Sleep Deprivation: a general lack of the necessary amount of sleep.

I think I have been suffering from this lately. This also used to be the problem before. Holidays was a good period to catch up with all the lost sleep. Now back to school and of course, back to my shop again, history repeats itself, again.

With such lack of sleep, it does not only makes you worn out, it also makes you mentally tired. When it makes you mentally tired, it also tires your brain. When your brain is tired, you cannot think properly. When you cannot think properly, you're not able to put your 100% in anything. Therefore, I think that time management and all would not be much of a help here. Instead, you should have good sleep management.

The following are some sleep management techniques as advised by medical professionals:

• Make sure that you stop doing mentally demanding work several hours before coming to bed – give your brain time to calm down before you try to sleep.
• Try reading a calming, undemanding book for a few minutes, again to relax your body, tire your eyes and help you forget about the things that are worrying you.
• Write persistent thoughts and worries down in a notebook and then put them out of your mind. Review the notebook in the morning and take action if appropriate.
• Keep the same bedtime. Let your body and mind get used to a predictable routine.
• Cut back on caffeine and alcohol. Some people find that they sleep badly if they drink coffee or cola after 4pm. Others find that if they drink alcohol to excess, they wake up in the middle of the night and cannot get back to sleep.

If you think you have the same problem as me, do try out the abovementioned techniques.