7 Tips to Maximize Your Day

Help your body understand that it should be awake. You can do this by increasing your heart rate and being active. Just a little physical activity can boost your learning abilities.

Stand up instead of sitting

Take a quick stroll out of the lecture or study hall, use the stairs briskly

Not only does this help with immediate fatigue, but it will also contribute to your alertness in your daily rhythm

Daylight reduces fatigue hormones in the brain and helps regulate your body's circadian rhythm.

Go outside when it's daylight

Choose the brightest workspace available

Ask lecturers to use good lighting during presentations

Some students bring daylight lamps or portable reading lamps, which can be very helpful.

A short nap can make you more alert and help you remember what you've learned. Just be careful not to sleep too long and enter deep sleep phases. If you sleep too much, you might feel groggy afterward and perhaps more sleepless in the evening.

Note: Only for those who don't have nighttime sleep issues.

Face the day; don't postpone work, but...

Choose active learning when drowsiness sets in or engage in something practical. This could involve reviewing, organizing, and tidying notes or handling course material.

Most people don't fall asleep while talking to someone. Conversations and discussions can help a lot.

Awake? That's when you should read the most concentration-demanding or write the most attention- and motivation-demanding parts of a text.

Give yourself something to eat that keeps your blood sugar stable and lasting.

We also need variation, social contact, and light. Don't procrastinate on leisure needs.

For several reasons: don't work in your bed.

Forget about last night, whether it caused the fatigue or not. Many feel better about themselves if they don't dedicate too much time and worry to the effects of a bad night's sleep.

A cup of coffee can help block fatigue signals. But stop in time so it doesn't steal from your nighttime, some need to stop as early as 13.00.

Stay awake throughout the workday and build up the need for sleep for the next night.

Invite sleep in the evening with a calm and reasonable end to the day. But don't go to bed long before you expect to fall asleep.

If you stay awake when you're tired during the day, it tells the brain what future circadian rhythm you want. It might be uncomfortable then, but it helps in the long run.