Tips to avoid sleep while studying for exams

“Sleep comes naturally as both the Mind and Body are tired”

Actually, in a student’s life, sleep can be considered as the deadly enemy as it comes as the biggest hurdle while spending additional hours on studying, especially when the exams are just around the corner. It appears like pulling you back from achieving the desired goal. Sometimes sleep is unavoidable once we open the textbooks. When you study with a fresh mind in the morning, it becomes really easy to grab the things but at certain periods like during the afternoon and after 10 o’ clock. Dear students, it mainly happens when you are deprived of rest. At this time you are left with two options, first are keeping the books aside and lie down to take rest and second is fighting against your enemy and keeping yourself awake. But the real matter of concern is that sleeping while studying is too easy, the real deal is to ditch sleep and stay awake.

Well to help you and your child in this dilemma, Here, in this post, you will get some useful and profitable tips on how to avoid sleep while studying for exams.

Reasons for sleep while studying

Before going on to the tips to avoid sleep while studying, we should understand the reason behind it first. As we know our brain needs a lot of energy to function; while studying, this energy capitulates and the body can’t take care of the energy demand of the brain. Hence, we start feeling drowsy, tired and sleepy. Also, there are other causes which might be affecting the sleep of your child such as-

• Sleep-wake cycle
• Chronic illness
• Medications
• Stress, etc.

How to avoid sleep while studying for exams

After recognizing the reasons, here are a few tips which may come conveniently for you and your child to hush away sleep while studying: 

1. Avoid heavy food

The first and foremost thing to keep in mind is to avoid heavy food and meals. Eat light meals like oats, Dalia and take in lots of fluids to keep the energy and nutrition flow even. Heavy food take time to digest, and body needs time to break it down and create energy for the system, this is the reason while why your child will start feeling drowsy.

2. Keep your study room well lighted

Ensure that all the light in the room where your child studies are switched on. There are a few reasons behind this- lots of light in the room will keep his/her mind alert. Studying under just one table lamp and keeping the other room in complete darkness create a cozy and lazy environment, perfect to doze off! Also, dim lights have a bad effect on your child’s eye-sight. So, to avoid such comfy situation, keep the room bright and well lighted.

3. Avoid lying down while studying

Again, if your child does that, he/she will start feeling all comfy and get distracted from studies. It is only natural that as soon as we A tired child is likely to feel the same. Avoid lying down in bed while studying.

4. Sit on a chair not on a bed while studying

Your sitting position also matters a lot while studying for long hours. Try to set yourself on a chair with back support and a table in front. It will help you stay active and alert while studying. On the other hand, if you lay down in bed, we start feeling relaxed and sleepy. While sitting on the chair, keep moving your body parts at regular intervals so that you don’t go into dormancy.

5. Drink lots of water

Actually, it’s the best trick that most of the students apply while studying. Drinking generous amounts of water is the key to everything! If there’s less intake of fluid your child will naturally feel dehydrated because the demand of the body is not met. Moreover, drinking a sufficient amount of water keeps the mind well hydrated, increasing its captivating power. Drinking lots of water will keep his/her health in check and keep your child alert.

6. Take breaks

Yes! Taking quality breaks is very important. By breaks here, I mean taking a walk or listening to good music, or maybe taking a power nap break. Avoid watching TV or cartoons during this break.

7. Follow ‘Early to bed, early to rise’

This comes from a famous saying, “Early to Bed, Early to Rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. This is a true statement because if you manage to go to sleep early in the night then you will get enough sleep during the night, making you feel fresh and energetic the next morning when you wake up. Studying early morning is considered best time as your brain is most functional at that time. Similarly, avoid learning or studying at night, especially heavy or tough topics. With a fresh mind, you can focus on your studies quite well. A fresh mind has a better concentration power to hold the things.

8. Take a rest if you have been studying for long hours

If you have been studying for long hours till the morning, then an afternoon rest is a must to save your brain from getting depleted. It would also help you avoid sleep during the study at late night. A short rest is sufficient to keep you alert keeping the drowsiness away.

9. Keep your body parts alive

If you continue studying with the same stagnant position for long hours, then you will probably get surrounded by laziness and drowsiness. So, the moment you start feeling drowsy (Sleepy), get up from your chair and move around in your room and stretch your legs and arms. It has been observed that study while walking, helps in avoiding the sleep as well as enhances concentration.

10. Read out aloud while studying

This trick works really well to keep away the laziness. It minimizes the chances of falling asleep while studying. It has something to do with listening to your own voice. Try to teach yourself like the teacher explains a topic in the classroom. This will not only help through the drowsiness away but also improve your learning power.

11. Learn by writing

If you’ll continue visualizing the text to be learned then it will make a tedious learning because of which you will probably start feeling bored which will ultimately give an invitation to sleepiness. To keep the drowsiness away, you are advised not to merely be a spectator, but learn by writing so that your brain remains active doing the pen and paperwork and reviewing the things you have learned.

12. Avoid studying difficult topics at night

During the night you feel more sluggish if you are solving complex problems or trying to learn the difficult topics. Try to tackle only the light and easy potions of study during the night. Leave the tough portions of day study when your body and brain is fresh and active. For the late night study, pick only those topics which are easy, interesting and are your favorite ones.

So, dear students, if you want to earn those extra grades by sacrificing your sleep, then Follow these above-stated tricks & tips which can help you well to meet your desired academic goals.

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