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The Expert-Approved Guide to Pull an All-Nighter (If You Really Need To)

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 05 2015, @07:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the coffee++ dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Nobody likes skimping on sleep, but chances are you've done it. Whether to study for an exam, finish a tough project, or simply because you got stuck in an airport, pulling an all-nighter happens.
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But with all that in mind, there are steps you can take to minimize the damage and treat your body (and brain) as well as possible under bad circumstances. Here's how to survive the night—and recover ASAP.
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1. Bank sleep ahead of time.
2. Get any amount of shut-eye.
3. Bring on the lights.
4. Keep your room temperature moderate.
5. Skip the sugar and snack on protein and carbs.
6. Drink a little coffee—and a lot of water.
7. Get up and walk around.

The article also has tips for surviving the next day after an all-nighter. Do Soylentils have any techniques not listed to help them through all-nighters?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @08:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @08:12AM (#218383)

    Bank sleep ahead of time? If I have the time to bank sleep, doesn't it make more sense to use that time to already do some of the work, so I don't need to pull an all-nighter to begin with? Anyway, it is a myth that you can bank sleep ahead of time. If you've slept enough, you will wake up, and no amount of will power will make you fall asleep again. If you think you can bank sleep, chances are that you are permanently getting too little of it, and the "banking" is actually getting enough sleep for a change.

    Especially when studying for an exam, an all-nighter is counterproductive: Your memory needs the sleep period to organize. If you don't sleep, all that learning effort might turn out to have been futile. For your brain, sleeping time is not resting time, sleeping time is maintenance time.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Wednesday August 05 2015, @11:41AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Wednesday August 05 2015, @11:41AM (#218443)

    It's been over 20 years since I've pulled an all-nighter, but in my experience you don't know ahead of time when you'll be doing it. All my all-nighters were caused by unexpected events that happened late in the day.

    Then again, that could just mean I'm good at scheduling my time so all-nighters aren't needed.

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