studied and attempted to try and sleep 20 minutes every 6 hours. Its thought that eventually your body gets used to these 20 minute naps, and whenever you take you always get REM sleep so you wake up refreshed enough to go on for 6 more hours. I searched on google for a link but cant find one, supposedly a US president did this but i cant remember his name (i think it was abraham lincoln or ben frankin, those 2 names pop up) |
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| skware |
| The method I was talking about was from churchill |
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| OLi_A |
the best thing for having a nap would have to be these chambers they have at the AIS
basically you strip down to your swimmers and get into this pod kind of thing with just enough water to keep you afloat (you float because there is a load of salt in it). after you get in they close the thing and your left in complete darkness. the whole idea is to do with sensory deprivation...being afloat means you feel like your not touching anything. your meant to have a deeper sleep
2 hours in this little puppy is the equivelant to 6 hours sleep
unreal concept |
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| misstrance |
| hehehe yeah i remember all nighters back in my old uni days (god i feel so old hehe). Anyways, as I did an IT degree I had quite a few of those nights in the computer labs and i found the best thing is to drink either coffee, coke or red bull. We also used to go for walks every 2 hrs outside in the fresh air. It helps a lot if you have your mates around as well. When we had our assignments due, a whole bunch of us would all work on it together. It makes it a lot less painful to get through! |
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