Well, after some intensive research and video watching, I’ve come to the conclusion that getting back into the swing of things for school is NOT an easy task. But, I’d like to help you all with my own personal experience in the matter. So let’s begin:
GIT ‘ER DONE!
By that, I mean your day. When you finished doing what you wanted or needed to do, don’t linger; just go to bed. Don’t look for something else to do, don’t go playing a stupid game on addictinggames.com. Just go straight to bed!
THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT SOOTHES THE SOUL
If it helps, listen to music that soothes you and you could fall asleep to. I’m not talking about classical music, I’m talking about music that appeals to your tastes. For example, I can fall asleep listening to bands like Linkin Park, System of a Down, Bullet for My Valentine, or even Eminem. I have a wide variety of music that I listen to, and yes, I can fall asleep to people screaming or rapping over an ill beat. Overall, listen to music that calms you down and you should be able to fall asleep.
COMMERCIALS: SLEEP’S BEST FRIEND
If music doesn’t work for you, try TV. Make sure it’s not a movie channel, because then you would need full attention for an elongated period of time. Look for a sitcom or something with commercials. When the time comes for a commercial, turn your head, lay down on ur pillow and close your eyes. If you wake up and hear the show come back on, watch it, at least until the next commercial. But I can almost assure you that after the second or third time, you will probably fall asleep due to the body’s subconcious want to cease functionality after a long day. In worst case scenario that you don’t fall asleep, turn on an infomercial. For those of you who don’t know what that is (you should be smacked), look on your TV’s guide for things entitled “Paid Program.” Leave that on. there are no commercials for a reason, because they will bore you do death on their own. By no means, if you get to this point, should you change the channel. I don’t recommend watching it either. Just turn your head down, close your eyes, and let the annoying advertisement play on. This is only for those extreme cases.
BACK TO SCHOOL
Here’s my advice on how to adjust your sleep patterns to get you back to going to sleep around 12-1am as opposed to 3-4am: Slowly cut off your time. Set small goals. Start with half hour intervals. Let’s say you went to bed at 3am during the summer as an average, for the first week back, try going to bed at 2:30. Force yourself if you must. Then gradually reduce it by a half hour until you can reach your desired time between 10pm-1am. When you have reached that time, you can then adjust it to your going out schedule, because your body will be used to your school pattern again and have to work less hard to get to sleep as you normally would. It may not be the easiest thing to do, but with the proper time and dedication, you can get this done within the first 3 weeks of school. If you feel this process is taking too long, just increase the interval in which you will go to sleep, from a half hour to one hour for example. Whatever suits you, go with it, this is just a general guideline.
Good luck with your next semester and your crazy sleep schedule.
