coping with stress
get plenty of sleep
Yes, sleep is one of our great defences of strees and if a person is short on sleep, they will be long on stress.
This is true Andrew. Everything has a price and a cost. We much consider these carefully in making decisions about where we invest our energy.
Everything has a (monetary) value whether we think about is explicitly or implicitly. Sleep is no exception. You have to analyze the marginal cost and marginal benefit of getting enough sleep. As John mentioned below, sleep is very important to productivity. This increased productivity and enjoyment of life must be weighed against the benefits (ro costs) of staying awake for the extra minute, 15 minutes, or hour.
Exactly! We need to be well rested to effectively instruct others. When we don't rest or sleep, our students, fellow faculty members and administrations all experience the consequences.
I agree with this on other levels, too. If we as instructors try to work too hard and don't take the time for rest and sleep, we are hurting ourselves and our students. We're not as useful if we're always completely exhausted.
The amount of sleep that people need varies from person to person. While there are individual differences, 7-8 hours a night works well on average. Yes, sleep deprivation is indeed a growing health problem in America and a cause of many other associated problems.
Our schdules can become so busy that many times we shortchange ourselves by not getting enough sleep. I have heard it said that one should get about 7 hours of sleep a day. If one does not get enough sleep, one can expereince groggyness during the day which can result in taking a longer period of time to complete a task. By getting enough sleep, one will be ready to take on the challenges of a new day and can accompish many tasks in a shorter amount of time than if one did not get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation has become a health problem in America and can lead to other health problems that cna effect us in the short and long run.
This is a good point Wendy. Sleep absolutely has a monetary value in our culture of work.
I agree sleep is key but many students work and go to school and have families. American life style is just that way and unless you are a millionaire that is the real world. Sleep costs a lot of money, freedom with your time is expensive as well.
