Reviewed Date: February 19th, 2022
Contrary to what we believe, sleep is essential for humans. It has been studied; many people in this modern time get less than 7 hours of sleep. The problem is these people report they are healthy, and sleep deprivation doesn’t affect them even slightly. But you don’t know how sleep-deprived you are.
Sleep offers benefits that we are not aware of. Sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. Sleep regulates our appetite and helps in controlling body weight. Trust your mother if she says get some sleep and everything will be okay.
There is an interesting phenomenon we humans have been going through these days: revenge bedtime procrastination. Many people have stressful jobs; often an entire day is consumed by work alone. They feel they don’t have control over events of life. Nighttime is when they will be free.
Rather than going to sleep, they watch mobile or TV past their bedtime. It is in a way they are taking revenge over not having control of daytime hours. This seems reasonable if tomorrow is a holiday. But what if you have to wake up early the next morning to attend the job?
I am not the exception; I fall in this trap too. It is important to cut down activities that are unimportant in the day and prioritize the sleep pattern. This seems easy in theory, but you feel difficulty while executing because you are trying to change your behavior. It takes time, but it is worth having a good sleep schedule.
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