[Anonymous]

I was looking at a Harvard study on sleep, learning and memory today. Has anyone come across any information about sleep that has been helpful to passing the CPA Exam and studying more effectively?

https://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/healthy/matters/benefits-of-sleep/learning-memory

If you work during the day and are not a morning person, how do you deal with getting enough sleep so that you can do well at work, but still focus on homework after a brain-draining day at the office?

[nfs480]

I'm not currently working but when I was still in class full time this past spring while studying I would typically take a 2 hour nap in the afternoon after classes and before I started studying and would just stay up later studying since i'm more of a night owl. Not sure how this will work for everyone else but it worked fine for me, plus I love naps!

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[pacific1]

I totally need my sleep! I see on this forum all the time people saying you have to study all the time and forego sleep and I just can’t do it! If I get less than 5 hours of sleep several nights in a row I become worthless, I typically need 7 hours of sleep a night, I will wake up naturally at 4 AM if I have gone to bed at 9 PM with no alarm, that allows me one hour of study time in the morning before heading off to work. My hat is off to all those who can go on no sleep and lots of caffeine, I was thinking the other day it was because I have just gotten old but I remember even in college I didn’t stay up all night cramming, it just doesn’t work for me. If sleep is something you need and you want to get up early for a little study time then go to bed earlier….if you are kinda brain dead from working all day what is the point of studying at that time anyway?

[Anonymous]

Sleep is sacred. I do not know how people with kids, wife/husband can do it. When the clock hits 11:00 PM my brain shuts down completely. I wake up at 6:30, study an hour or more at work and then at least 3 hours after work.

[Anonymous]

Sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. Don't blow off sleeping, gotta get it done 🙂

[Anonymous]

CPA Exterminator, I am in the same boat. I'm exhausted by 11pm, and get up around 6:30. I usually have just enough time for one or two Roger lectures before work. Then about 30 minutes of MCQs at lunch.

(Been trying 5:30 this week, but one almost has to close down the computer at 9/9:30pm to make that work very well…)

Time goes WAY too fast in the evening though! Can someone give me a PAUSE button? 🙂

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