How Not To Get Sleep

[On the topic of Sleeping]
S: You have a test tomorrow, why don't you sleep?
E: I'll sleep later. If I sleep now, I'll sleep at one.
S: And if you sleep at twelve... you'll sleep at twelve?
E: Yeah--I don't know.

Sleeping Tips From The World's Weirdest Insomniac

Don't:
"I get more work done if I don't sleep at all."

Wrong-o. Lack of sleep leads to crankiness, disorientation and so much more. Take this from someone who has personally experienced disorient. When Professor Aaron Wheeler let out the morning CHM139 class ten minutes too early on a Tuesday, I thought it was a Friday. You can't imagine how the rest of the day felt to me. Anyways. Trust me on this one; if you get enough sleep, if you manage your time well enough -- you'll feel perfectly fine. Time management is key, to be honest, and there's no other way to put it. Excess sleep here makes you groggy; lack of sleep there makes you irritable and confused.


Do:
"Clear your mind of everything possible. Temporarily."

On a personal level, thinking of chemistry or math (the usual side-effect of finishing homework, a test, or an assignment) will have you in super-thinking mode when you're fast asleep and in a comatose like state. If I do recall, the number pi popped into my dreams a couple of times and several reactions followed me in my semi-nightmare. It's not pleasant. If you go to sleep restless and full of 'work', you won't get any sleep done. So do think of puppies, flowers and bluebells -- or other. Just completely wipe your mind of what you've learned for the day (temporarily only!) and zonk out. That's the best way to do it. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Sometimes.


So yeah. Don't take my word for it.
You can try to Redbull a night away and see how you are the next day...
Or you can pick up the pace the next day and get some well-earned sleep.
Your choice. Your life. You choose, I guess.