World Sleep Day 2024: Why Sleep Should Be Every Student's Priority

World Sleep Day, celebrated every year on March 15, aims to aware people of healthy sleep habits and the importance of sleep. Quality sleep is important for maintaining physical and mental- health. Despite its significance, many individuals, especially students, overlook the importance of sleep in their daily lives. Students focus extra attention on academic work, social activities and extracurricular and avoid sleeping on time. Having quality sleep can help focus more on academics and also on your overall well-being. Sleep must be your priority, especially for students.

Sleep is important for the brain to function properly and for your academic performance. A student who has a proper sleeping schedule tends to perform better in academics rather than students who do not have proper sleeping timings. Lack of sleep can affect your concentration power and memory and that can harm your academic performance.

During sleep, the brain processes the information that you have learned throughout the day, those who get their quality sleep can memorize the information faster and will perform better in the exams. Lack of sleep can cause irritation, mood swings and depression. Students who don’t prioritize their sleep can develop mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. Good sleep at night can reduce stress, and anxiety and help the students to perform better in their academics and personal level. Lack of sleep also causes health issues like obesity, and diabetes and can weaken the immune system.

Sleep deprivation during exam time is a common problem among every student as it can be because of the exam pressure and studying till late at night which leads to sleep deprivation. It has a lot of negative effects on the mental health of the students and makes them weak physically too.

Tips To Improve Sleep Cycle

1. Fix a time to go to bed and wake up at a fixed time to regulate sleep cycle.
2. Avoid caffeine before going to bed as it can affect your sleeping cycle.
3. Don’t use mobile phones before bedtime, rather read a book to make yourself go to sleep.
4. Engage in daily physical exercise, but avoid intense exercise within two hours of bedtime.
5. Establish a sleep schedule. Be as consistent as possible in your bedtime and rise time, and get exposure to morning sunlight.
6. Establish a ‘wind-down’ routine before bedtime.
7. Limit use of bed for daily activities other than sleep (e.g., TV, work, eating)