Time and time again, you have heard it echoed that, you cannot cheat nature so when you find yourself sleeping while studying, you whisper to yourself, “I cannot cheat nature”.
It is not easy to man up with the discipline to sustain study times especially when your colleagues are in the same shoe and they have succumb to the temptation of sleep during study.
You should think critically about what is at stake if you allow sleep to cheat you while studying, you wouldn’t be able to study effectively and as a result, the consequences might be woeful failure in examinations which I guess you do not desire.
You must be willing to sacrifice valuable hours of sleep if you are desirous of good grades and excellent performance at school. Adhere to these following steps and you would be glad you did.
- Avoid Vigorous Exercise
Vigorous exercise can make your body tired and if your body gets tired, it demands for rest. When you don’t get to rest, it becomes difficult to keep up with study without sleeping so avoid vigorous exercise that gets you tired such that you find it difficult to read without dozing off or yearning for rest.
- Avoid lying on your bed while studying
It is best that you sit on a chair while reading and have a table in front of you. It is easy to sleep off if you lay on your bed while reading, don’t even try it, do your best to avoid lying on your bed while studying.
- Do not have a heavy meal
I had this experience and it wasn’t funny, one day, after a heavy meal, my system just shut down and I slept off, unfortunately I failed that exam. I know you don’t want this to happen to you so take light food when you intend to study and don’t also study on an empty stomach as study gets difficult when you study without eating.
- Study easy topics and subjects at night
When the atmosphere is brightest especially in the early hours of the day, you can make efforts to study tough subjects and hard topics but at night, do relatively easy subjects, or interesting topics that excites you so that it doesn’t bore you and get you to sleep earlier than expected.
- Drink lots of Water
Water still remains a good resource to keep you awake and prevent sleep during study. You should drink a considerable quantity of water while studying, it allows you to frequently visit the restroom to urinate and thus you become active throughout the time you get to study.
- Avoid Disturbances
Disturbances like television shows, ringing phones, and social media applications on your smart phone should be avoided when you are studying, the reason is because you get easily distracted while studying so it is best you avoid them entirely and focus on your study within the time frame you have set to study.
