Still think you need more time to sleep?

Here’s another way to make time. Stop wasting time on Facebook, cellphones and video games. Statistics show that in 2011 people visit Facebook on average twice a day and during each visit they spend roughly 22 minutes. That is 44 minutes a day, which turns into a little over five hours a week. I thought that statistic was a little shocking because the people I know spend a lot more time than that on Facebook. A lot of my friends spend more than 2 hours on Facebook a day and I’m sure you know some people that do too. But let’s pay attention to the average statistics. If a person spends 44 minutes a day that equals about 5 hours a week and with those five hours you could have been sleeping. Facebook also is a major distractor. I know that when I go on the computer I go on Facebook and it magically transforms an assignment that lasts twenty minutes into two hours. If you limit your use of Facebook you will have more time to sleep because it will take less time to do assignments and will amount to more time for sleep.

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Another way to make time is to put your beloved cell phone away or off. An excellent study  by a professor at Texas A&M University found that students on average spent about 14 hours a week texting and about 6 and a half hours on the phone. Talking and texting is ok, I understand everyone is going to do it but, when it’s time for work focus on the schoolwork. If you shut your phone off when you are doing your homework you will be less tempted to answer a text or a call which can distract you. When you are working on a paper and you see a text from your friend to go to the mall you will most likely postpone that paper for later, thus producing an all-nighter. So if you shut off your phone when it is time to study or do work you will become less distracted and less tempted to go out. In turn you will finish your homework sooner and have more time to sleep.

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Video games are another big time-consuming aspect of college student’s lives. I think if you try and limit the amount of time you play video games it will help with time to sleep. In your spare time don’t play video games but instead do your homework. Work before play. When you’re done with your homework then play your videogames. But while playing video games try and set a time limit so you can go to bed at a decent hour. This solution will work because when you eliminate the time used playing video games you can be getting much needed sleep.