Sleep deprivation.
It's my best friend and my worst enemy, and I'm sure that the majority of college students can relate to that. Someone said to me the other day that it's funny how we are trained during our whole early childhood, elementary, middle and high school years as well, that we must wake up early; that this is how the real world is. Then we are shipped off to college to fend for ourselves and suddenly I find myself awake at 5:00am sitting around with friends doing nothing more than sprawling half passed out in beds singing along to and reminiscing about songs we all used to love in high school over drinks. For the four or five years that we live day in and day out, meandering our tired bodies to and from classes that we may or may not care about, barely awake with coffee in hand - that entire routine gets messed up! I swear that every time I go home for a break from college I end up spending nearly 90% of the time in bed catching up on lost hours of sleep from the semester before.
Now I'm not going to pretend like I don't enjoy staying up late. I have some of the most fun in the middle of the night or wee hours of the morning and it seems like the most deep, meaningful and philosophical conversations are only sparked when everyone's eyelids want nothing more than to fall heavily. I do think however that sleep is extremely important and I know that no matter how much I push myself to get things done and study for my classes, I will eventually crash and burn if I don't give my mind and body time to rest.
College students are consistently being stretched thin - to the maximum - and I think we all often refuse to acknowledge the times when we need to regain our sanity and take a moment or two for ourselves. Get into it.
Now I'm not going to pretend like I don't enjoy staying up late. I have some of the most fun in the middle of the night or wee hours of the morning and it seems like the most deep, meaningful and philosophical conversations are only sparked when everyone's eyelids want nothing more than to fall heavily. I do think however that sleep is extremely important and I know that no matter how much I push myself to get things done and study for my classes, I will eventually crash and burn if I don't give my mind and body time to rest.
College students are consistently being stretched thin - to the maximum - and I think we all often refuse to acknowledge the times when we need to regain our sanity and take a moment or two for ourselves. Get into it.
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