Students often struggle with early morning classes due to the shift in sleep schedule. This can lead to increased daytime fatigue, reduced academic motivation, impaired cognitive performance and elevated anxiety or depression.<\/p>\n
The good news: a few simple habits can help make the adjustment easier.<\/p>\n
Here are Martin\u2019s top tips to ease the transition:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Avoid sleep deprivation before the time change.
Go to bed on time on Friday and Saturday nights so you start the week as well-rested as possible.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Start the day with sunlight and movement.
Spend time outdoors or exercise in the morning. Light exposure and physical activity help reset the body\u2019s internal clock and speed adjustment to the new time.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Return to normal routines quickly.
Beginning Sunday, align your wake-up time, mealtimes and activities to the \u201cnew time\u201d. Adjust routines for children and pets as well.<\/p>\n
4. Give yourself time to adjust.
Don\u2019t assume you\u2019ll be at your best the first few days. Sleep loss and darker mornings can leave many people feeling groggy. If possible, avoid scheduling important meetings early Monday morning. Also, allow extra travel time, as the Monday after the time change can bring heavier traffic and a rise in accidents.<\/p>\n
Martin, whose studies focus on sleep disorders, says research strongly supports eliminating the time change and staying on permanent standard time. \u201cNot only would this eliminate the need to shift our sleep routines twice a year, but standard time also more closely aligns the clock on the wall with the rising and setting of the sun throughout the year. This benefits our health, wellbeing and public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students often struggle with early morning classes due to the shift in sleep schedule. This can lead to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-181799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}