Sunday, June 7, 2009

Polyphasic Sleep: The Finals Crunch

It's that time of year again: finals to take, projects to finish, half a room to pack. I am less than halfway through finals week; one down, two to go. With two such finals weeks under my belt, I have a fair idea of what to expect this time around. I will sleep no more than twenty minutes at a stretch the day before each final, studying (cramming, really) through the night and/or day until literally ten minutes before the exam begins, skipping whatever meal falls closest before the test, prevailing upon my roommate to bring me back a banana or the equivalent. I have terrible study habits, I know.
And then, after my last final on Wednesday, I will have to throw myself into packing; I leave on Friday. The storage service people come to take my stuff away (everything I'm not schlepping to my aunt's garage or flying home) Thursday afternoon. Hence, I will be packing through the night. I've accumulated more stuff than I had expected to, I'll reckon.
What does this mean for my sleep schedule? I'll be skipping a lot of core sleep, and will probably crash afterwards. By crash, I mean something like six hours, or seven and a half, or so.

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