Saima Ikram
It is very common among people to put a high value on achievement but not much on the rest that everyone needs to take. It is very often that people brag about how much they work but never about how much they sleep. It is because the benefits of taking rest by sleeping are ignored. It is because, in this high-reward economy, there is a lot of pressure to do more for earning more. But when it comes to sleep, working overtime is the biggest productivity killer. Experts always advise to sleep for about eight hours a night but the national average is about 6.8.
For most people, it is often less than the national average and you get only 80% as much sleep as you think. It is because sacrificing in the name of productivity has become a routine. You may not choose to become sick and stupid, but depriving your body of sleep is actually the same.
Following are the ways sleeping more at night can help you accomplish more during the day:
Sleep makes you sharper:
Skimping on sleep might have often caused you to go blank in a meeting, nod at your desk, or forget where you are going. Even a little lack of sleep can dramatically impair your mental performance. It can create fatigue and make you unable to focus properly on your work. You may experience slower reactions by your own self and can make you function improperly. But those who get eight hours of sleep don’t get under such troubles. Science has proved that people who get enough sleep show no signs of impairment and remain sharp during all their activities.
Sleep improves your creativity:
You cannot achieve success if you are not creative. But creativity cannot be achieved if you stay low on your sleep levels. Experts have observed that the brain’s agility and the ability to form complex and new solutions to a problem get reduced when you don’t get enough sleep.
It makes you make fewer mistakes:
As your body does not function properly when you are sleep deprived, therefore, there are a lot of chances that you make more mistakes. Getting enough sleep reduces the likelihood of errors in life and can save you money, time, and headache.
It reduces the risk of accidents:
According to studies that people who work more shifts are twice as likely to be involved in an accident. Even after 16 hours of wakefulness, your abilities get impaired. Accidents not only cause you injury but also money and a waste of time.
It keeps your immune system strong:
Your immune system does not work well when you are sleep deprived. It makes you more susceptible to colds which could be a big time waster. It can hurt your productivity. Whereas when you are good at your sleep scale, you are less likely to fall ill and waste nay of your time.
It improves your ability to learn and grow:
An adequate sleep is the best tool for learning and growing. It is because your mind is particularly active while you sleep and it keeps on integrating new information that you have learned during the day. It processes memories and sorts things out from all the meaningless stuff that you picked up during the day.
